I try to be positive when posting things on Facebook! Love to post Bible verses that speak to me. And share things from others that I find interesting or comical.
Here is one from Cari. Hilarious.
Love this:
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Little Lodge Christmas 2021
I have chosen a New Year’s Resolution! Knowing how faithful I am to this sort of thing, it may not last but I will start today! The Resolution: to write in my blog at least monthly this year 2022! We shall see how this goes…
Decided to relate our Christmas stay at the Little Lodge:
Brother Terry called and said they needed a break. Taking a family vacation to the Black Hills; all of their children (except Maria) and sisters, brothers, cousins, grandma were headed there. But could Terry please come and stay and monitor the green house and take care of David’s livestock? He offered their home for the week and that was all it took to start the visit to the Little Lodge.
We went on Thursday Dec 16 for instructions. Then stayed with Abby’s kiddos as she was working that evening. T&C left early Friday morning and we moved in. Abby was there for the weekend, also Shanne and Cari. K&A joined us Sunday after church for the rest of the week. (Kevin worked from his “Watertown Office”)
We went over to Emily’s and got a tour of G&G remodeled home and met Annika. She is a sweet heart!
We enjoyed their home, the great outdoors with dogs, kitties, chickens, horses and the greenhouse. Played games, ate, made Plarn for Bonnie Funk’s project to crochet sleeping pads for the homeless, made Lefse, put puzzles together, walked the trails and enjoyed the quiet and relaxation there.
We had a marvelous time! And then we went home to do our Christmas
Merry Christmas to all!
The best present! Ephraim is learning to walk!
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Ephraim James Logan. 08152020
Saturday morning call from Kevin: I missed the first call, Terry didn’t take his call (at breakfast with the Bible Study guys). 2nd call: “ Mom I have another son!” Awesome! But isn’t he due next month sometime? They had little time to spare, only in the hospital a short time when Ephraim was born (he wasn’t Ephraim right away; they had a day to figure out what to call him.). Miss Linda came and stayed with the others who awoke to Linda talking downstairs....
Terry and I went on Saturday and brought the 3 siblings home. They were upset that you had to be 18 to visit in the NICU at Sanford. They stayed here until Tuesday; Karen H came from Mankato on Sunday and got the house ready....they really weren’t ready for a baby that soon!
When we took them home, I got to go to see my new E-boy! And fed him! Along with Curl Grandma (they thought we were sisters...) She took the pictures; I didn’t even think to take her pic!
And on Sunday we had a BD party for my other 2 August babies: Ethan is 4 and Hanna is 2!
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Tales from Cousin Barry
I’m not sure that the following tale is 100% accurate, but its family legend for us, and we’ve been telling it this way for years. So it was November or December of 1947 and the Little brothers, Don & Sheldon, had finished farm work for the year. Their Aunt Winifred lived in Denver and ran a boarding house, currently occupied by three young ladies, two of whom, Stella & Mary Lou Pankey, were sisters from Craig, Co. Winifred had invited her SD nephews to come visit and who can resist a roadtrip? Younger brother Frank Little was residing in Brookings, SD, possibly going to school & working as a bus driver. So on the way out of SD, the Boys stopped in to see Frank. Supposedly he abandoned his bus, packed his things & joined the fun. The route was somewhat circumventive of Denver, heading 1st to Mexico (have I told the one about the night in the Mexican jail?) and then to Southern California before stopping in Denver on the way home. I believe that Uncle Frank went to UCLA & studied Oceanography, so perhaps, this trip got his out there for school?
Meanwhile in Aunt Winifred’s boardinghouse, she was laying some preliminary matchmaking groundwork. She knew her nephews were on their way in a fancy car & that they were farmers. But she embellished a bit and told the young ladies her nephews were pharmacists (farmacists).
Thus began two long distance courtships, culminating in the wedding of Sheldon & Stella on November 6th, 1949 and Don & Mary Lou on November 23, 1950. Here’s a picture from Stella & Sheldon’s wedding day and a picture of the cool car with the young couples
The one about the night in the Mexico jail.
