Divine Service

Jill is always very generous with her daughter and lets this Grandma give service to her granddaughtter!! I love to bathe this beautiful little girl, change her diapers, and dress her. GraceE is precious!

Happy Valentine's Day

Just want to wish my family and friends a Happy Valentine's Day. I just want to say I love you!!

Johnny and Cheryl

I had an opportunity to go and see my brother and sister in Utah just before Christmas. It was just so important for me to see them. Ken, Jill and Grace loved me enough to accompany me. Jill called it a burn and turn. We went down on Sunday and returned on Tuesday...fast... but for me it was worth it. We all enjoyed it very much and of course we got to see not just John and Cheryl but their families... whom we love very much.

The John Oleson Family Christmas 1952

My first Christmas

Thanksgiving memories

Grandma knows that babies get very very smart when you read to them so Grandma is reading to Grace. I think she likes it!!!
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We arrived at Jill and Jake's home Wednesday evening. The next morning we got up and went up into a beautiful canyon about 14 miles from Buffalo and took some family pictures for Christmas cards and to record the memory of our first Thanksgiving with our Grace!! We had a great time. The weather was clear but brisk and the canyon ride (Crazy Woman Canyon) was beautiful. Grace didn't once complain that it was cold outside!!!

We sure like snuggling with the baby!!

We had a wonderful dinner. We had it at Jill's after she said, "I've never had a holiday at my house!!" So we had Thanksgiving in Buffalo and ate really well!! On Friday we went to Rapid City and did some Christmas shopping. On Saturday Ken and I went to Billings to see some cows.... and Jill and Jake went to the mountains and cut us Christmas trees. We all returned to Buffalo so that we could go to church together on Sunday. It was a fun time!!

Anna Mae Davison

On Sunday, November 23, Aunt Anna Mae died. She was living in Sterling, Colorado. She had been ill about a week. She had felt like she had the flu and then on Wednesday, Nov. 19, went to the doctor and was hospitalized. They operated on Friday, November 21, and found that much of her bowel tissue was dead. She died shortly after midnight on Sunday. She was much loved by her family and will be missed very much. There will be services in Sterling, Colorado, on Saturday, November 29, at 1:00 pm. There will a Memorial Service in June at the Oleson Family Reunion in Laramie.

She grew up on Emblem Bench with those Peterson girls as friends.

Emma Peterson (my Mom's sister), Madeline Peterson (my mother), Anna Mae Oleson, Lillian Oleson , Orpha Oleson, Maxine (married Uncle Amos) and Minnie Peterson (my Mom's cousin)

She was a wonderful wife and mother. Her husband is John Davison and her children are Chuck, Wendy and Mike. She now has nine grandchildren. .... and I know of two great grandchildren.

Anna Mae and John Davison

Wendy

I have been blessed with a wonderful family whom I love so much and am comforted by the love they have for me. This week is my cousin's, Wendy Davison Richter, birthday. She was the city girl who loved to come visit the farm each summer. We wrote letters to each other all year and just waited for that one or two weeks we could spend together. Wendy didn't have a sister and she loved being with LaRae, Cheryl, and I. We all would cry when she returned to Colorado. One summer I returned to the city with her and we made these cute dresses. It was so fun.... Thanks, Aunt Anna Mae!! I would hope that everyone can have the relationships with their siblings and cousins that I had. Happy Birthday, Wendy. I love you.

Not so long ago, Wendy was here visiting with Cheryl and I. In this picture we were at Shell Falls. We were on our way over the mountain to see Jill. Wendy had her two youngest daughters with her, Rhianna and Devin. We still like to spend time together!!!