Balloon blowing Sunday...

Man, I love this man.  

All I had to do was mention that it would be fun to decorate with balloons for the Easter egg hunt and his mind was off and running... and I have to admit, I wasn’t too keen on blowing up the balloons myself so I was so grateful that he (and his wife) came up with a solution.  

On Palm Sunday, after many workers had scurried about and set up all the tables and chairs, he gave me a quick demo which quickly turned into an assembly line with some of my all-time favorite people. Whew! I’m glad I remembered I had my camera – I mean I HAD to capture this moment! Although, I don’t think I’ll forget it anytime soon. 

My neighbors, Curt and Ann were also given a quick lesson on tying balloons and then they were off and tying! 

Chuck had rigged up his air compressor with just the right nozzle to blow up balloons. Mind you, he has to keep one foot on it while it’s running or it bounces across the room, but it works like a charm! Oh, those balloons got blown up in no time! 

His wife, Pat even took some time and played a little “balloon catch” with my little girl. Oh, it was so precious!   

I adore this man. He always has a smile on his face. He always has a hug to give. And he’s a terrific adopted grandparent to me and my family (and to many in the community).  If you ever pop into our church on a Sunday morning, you might want to choose a seat next to him and you just may find that you’ll enjoy the hymns even more. Oh man, his voice is absolutely beautiful.

 Oh, he works so hard. I cannot even count the times I drive by that church and there he is, working in the yard, mowing the lawn, painting a sign, or doing some other church repair. And every Sunday morning after the coffee has all been drank, he takes his spot (along with Curt) behind the counter and they serve the coffee and goodies and then they both take a place at the kitchen sink and wash all of the dishes. 

Oh, they both serve with such commitment and kindness.

 

Ever since the "balloon blowing Sunday", many times I have caught myself giggling as I think about Chuck with his foot on the compressor, a smile on his face, filling up balloons and chuckling about how his teeth might fall out from the agitation of the compressor. Oh, his giggle and his heart for serving others makes my heart so happy.  

And he did it all just so we could have balloons at this years Easter Egg Hunt!

 

T’was a beautiful moment at our beautiful little country church!

Thanksgiving at the Lundby Hive!

Just a few photos from our Thanksgiving slumber party with my sister Nora, her husband Alan, their three boys Hank, Mick and Jack and our friends Nathan and Laura and their kids; Titus, Ari, Sophia and Eero. We had such a nice time and we're so thankful for our friends and family!

Elena and cousin, Mick.

My sister Nora's boys; Mick, Hank and Jack.

Erik and his turkey. This is the recipe he has followed for the last three years. It's delicious!

Ha ha ha!

 Erik's basting his turkey again and making the filling for the sour cream raisin pie.

 Alan and Nathan carving the turkey.

Erik putting the final touches on his meringue. He made his Grandma Lundby's sour cream raisin pie with a brown sugar meringe. And he also made a spicy chocolate pie. Both were amazing, although, Laura's homemade blueberry pie was devoured first. It tasted like my Grandma's, it was lovely.

 Saying grace over by the kids table.

The kids were thrilled to have full control of their own sparkling cider bottles, I think they drank more than they ate.

And we were thrilled to eat. The food was yummy. Oh, the stuffing was to die for, here's the recipe that Nora uses, I think I could eat it every day.

Elena made a dessert all by herself, she made layered jello in juice cups. They were pretty cute. 

  Mick, Sophie and Eero enjoying their jello cups.

 Story time.

 Craft time.

 Snuggle time.

Happy time.

Is it November yet? I think I could go for another round of Thanksgiving, how about you?


P.S. More Thanksgiving photos can be found over on my "creative blog", GretaBag.

I finally got around to sewing that really cool, old feed bag that I found at the Junk Show.

 I made it for my cousin Lisa's two year old son who has a very manly toy grill that he plays with.

 And his name is Dawson.

I really liked making this. And I hope Dawson likes it too!

Memorial Day Week-end

Nora and Alan and our friends, Nathan and Laura came a spent a couple of days with us over the holiday week-end. We had a BBQ, a bonfire, ate yummy food, laughed a lot ... well, just take a look at the pictures and you'll get a glimpse of what our week-end was like. :)

In order to tell the "full photo-story" of the week-end, I swiped some of my sister Nora's photos from facebook, she's my sister, she won't mind. The photos with a black border around them, well those are hers. Pay no attention to the superior photography and editing, someday I might take the time and learn a thing or two from her, but until then I'll just admire her talent and eye for beauty and I'll be sure to tell you all about it too. :)

 

 

 

We had a great Memorial Day week-end, we hope you did too!