Tomorrow Frank and I leave for Montevideo. We will not arrive there until Thursday morning. We will meet Julianna at the mission home at about noon. I am so excited!!!
We will be in Uruguay 4 days and will visit her 4 areas. We will arrive back in SLC on Tues. May 26.
Julianna is coming home to a new town, a new home, a mom with new eyes and a sister who is married and expecting. Lots of changes but I know she will be happy here. We are so proud of her.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Memorial Day 1992
It is time for another of Mom's journal entries. I am going to skip over a bunch of mundane entries that are all quite similar and jump to some entries that will be of interest to all of us because they include us. Memorial day 1992 was a huge day for Mom. All of the Tuttles came and they had a party for Omi.
May 27, 1992
Memorial Day was nice-we served about 140 people. I had 21 stay over at my house. We honored Mother and it was 0k. Lloyd, Vera and Janet were honored also. (Lloyd was Omi's second husband and father to the Tuttle's. Vera was Lloyd's first wife. Both were long deceased at this point. It had always been traditional for the Tuttle's to gather at Omi's house for Memorial Day.) I hope they cut it down some It is really too big to handle.
Alice came and helped and Nancy and Rebecca were here from Sat on so it was nice.
Marianne and Frank come this next month on the 5th or 6th Then Norma on the 20th I don't know when Beckie is coming with her girls its hard to get away when you have teenagers
We have a big day at the temple on the 8th and 9th we will be gone from 7am to 9pm I hope Marianne and Frank will go to SLC then so we can have more time to visit
We have had lots of rain this past week about an inch-Texas had 20 inches in the same time frame. But for us and inch is lots of rain. Everything looks so green and pretty.
I am worn out I need a vacation from everything but I don't see how I can get away with so many people coming to stay. I hope in July we can go someplace fun.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
A Mystery Solved
It occurred to me that it was really easy to get an answer about why Sara was blind in her right eye. I called Aunt Norma. Norma said that when Sara was a in college she got a cinder in her eye. As soon as she said that I remembered hearing about the cinder in her eye. Beckie will remember it, too. But I still don't remember ever knowing she was blind in that eye.
Norma said the cinder came from the Bamberger railroad that ran between Salt Lake City and Lagoon. It apparently no longer exists. Norma remembered that Sara put drops in her eye every day, hoping to heal her eye.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Quiet Books
Since Pam wants to make a quiet book and Heidi expressed interest too, I will give a few suggestions. I do have a lot of patterns. The problem is I don't know where they are since we moved. I will keep looking for them. When I find them I will scan and post them.
In the mean time there are some really good ideas on the internet. Google lds quiet book pattern. You will find two links there that will be really helpful. One is at theideadoor.com and the other is at mormonchic.com. Google it first and then click on the link because it is hard to find the quiet books if you go directly to the web site home pages.
The idea door suggests making the quiet books on heavy pellon. I made mine on muslin and I think it is probably more durable. Otherwise she used a lot of the same methods I did. Tracing pictures with a Sharpie and then coloring it with crayons works really well. Be sure to iron over the crayon with a paper towel over it. This sets the color into the fabric. For more intense color you can color it with the crayon again and iron it again.
I also suggest sewing a thin ribbon to each separate piece and attaching it to the page so pieces don't get lost.
An idea for some pages would be to use transfer paper to put photos of family members onto muslin and cut them out. You could do a family tree page. And a page with your immediate family-perhaps with a simple drawing of your house or of your city in the background. (You could do this with photo transfer paper, too.)
Dutch isn't old enough yet, but Heidi could us some of her kids artwork as background for some pages or even have them draw on the muslim pages and add her own elements to it.
I will add more ideas when I find my patterns. Let me know if I can help.
In the mean time there are some really good ideas on the internet. Google lds quiet book pattern. You will find two links there that will be really helpful. One is at theideadoor.com and the other is at mormonchic.com. Google it first and then click on the link because it is hard to find the quiet books if you go directly to the web site home pages.
The idea door suggests making the quiet books on heavy pellon. I made mine on muslin and I think it is probably more durable. Otherwise she used a lot of the same methods I did. Tracing pictures with a Sharpie and then coloring it with crayons works really well. Be sure to iron over the crayon with a paper towel over it. This sets the color into the fabric. For more intense color you can color it with the crayon again and iron it again.
I also suggest sewing a thin ribbon to each separate piece and attaching it to the page so pieces don't get lost.
An idea for some pages would be to use transfer paper to put photos of family members onto muslin and cut them out. You could do a family tree page. And a page with your immediate family-perhaps with a simple drawing of your house or of your city in the background. (You could do this with photo transfer paper, too.)
Dutch isn't old enough yet, but Heidi could us some of her kids artwork as background for some pages or even have them draw on the muslim pages and add her own elements to it.
I will add more ideas when I find my patterns. Let me know if I can help.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Marshmallow Peeps
I am curious. How many of you who are related to my mother inherited her love for marshmallow? She loved toasted marshmallows, marshmallow cream, mint dreams (with a mint marshmallow filling) and marshmallow peeps. I LOVE marshmallow peeps. Actually, I prefer the bunnies to the peeps and I only like the traditional colors of yellow and pink. I am never tempted to buy marshmallow peeps at other times of the year (ie. halloween peeps or snowman peeps.) Anyway, I always think of my mom at this time of year as I enjoy my marshmallow bunnies.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Another Journal Entry
It has been a couple of weeks since I last posted one of Carolyn's journal entries. I will remind you that Sara needed cataract surgery.
