Lilian Schroeder

When I was in grad school at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, I got a hold of some of my great, grand Aunts and Uncles. One, Aunt Violet gave me some family photos. One was this of my grandmother Lilian at her high school graduation.

Enjoy!

Tea Time

I just made myself a cup of tea  - I mostly drink coffee, but like an occasional cup of tea. It reminded me that when we lived in West L. A. and Santa Monica, my grandfather would drive over to our house and mom would make them each a cup of tea. They would sit and chat over a cup (and maybe two).

I was too little to appreciate the visit between father and daughter, but how sweet it must have been for both  of them. In West L.A. we had a vegetable garden, briefly, and I recall mom made sure we planted radishes because grandpa liked them.

Well, that is the memory for today, and I will drink my tea now.


~~~ Mary Evelyn

Grandma Had Good Snacks

I remember there was almost always a frosted sheet cake on top of the refrigerator. Why on top I do not know, maybe so only Grandma could reach it!

She also almost always had a pot roast in the refrigerator that we could pull off pieces and snack on. Grandma also made the absolute GREATEST fried sliced red potatoes!!! She called the red ones, Nebraska potatoes, not sure why on that either. I sure wish I knew how she made those!

She had a lemon tree in the back yard and during the right time of year she'd make us lemonade.

Grandma had four daughters and one son. Each got married and she ended up with 11 grandchildren. I am told that at one point she had a note (or maybe big sign) up in the kitchen with the foods her kids or kids-in-laws did not like or liked.

I have also been told she liked it if a little food was left on the plate, that way she knew no one left the table hungry.

Since many of her kids and grand kids did live nearby she would get a huge turkey for Thanksgiving and have to start it in the wee hours of the morning.

Well, those are about all the food memories I have right now.

~~ A memory from Mary Evelyn
(I signed it this way for you Andi) :)

Halloween at Grandma's & Grandpa's

I remember we always made sure to visit Grandma and Grandpa at Halloween. Grandma popped pop corn and put it in a wax paper sandwich bag, the put a sucker in the top and twisted the bag. It was the BEST Halloween treat ever!!!  They enjoyed seeing us in whatever costume we came up with.

~~A memory from Mary

Welcome

I got the idea for this blog when thinking of my grandparents and how my memories could be quite a bit different from my older cousins. My oldest cousin was born in 1946 and I was born in 1960, I am the second youngest of the grand kids. I would not be surprised to find my memories are different, from theirs and some even the same.

This is a grand experiment we will see where it takes us!!