What a year we've had.

Today is the first anniversary of Nel's passing.  Brings back lots of memories of the emotional  two or three weeks our family went through last year.  Two weddings and two funerals in the span of 15 days.  Lots of miles we put on our vehicles going to Falls City, Kansas City and Pleasant Hill during that time.  Larry's come a long way and doing better than I thought he would.  I can tell Todd still misses his mom a lot, but I hope it's becoming easier for both of them. 

I'm still working on the quilt top I brought home at Christmas, but I use her sewing machine quite a bit.  I used some of her fabric to make a blanket for Josh and Ruth's baby, which I think they probably appreciate.

It's nice to see reminders of both Nel and Rena in the house.

Lots of treasures!!!!

Last week Todd's family met in Pleasant Hill, IL to clean out his grandma's house.  She passed away last October and the house is getting ready to be sold.  I've blogged a lot about grandma - I visited her over Labor Day in 2009, then Todd and I went to get her in Pleasant Hill late September of last year for Nel's (Todd's Mom) funeral and Josh and Ruth's wedding.  (Rena passed away just a few days after the wedding.)  Anyway, you can look at the tags on the side of the blog to find various posts.

She lived in a HUGE, old house and there were lots of antiques to choose from.  The trailer we took is only 1/4 empty, so I don't have pictures of everything, but I wanted to post a few things we've unpacked already.

Aluminum Pitcher



Blue Bubble bowl (my mom has a complete set of this that she put together piece by piece)



Crock Pitcher



Beautiful glass vase - can't wait to get a dozen pretty red roses for this!



A complete set of china



Silverware



Kate wanted this chair, so we brought it home for her.  We're also giving her the drawing of Grandma's house so she can make more for everyone.  Also an antique high-chair to the left.



Glider that Todd remembers his Grandpa Homer sitting it it.



Old lawn chair - we're planning to strip and repaint it.



Drop leaf table that we can't get open - one of the legs is tucked inside the other legs, so we have to figure out how to get it out.  Also an ottoman - I'm thinking of recovering it to match the chair I'm working on.  I'll have to see if I can find more material, though.


I'll add more posts as time permits.  I have pictures of the foggy morning - she lived on the hill in Pleasant Hill and it looks over the valley.  I also took pictures of the headstone that has the date of her death on it.  Brad also moved Tobe's headstone up there.  (That story will follow with the pictures.)

Lots of work for Todd and I now, we'll see how long it takes us to get it all done.