April 1, 1992 (she actually wrote 1922, but I am pretty sure she meant 1992)
Time is going too fast. It will soon be a year since we came to Manti.
We have had lots of company again Don and Kathy Lind were here a week ago. (Don Lind was an astronaut and one of Popi's best friends.) They stayed to Mon afternoon. I took Mother to have her eye done on thursday-Then John, Annette and Rebecca came on Sat this week-stayed til Sun night-Monday I tended the little girls (Katherine and Samantha) Then Tue Bill and Polly came It looks like now the weather is nice we will have more company.
Mother had her surgery on Thur-we came on home because we finished by 1:30-We went back the next day all is well now but she was slow to recover-It worried me because by Sunday she still could not see anything She has been blind in her right eye since she was in college. So when we operated on the left eye and took the sight from it with the swelling she was totally blind. Her cataract was so dense it was solid brown- It took 7X as much to get it out as normal so she was more swollen than usual. She is seeng better each day now.
What amazed me about this journal entry was that I never knew my grandmother was blind in her right eye. She NEVER mentioned it. She complianed about her feet-they hurt all the time-but in general she was not a person to complain. I asked Popi how she lost her sight, but he couldn't remember. I just find it ironic that my maternal grandmother was blind in her right eye, my father is blind in his right eye and I am blind in my right eye. I must say that Omi was an amazing and wonderful person.
April 1, 1992 (she actually wrote 1922, but I am pretty sure she meant 1992)
Time is going too fast. It will soon be a year since we came to Manti.
We have had lots of company again Don and Kathy Lind were here a week ago. (Don Lind was an astronaut and one of Popi's best friends.) They stayed to Mon afternoon. I took Mother to have her eye done on thursday-Then John, Annette and Rebecca came on Sat this week-stayed til Sun night-Monday I tended the little girls (Katherine and Samantha) Then Tue Bill and Polly came It looks like now the weather is nice we will have more company.
Mother had her surgery on Thur-we came on home because we finished by 1:30-We went back the next day all is well now but she was slow to recover-It worried me because by Sunday she still could not see anything She has been blind in her right eye since she was in college. So when we operated on the left eye and took the sight from it with the swelling she was totally blind. Her cataract was so dense it was solid brown- It took 7X as much to get it out as normal so she was more swollen than usual. She is seeng better each day now.
What amazed me about this journal entry was that I never knew my grandmother was blind in her right eye. She NEVER mentioned it. She complianed about her feet-they hurt all the time-but in general she was not a person to complain. I asked Popi how she lost her sight, but he couldn't remember. I just find it ironic that my maternal grandmother was blind in her right eye, my father is blind in his right eye and I am blind in my right eye. I must say that Omi was an amazing and wonderful person.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
My Movie Quiz.
Ok. I guess I want to play, too.
1. Say, that's a cute little dance you got there. It almost looks like you have to...Oh! Monsters Inc. Heidi
2. You are not exactly Superman, but you are awfully available. White Christmas. Annemarie
3. It looks awful.
That's because it's on you dear. Sleeping Beauty. Annemarie
4. I tried to forget you...I thought I had. Persuasion. Heidi
5. I thought you two had eloped. I wouldn't mind but not in my car. Sabrina. (old) Annemarie
6. This ballet has historic significance. It was performed the same day as the funeral of the Tzar. Lenin himself made the arrangement.
Lenin arranged music?
No, funerals. Bye, Bye Birdie. Pam
7. Did the dry cleaners have your car? Sabrina. (new) Heidi
8. Are we there yet?
We get there when we get there. Incredibles. Annemarie
9. Is it not a brother's job to find fault with his sister? Emma
1o. I've learned something from your idiotic notions, I confess that; humbly and gratefully. My Fair Lady. Carianne
11. If you're going to spend the whole evening acting like a scared rabbit, maybe I'd better order some lettuce. Hello Dolly. Carianne
12. I never read Tom Sawyer. Was he... sexy? Thoroughly Modern Millie. Annemarie
13. I can explain in two words: we propose to marry your daughters. Pirates of Penzance. Beckie
14. ...just possibly saving 120 passengers from a tragic firey death. What's up Doc. Annemarie
15. I don't like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me. North by Northwest. Beckie
1. Say, that's a cute little dance you got there. It almost looks like you have to...Oh! Monsters Inc. Heidi
2. You are not exactly Superman, but you are awfully available. White Christmas. Annemarie
3. It looks awful.
That's because it's on you dear. Sleeping Beauty. Annemarie
4. I tried to forget you...I thought I had. Persuasion. Heidi
5. I thought you two had eloped. I wouldn't mind but not in my car. Sabrina. (old) Annemarie
6. This ballet has historic significance. It was performed the same day as the funeral of the Tzar. Lenin himself made the arrangement.
Lenin arranged music?
No, funerals. Bye, Bye Birdie. Pam
7. Did the dry cleaners have your car? Sabrina. (new) Heidi
8. Are we there yet?
We get there when we get there. Incredibles. Annemarie
9. Is it not a brother's job to find fault with his sister? Emma
1o. I've learned something from your idiotic notions, I confess that; humbly and gratefully. My Fair Lady. Carianne
11. If you're going to spend the whole evening acting like a scared rabbit, maybe I'd better order some lettuce. Hello Dolly. Carianne
12. I never read Tom Sawyer. Was he... sexy? Thoroughly Modern Millie. Annemarie
13. I can explain in two words: we propose to marry your daughters. Pirates of Penzance. Beckie
14. ...just possibly saving 120 passengers from a tragic firey death. What's up Doc. Annemarie
15. I don't like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me. North by Northwest. Beckie
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