Picture Sharing

When I was at Gloria's I looked through some of her pictures. There were multiple copies of some of the old ones, so I snatched a few. I'll share a couple now and more later. I don't remember if they've appeared on the blog before or not, but I figure if I can't remember, you won't either! Enjoy!

Judy, Marty, Stan, Gloria

This would have been Easter morning in La Grange Park. On our way to the Sunnyside church in Chicago. Oh, the stories we tell of that weekly stop and go ride to church on Sundays. 

Judy, Marty, Stan, Cleve, Gloria, David

This was Christmas morning, 1956. Notice the bar brace on baby David's shoes. He wore that for a few months to correct a dislocated hip. 

Texas Trip

Dave and I spent a few days in Texas this week. The weather was hot, but the visit was good. We first drove to Houston to Paradise Springs to see Gloria. We found her happy and healthy and enjoyed our 3 days there.

She still enjoys her birds and I was lucky enough to get a full performance from both of them one afternoon. Cocky and Angel were pretty amazing with their clear talking and funny antics. Pretty impressive!

Gloria has a lot of friends and takes an interest in each one. Everyone smiles when they see Gloria.

Always ready for a party, as usual! There was a balloon release for a man's 100th birthday party, and Gloria took the opportunity for a little fun.

After we left Houston, we drove to Dallas to visit with Rhoda and Renae. As always, they treated us well and we were free to just sit back and relax. We spent most of the day Thursday in their beautiful pool.

And we ate at our favorite BBQ restaurant. It's become a tradition on our visits to Dallas.

Doesn't everyone need a nap after a big BBQ meal? We tested out some new mattresses at the Nebraska Furniture Store. There was a huge selection and the salesgirl gave us her best sales pitch...until she found out we were from Illinois. She pretty quickly moved on. No sale.

It was a quick trip and we have agreed that flying is the way to go in the future. Tomorrow we'll be on the highway for the 12 hours of driving it will take to get back to Illinois. Good thing I have a man who likes to drive!

Christensen Update

I have not posted for some time, so I thought I would add random things that have/are happening in the Christensen family.  Hopefully this will work!
Angela...continues to live in Jacksonville, Fl with husband Jerry.  They both work at State Farm.  Son Nathan, just finished the 4th grade.  Daughter Kelsie graduated from Jacksonville University a few years ago and works for a Medical Instrument Company.  Kelsie lives a few miles from Angela and about 2 miles from the ocean.

The last pic of Uncle Nathan is with Jett (Heather's daughter)

Drake continues to live in Vernon Hills and is a computer project manager.  His two children Grace (will be a senior) and Owen (will be a sophomore) are very active in school.

Both of them play in the Vernon Hills Orchestra. 

Jason and Janice live in Downers Grove with three very active boys,  Zac just finished his freshman years at Washington University in St Louis.  Noah finished his junior year and Miles his sophomore year at Downers Grove North high school.   Janice works for Nora Fleming and travels all over the country with her showing the latest products.

Zac runs cross country for Wash U, Noah plays Lacrosse and Miles runs cross country/track for Downers. Jason is still with Chase in downtown Chicago.

 And, of course if you have not noticed, the center of attraction at a total family get-together is Jett.

Ada and I continue to keep busy working with the flowers in the yard and finding any excuse to go anywhere.    From the JAC's

And last, a pic of Ada and Lynn as we were on our way home from Florida and stayed with L&M over night.