Way back on April 15th, 2018 I posted this picture of my parents, Don & MaryLou Little in about 1950 in front of their cherry red Pontiac convertible. I wrote three different posts that day & in one of them, I alluded to the fact that my father & his brothers were arrested in Mexico in 1948. I was asked today to finally tell the rest of that story, so here you go.
For those who may have forgotten, Dad took his profit from selling flax in 1948 & hitchhiked to Minneapolis to buy a new Pontiac. Soon thereafter he & his brother Sheldon left Watertown and headed south for Mexico. But first they stopped in Brookings to get their brother Frank. Even though it was late in the fall, they traveled with the ‘top down’, just because they could. So it took several days at reduced speed to get across the border.
A forgotten traffic violation brought the Mexican police into play. Driver’s licenses were requested. But South Dakota didn’t issue them yet, so none of the young men could prove their identity. There was the question about license plates that were missing. Purchase documents from the glove box recording the purchaser and the date of the sale were offered, but there was no way match the name with the face. Fearing that these three farm boys from way up north had stolen this fancy car, they were all promptly arrested and spent the night in the local jail. In the morning, a call was placed to the dealership in Minneapolis & the salesman described the young South Dakotan who has purchased the car in a cash deal. Satisfied that everything was legal, the brothers were released & continued on the Los Angelas where Frank stayed to attend UCLA. Don & Sheldon then headed home, but first they had a date with destiny in Denver, as we all know!
Meanwhile in Aunt Winifred’s boardinghouse, she was laying some preliminary matchmaking groundwork. She knew her nephews were on their way in a fancy car & that they were farmers. But she embellished a bit and told the young ladies her nephews were pharmacists (farmacists).
Thus began two long distance courtships, culminating in the wedding of Sheldon & Stella on November 6th, 1949 and Don & Mary Lou on November 23, 1950. Here’s a picture from Stella & Sheldon’s wedding day and a picture of the cool car with the young couples
The one about the night in the Mexico jail.
Way back on April 15th, 2018 I posted this picture of my parents, Don & MaryLou Little in about 1950 in front of their cherry red Pontiac convertible. I wrote three different posts that day & in one of them, I alluded to the fact that my father & his brothers were arrested in Mexico in 1948. I was asked today to finally tell the rest of that story, so here you go.
For those who may have forgotten, Dad took his profit from selling flax in 1948 & hitchhiked to Minneapolis to buy a new Pontiac. Soon thereafter he & his brother Sheldon left Watertown and headed south for Mexico. But first they stopped in Brookings to get their brother Frank. Even though it was late in the fall, they traveled with the ‘top down’, just because they could. So it took several days at reduced speed to get across the border.
A forgotten traffic violation brought the Mexican police into play. Driver’s licenses were requested. But South Dakota didn’t issue them yet, so none of the young men could prove their identity. There was the question about license plates that were missing. Purchase documents from the glove box recording the purchaser and the date of the sale were offered, but there was no way match the name with the face. Fearing that these three farm boys from way up north had stolen this fancy car, they were all promptly arrested and spent the night in the local jail. In the morning, a call was placed to the dealership in Minneapolis & the salesman described the young South Dakotan who has purchased the car in a cash deal. Satisfied that everything was legal, the brothers were released & continued on the Los Angelas where Frank stayed to attend UCLA. Don & Sheldon then headed home, but first they had a date with destiny in Denver, as we all know!
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Now that I am retired...
I “retired” after 40 years at MCH/MRHS. December 13 (Friday!) 2019. People keep asking me if I am bored yet? Oh no, I keep busy just catching up on things that got neglected through the years.
And so....
I am going to post some Christmas pictures....through the years....since I got my smart phone. Here goes:
2019.
Little’s (30+ here for Christmas missing Gordon’s, Lee and Larry
Mine! Ethan had to have his hand held and HJ needed pacifier!
My Girls. Elaina wasn’t happy!
And so....
I am going to post some Christmas pictures....through the years....since I got my smart phone. Here goes:
2019.
Cari’s new Friend Shanne
These are Amy’s and my grands with “Frozen”
hats handmade by Grandma Amy
2018
2017
2016
2015
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