Hey, it was so nice to hear from you Richard, and hear about the stories about grandma and grandpa. I was just little when grandpa died and unfortunately my memories of him are limited. I remember sitting with him on the green metal lawn chairs (or maybe they were red). I have both of those lawn chairs now and I love them to pieces. I redo the paint often or they rust. They make me feel sort of connected to them. They have to be at least 60 or 70 years old. I too remember grandma's raisin cookies. I was lucky enough to live within walking distance of grandma's so spent quite a bit of time with her and "cookie" her canary. She could get him to whistle pretty good. Grandma made me a couple of dresses I sure do wish I still had. I totally loved the old coal stove. I look back and wonder how all those kids grew up in a two bedroom house! When we go up to the cemetery on Memorial Day we stop at the old power plant (were it used to be) and pick lilacs and iris that still grow there and put them on their graves. I think they would like that. We have an old picture of the power plant that dad had and I think the man standing in the doorway looks like grandpa and there is a young boy looks about 10-12 or so and must be Rufus or Glen. Dad was not sure and of course his eyes aren't good enough to tell. I also so loved the chicken coop, I don't know why but it was my favorite place to play. Grandpa's tools were still there and I would get them out and try to build stuff. Good times. Tom and I have four kids and 11 grandkids. All live in Salt Lake except for Kim the youngest who just moved to Phoenix.(Laurel Dayton lives there too. )
Mom and dad are doing pretty good. Mom made a spectacular come back from the brink but now goes to dialysis 3 times a week. Everyone in our extended family was wonderful to help them. Donna and Earl have been great. Anyway, this is a great idea and many thanks to Linda for pulling it together. Nice talking to you (isn't email wonderful). Hope we can get another reunion going, the last one was fun. Looking forward to hearing other stuff from everyone. P.S. I hear Scott grows a great garden and is a fantastic canner. He bestows some of his crops on mom and dad, thanks Scott.
Diane M. Keller
February 8, 2011
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