Gramma's Favorite Things

Butterflies---she had them all around her apartment--she even made some out of fabric and pipe cleaners

Christmas---she used to like to say "He's the reason for the season" she has an abiding faith in the Savior and Heavenly Father
Cats and kittens---I remember years ago she adopted a kitten that only had three legs. Gram always loved and cuddled and petted my mom's cat QC and our past cats Tiger and Snowball and used to laugh at their antics.

Dogs---she used to love petting and giving my pup love

All the different shades of the color pink,
one of her favorite things to wear was a cranberry colored jumper to church

Thanksgiving--she loved making every one who came to our festivities, their own pie. She would ensure every one within her sphere of influence had a place to go for the holidays. The holiday dinners were always an adventure, because you never knew who would be there.
Cottage cheese--she loved finding and inventing recipes that used cottage cheese, ie cottage cheese pie, cottage cheese jello, cottage cheese mac and cheese


Carousels and of course family--I love her smile in this picture

Nutcrackers--she had all kinds of them

Stuffed Peppers---and "any thing that has spaghetti sauce in it"---memory of her daughter Kathy Baron

Chinese food----"she used to say 'I don't like Chinese food' so one day I asked her 'have you ever had Chinese food' she said 'no' and I asked her 'than you don't know if you like it or not'"---memory of her daughter Kathy Baron

One day while visiting her favorite niece Janet, in Virginia, she tried Chinese food and came home declaring that she loved it.--memory of her granddaughter Kelly Hamon

Making home made soup, I remember she sharing it with me and my mom quite a few times---funny thing is if she made chicken or turkey soup there was always some kind of bone we would find in it


Driving around and visiting with friends and family---she used to use the word "gallivanting"


Reading--some of her favorite authors were Mary Higgins Clark, James Michener, Murder She Wrote--she loved mystery's


Babies--it didn't matter whose baby it was (friend, family, doctor, nurse), but gram would put their picture up on her wall. She loved her great grand-babies

Her Family











Images:
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http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/thanksgiving%20food
http://grammawitt.blogspot.ca/ 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutcracker
http://nancysrecipes.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/my-moms-stuffed-peppers/
http://www.springrollrestaurant.com/blog.html
http://216.119.89.76/cindyady/Default.aspx?cid=201&lang=1
http://www.chatelaine.com/recipe/soup/french-country-chicken-soup/
http://old-and-abbey-church.org.uk/church-organisations/book-group/

Kelly's Wedding, July 19, 2008

LDS Palmyra Temple 

 

 Gram, Me and Peggy

Me, Gram, and Dan

Me and Dan 

Dan and Me--it was raining when we first came out of the temple

Gram and me--pink is one of her favorite colors 

Cathy, Susan, Me, and Peggy---my adopted sisters 

Cathy, Susan, Peggy, and Me 

Dan, Miri (Dan's sister) and Chuck (Miri's husband--once was Dan's companion on his mission) 

Dan and Miri

Me, Gram and Dan 

Me 

 

 

 

 Peggy and Me--after the rain it was incredibly sunny and hot

 The beautiful gift my adopted sisters made for our wedding 

 Dan, Mom and Me

Mom and Me