Fortunately ours...

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Ginger bread houses and more...

Cathleen, Victoria, Daniel and Matthew made houses

while Michael and Mary helped.

getting started

finished building

he ate most of the ingredients...

Matthew

everything going smooth....

the building inspector

Mary takes a break at Body firm

Mary


Daniel

Matthew

Thursday, December 15, 2011

singing dogs

click

http://www.dump.com/2011/12/13/trained-dogs-bark-jingle-bells-together-video/

from Bobby

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

busy Christmas elves

Bobby bought our tree, Michael and Marie put it on the stand and fixed the wicks..

set it up in the living room. Marie put the skirt and lights on it.

Michael had previously put up the manger scene outdoors and tonight he put lights

on the tree. Everything looks so beautiful. The best ever.

Happy Birthday Greg

Celebrated Greg's birthday with Greg, Bob, Dad, Mary and I

Click for movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6pMbUk2lE

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

St Thomas More Christmas play

Delightful

First grade

2nd grade....Julie

Narrators

The story of the Legend of Befana who swept her life away and missed the birth of Our Lord

Missed the Star of Bethlehem

she missed the 3 kings and entourage

of horses donkeys and elelephants

Sweeping..... sweeping

missed the angels on high

curtain calls....we were in the wrong place for pictures

part of the cast

Martin was part of the crew (on left)

the high school choir...Marie is an alto


THE BEST

A blend of fun songs, Christmas melodies and SANTA LUCIA

(I loved that...the harmony was great!!)

Michael Cheim was the script writer, a project for his Internship

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011

This is a photo of your great grandmother Carrie Ryder Myrick and her cousin Carrie Delaney taken in front of Carrie and John's home in Palo Alto. Carrie and John Fortune are the ones that started all of you Fortunes...Carrie married John whose previous wife died and left him with 7 kids. Together they had your Grand father Fred who married Lillian and had your Dad. Also Carrie and John's other kids were all the South Dakota cousins.

We have never seen this photo before...it was sent via e mail by a distant cousin of the Lucy Myrick lineage.....met her a few years back...that is her relative with Carrie in the pic....Carrie Fortune is on the left. Look at those shoes!!!!!

click for Myrick ancestors

http://www.fortunefamily.org/fortuneallengenealogy/myrick.html

scroll down to bottom of page for info on Carrie Myrick Fortune

PS...in letter from Helen Pratt, my internet correspondent
"Yes, Carrie E. (Myrick) DeLaney (1863-1944)would have been a Grand Aunt to me, Helen (Hughart) Pratt. Carrie was an older sister to my Grandmother Ida Mary (Myrick) Hughart. The father of Carrie E. (Myrick) DeLaney was Lucius Oscar Myrick. Lucius Oscar was the son, and fourth child of Joshua and Lucy (Jackson) Myrick. Lucy A (Myrick) Ryder was the third child of Joshua and Lucy (Jackson) Myrick. Lucius Oscar and family lived in Minnehaha County of South Dakota, I would guess that the two "Carries" met and became friends when Carrie (Ryder) Fortune and her husband were ranchers in South Dakota.

Carrie E. (Myrick) DeLaney, and her husband james DeLaney (1861-1945) moved to Palo Alto, don't know when, and died there.

The two Carries must have known each other there, and no doubt visited back and forth."

Helen

Saturday, December 10, 2011

holiday fun

This will get you in the Holiday Spirit!

Just click on the line below:

http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/holiday11/

Friday, December 9, 2011

handyman.....

Tom Lewis was here today and got a lot of small things done.....lit the h2o heater, fixed leaky hoses, fixed the end awning so it stays in place.....removed bathroom door and painted it and finished painting the lower bathroom cabinet white. We are comfy and love our new white bathroom.