Here’s a goodie. This is on the steps of a church in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan…maybe 1967? This is me and my three brothers….two more came along later. There were six of us.
I look very sweet there, don’t I? Well, I was really a tough little gal, growing up in the middle of the big city, with three brothers I had to defend myself from. (I loved them dearly, but really didn’t like them…haha…at least not at the time).
I played tackle football right along with the rest of them. I was small but I could run! They couldn’t often tackle me! I was very good at track and field and took away some of the cheesy (yet much coveted) trophies that were given during grade school.
It was not a world of “Finer Femininity”, that’s for sure! More like a world of survival. But I made it through and am grateful to God for lessons learned (through crosses…isn’t that the way?) before I made that big step of marriage!
Anyway, enough rambling….
We’ve had some chuckles about Dad. Some say he looks like Buddy Holly, some say Dennis the Menace’s dad or even a Russian spy! I always thought he looked like Mr. Dress-up. Have you ever heard of Mr. Dress-up and his Tickle Trunk? It was a show we watched growing up in Canada. Your children would like it. Here’s a sample:
Here’s another very popular children’s show from Canada…The Friendly Giant!
Here’s something I’m excited about and have been working on in the past months….
The All-New, Full-Color Catholic Mother Goose, Volume Two!! Stay tuned…
I have photos that I’ve been meaning to put up. A very busy weekend is ahead with the Traditional Family Weekend so I will tune in again on Monday. Maybe I will even have it together enough to do the drawing for the Giveaway (but maybe not)!
Here’s the updated flyer for the TFW. The venue has changed, take note if you are coming!
And before we go on, if you would like to sign up for the Giveaway, go to this post and make a comment.
A Gallery…click on the first picture to read the caption, etc.
- First Communion for Vin and Gin’s Johnny.
- His godparents are Dominic and Sarah.
- First Communion for our godchild, Christina. We didn’t get a picture at the time of the Mass.
- Good friends.
- Angelo is posing as a bully for my new Catholic Mother Goose book.
- Ummm….this is normal at Gin’s house.
- So is this…
- Sweet siblings…Juliette and Tony.
- Hannah and Peter.
- Hitchin’ a ride!
- More to join the fun!
- We had Fr. Nichols over for dinner. He was visiting and it had been several years since we saw him.
- Playing volleyball
- Our Parish Picnic brought in a huge surprise..and privilege. We had around 75 seminarians come to take part!
- Sack races!
- Fife and drum…
- Games, games….
- Our hard-working boys.
- Sunsets in Kansas are beautiful!
- I had to show off to my girls that I still knew how to cook while they were gallavanting in Maine for 2 weeks!
- Angelo looks fierce but I think he was afraid of this particular monster snake!
- Vincent’s not afraid, though. In fact, he didn’t want to kill it so he hopped in his vehicle and brought it down the road….still wrapped around his arm!
- Angelo made these bouquets on Mother’s Day for the married girls.
- Family pic in Maine
- Margy exploring in Maine.
- Beautiful sights!
- Beautiful walks!
- Stop for a photo.
- Climb down the mountain.
- Go to the sea…
- Sweet little girls…
- Agnes and Magdalene
- Had to try the Maine lobster!
- Magdalene….
- Sunset in Maine.
- Our lovely table…
- Gin’s boys are writing Thank-You’s and letters to the seminarians they met at the Parish Picnic.
- Sweet! The seminarians will like them very much!
- Mike’s catch!
- Ready for the grill!
- Devin and Adrian…fishing buddies.
- Brendan’s catch!
- Getting it ready…
- Margy’s not too sure of her catch!
- At the creek at Mike and Jeanette’s property and home-to-be!
- Juliette looks on….
- Knights of Columbus handed out flowers to all the mothers after Church on Mother’s Day.
- Brendan and Sienna…finished school at last!
- Jeanette and her wonderful mother-in-law, Rosalie.
- Grandma
- Gin and Peter
- My mom’s flowers
- Angelo
- Vincent in his garden
- Gracie, Emma and Ethan
- Father Fromageot!
- Emma and Gracie
- Grandma
- Ahhh…this is the life!
- Angelo’s dam.
- Complete with pipes to catch the overflow!
- Filling up!
- Angelo’s garden
- He has a big sign saying “Stay out!”
- Vincent did some fancy rock work in our yard this year.
- His greenhouse is on the top of the new addition. It has been his joy this year!
- Hannah enjoying the beautiful weather with a puzzle.
- Oodles of grandchildren…
- Avila and Rosie
- Father VanderPutten is in America! His first stop was Texas where he celebrated Pentecost Sunday Mass at Mater Dei Traditional Parish.
- Here Fr. VanderPutten lays hands on the now, Fr. Cunningham at ordinations.
- Father made a quick stop at our house on his way through to ordinations.
- His friend, Edwin Mary, came from Nigeria with him.
- Animated stories!
- Twins?
- After the trim-up by Rosie.
- Jeanette is overdue by 3 days now…. This is their 3rd child.
- Vincent and his plants….
- Memorial day at my dad’s grave.
- Agnes puts her rose in front of his gravestone.
- Prettying it up!
- Saying the rosary for him and all our beloved dead….
- Angelo picked enough mulberries for a pie!
- Peter Ignatius
- Grandpa
- Practicing for the Talent Show.
- My mom’s little yard and her lights.
- We enjoy sauntering up there and sitting for a bit…
- Corpus Christi procession.
- Fr. Kodet…
- Our gardens
Very nice very busy, how this weekend is a success, have a blest day!
Yay!!! So excited for the new book!! Loved all the photos too!💗
All of your photos are a joy to see!
Y’all are blessed with such a beautiful family!!!