Hi there! Well, Christmas has come and gone for another year. The weather was wonderful, especially the hoar frost on the trees. With the sunshine it looked just like a Christmas card. Hope you had a joyous Christmas, everyone.
I know Louise Haubold had a busy Christmas season. She had four Christmases. The first was at her son Barry and Deenna's at the old home at Glenbush. She spent two days with them. She had a great time with grandson Devon, also Colleen, Tyler and Amanda and two other grandsons as well as April and Adam. They missed grandson Klay Haubold who had gone to Australia for a six-month work stint. He was always the life of the party.
Barry had made a rink on the little farm lake where everyone either skates or boats. They played a game called "Googled" with six-inch plastic rings and curling brooms. After all that exercise they were certainly ready for a delicious Christmas supper.
Next day Louise went to Lynn and Alan Kahl's and Sharon and Dave Acker's, where she enjoyed another turkey meal.
On Christmas day, Lynn's family were all home. There was lots of noise and fun with the children opening their gifts, excitedly comparing each one.
This wasn't the end of Christmas for Louise, as she was then to grandson Blake and Judy Lybeck's home in the Glenbush area. There she finally got acquainted with her great-great-grandson who just turned three. There was no doubt he was the star of the day. So a five-generation picture was taken of everyone.
Louise came home on Boxing Day. She said she was exhausted. I can imagine she would be after all her Christmases. It was so nice that on New Year's Day she could put her feet up and take it easy.
However, Louise did take a fall here in the lounge recently. She was bruised and sore all over. So hope you feel a lot better real soon, Louise.
Anna and Ken Tucker had a very good Christmas, too. They were invited to the home of Ken's niece on Christmas Eve. Laurie and Randy St. Marie prepared a delicious meal and there they met a number of nieces and nephews. It was nice that two of their nephews picked Ken and Anna up, so they didn't have to drive.
Christmas Day, they travelled to their son Alan and Laura's place on the farm, where they enjoyed a delicious meal and spent most of the day having a lovely time visiting with their three sons, wives and families. Some of their grandchildren were missing for work and school. Granddaughter Michelle is studying in Sweden. She flew to London to visit a friend for Christmas.
Daren is a pilot and he had to work so it was a very busy time for him.
They said the drive to the farm was beautiful with the frost on the trees. I agree, folks, it would be lovely.
Saturday, Anna and Ken were invited to the home of neighbours for pizza and cards. A great time was had by all.
Christmas Day, Ida Baker's grandson and great-grandson picked her up and took her to her daughter and son-in-law's place for supper. Her daughter drove her home in the evening.
Dec. 27, Ida's daughter and a friend from Saskatoon picked Ida up for a nice visit at her daughter's place. Afterwards, they brought her home on their way back to Saskatoon. It sounds like a very enjoyable two days for you, Ida.
Shirley Tebay spent Christmas Day in Metinota at her son Dennis and Juliette's cottage. Their two sons and four great-granddaughters were home. She said it was nice to visit them all. They all enjoyed a delicious turkey supper.
Shirley looks after Kaiser here every Tuesday evening. The scores for one evening were first Betty Bonson, second Murray McCrimmon, third Marvin Phillips. The second Tuesday the scores were first Betty Bonson, second Cecile Dupuis, third Shirley Tebay. A fun time for all, I'm sure.
Ann Loades had her son visit her from Edmonton for Christmas. I hope you had a lovely time together, Ann. So nice to see family, especially at Christmas.
Edith Dirkson travelled to Edmonton to visit her family over the Christmas holidays. I'm sure she's enjoying her time with them all.
Frances Cole had a lovely time with her family in Lloydminster for Christmas.
Bev Brundige says she has a special son-in-law, as he drove from Regina to pick her up to take her back there to visit with her daughter and family for Christmas. He sounds very special, Bev. I hope you all had a great visit.
I enjoyed my Christmas with family. Diane, my youngest daughter, and son-in-law had Christmas at their place in North Battleford. My son-in-law barbecued steaks for us, which were delicious. I had a lovely time.
Boxing Day, I went to Darline (oldest daughter) and David’s for another Christmas. My granddaughter Danielle and husband Rob from Red Deer, Alta. were able to attend this time and more feasting and visiting were enjoyed.
Dec. 14, Kevin Steinborn, deputy fire chief, paid us a visit to give us some fire safety rules to follow. Some are: if you have a small fire on your stove, smother it with a lid; shut your apartment door to keep the smoke inside; unplug all small appliances when you go out; don’t overload extension cords; if there is a serious fire pull a fire alarm and dial 911; change smoke detector batteries once a year; real Christmas trees should be watered often; artificial trees are a good thing if you go away for a long period of time.
We do appreciate Kevin’s visits, as we seem to learn something new about how to keep ourselves safe from fire in our apartments and homes.
Welcome to all newcomers who have moved into our tower recently. Hope we can all get acquainted.
Get well wishes go out to anyone who hasn’t been feeling well lately. We are thinking of you.
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year.
From Ann Ewanchuk — Well, 2015 is over. Ann Ewanchuk says the year came and went so fast. It has many happy and sad events. In her family, they had weddings, anniversaries, and an Ewanchuk family reunion with 283 in attendance. The young generation in charge did a wonderful job.
Jan. 25 will be the birthday of Ann's 14th great-grandchild, Caine Bohdan Ewanchuk. This is the first child of Keagan and Michael Ewanchuk of Calgary and the first grandchild of Evhan and Debbie of Fort St. John, B.C.
Ann is in charge of Thursday whist in the lounge. Winners in the last two games were Shirley Tebay, 32, Cecile Dupuis, 25, and Ann Ewanchuk, 24. The next game, the winners were Louise Haubold, 36, Betty Bonson, 34, and Cecile Dupuis, 31.
Ann's daughter Erinka and husband Rory Jordan made a Jordan's Christmas supper. Her in-laws Ray and Doris Jordan drove her there and back. The next day, Erinka and Rory drove Ann to Whitkow to her son Orest and Chrissy's for a large family supper.
This year Ann decided on a different Christmas gift for all — perogies, dozens and dozens of them. After Christmas, Ann attended a very large funeral for her godson Dennis Woloshyn. Here she saw many people that she hadn't seen since she was at the Whitkow Hotel.
Ann's lovely vase of flowers from Evhan and Debbie are proving that Christmas is long gone.
