Larsen Clan: 2012

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Finished Basement & New Carpet

I would show before and after pictures.

I have waited a long time for this so I thought I

would show you our latest adventure.

Though you can't see it we had a friend finish our fire place

and he did a wonderful job!

(thanks chanchy!!!)

I love my grey carpet. Thank you to all that helped take all of our

furniture out and then back in. And letting me boss you around.

(thank heavens for son-in-laws)

LOVE YOU ALL thanks for coming and helping!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

I love this time of year!!

This time of year reminds me of my Grandfather and

his wonderful gardens!

I was lucky enough to get some of his Lilac and

I will always treasure them. Each year I can hardly wait

for them to bloom so that I can have a vase in every room in my house.

(yes, I did say every room, just ask my kids)

I have to say thank you Grandpa for the gift of flowers that

you gave me. You taught me to stop and smell the flowers

and find the joy in nature. My grandfather was a wonderful man

that would always give flowers to anyone who walked by if he was working in his

flower garden. He always said a Lady should always have a flower.

Thank you Grandpa for your give of laughter and your green thumb (that I didn't get)

but most of all for the love that you gave your family, and letting us make wonderful memories with Grandma and you. What great memories they are!!!

I have to double Lilac and each year I wait for them to bloom,

most of the time they do not bloom at the same time.

This year I was so excited they did. So when you walk into

our house this is the first thing you see and smell.

(of course I put them in Grandpa's brandy snifter)

This group of Lilacs are HUG!! I didn't want to cut them

so I had Brandon take a picture of it. They looked like a bunch of

grapes.

One thing that I did not mention before was that all of these Lilacs are over a 100 years old and I treasure them very much because they are my history. I can know teach my grandchildren about their Great-Great Grandparents and what wonderful people they are.

I couldn't find the picture that I wanted of Grandpa but this one will do just as good. He loved his Great-Grandkids so much, and they loved him just as much in return.

Love you Grandpa!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

So For those of you who are squeamish (sorry Amberlee) I thought I would but up some of my pictures from my surgery. I think they are pretty cool!!!

Theses are two of the tear in my rotator cuff

This if after Dr. Lehman fixed the worst one.

I then I had a large bone spur on my acromion process, it was larger than he thought, Dr.Lehman told me he made me a nice home so that my muscle wouldn't catch any more.

This is the home he made for me!!!

So for the next 6 weeks I am in a sling bound around my waist. It has it's challenges, but this will be worth it in the end. Guy is a strong task master and he makes sure that I don't do what I not suppose to but for those who know me I still try. And of course I get caught! And then I have to pay, usually in pain. But 6 weeks will go by fast right?