When I was little cookies and treats were always a big part of our Christmas holiday. Starting in late November our house was always filled with the smell of baking cookies! The main types of cookies we made were peanut butter, chocolate chip, sugar cookies, macaroons and one of my favorites Snickerdoodles! The peanut butter cookies were sprinkled with colored sugar, some…
I grew up in a small town, our street was very quiet and mostly retired seniors so there wasn’t much in the way of outdoor decorations. I always wanted to decorate the outside of our home! But we didn’t have any hydro outside so that ruled out lighted decorations. I do remember one year we put…
I do remember our family receiving Christmas cards when I was a child. We didn’t get a lot, but did receive ones from close family. I remember my Grandmother Hilda always sending cards to her mother and sisters. I wish I had some of the cards she received back then. I have no idea what happened to them over time. Knowing my Grandma…
Our Christmas dinner growing up was very typical North American style. We always had a big roasted turkey. Our Christmas turkey was almost always a gift from my Aunt Carol every year. Oh she always gave us such a big beautiful turkey! There was always lots of left overs to enjoy.The rest of the meal was mashed potatoes,…
It’s my favorite time of the year! Christmas has always been a special time to me, visiting with family and friends. The beautiful decorations and lights. Grandma & Grandpa’s tree late 1970’s I don’t remember what our family did for a Christmas tree when I was very little. After my Dad’s passing we moved in with my…
Wishing all my American friends a happy Thanksgiving. Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Looks like my template is working ok now. 🙂 Thank you to the support at Artisteer for helping me fix the code conflict!I still have a little tweaking to do with the header. I’d like to add a few more photos under the text. Ahh in time!
I’m working on the blog template and having some issues. (sigh) I made a template I just love but for some reason it’s conflicting with my twitter and networks blogs java script. So I had to take it off for now.So if you see any weird looking things around the site, it’s just me trying…
I don’t remember my Grandma Hilda Laws (nee Anderson) cooking much when I was growing up. But there were a few things she enjoyed making. Grandma was born in 1916 and living through the depression made her a thrifty woman. One of my favorite meals as a child focused on using left overs. I still love these…
When I started working on my family tree again this fall I started gathering a large number of images and data. I started with a 2 week trial membership on Ancestry and downloaded all the BMD records and census images that I needed. As long as things were attached to my Ancestry tree this was…