stoll family party for october 2010

Jackie does a great job of hosting the Stoll family parties.  This month she planned a menu of soups, and as always, with a family of great cooks, everything was very tasty.

Guenther took a moment to express his love to his family.

It was good to see Renee and Kordell.

Adios Zucchini

It's time to get the garden ground ready for next spring, so Guenther pulled out the zucchini and spaghetti squash on Saturday.  We had a bountiful harvest of zucchini.  I grated a lot and baked it in my favorite zucchini fudge brownie recipe in addition to soups, ratatouille, etc.

We threw some into the pasture, and the lambs went to town on it.

Watching General Conference at David's house

Nancy and her girls, Lindsay, Matt, and the 3 little O's, and Guenther and I enjoyed watching the Sunday afternoon session of Conference at David and Tami's.  I loved all the talks...especially President Monson's talk on gratitude where he said that if ingratitude is one of the most serious sins ("In nothing doth man offend more.."), then gratitude must be one of the highest virtues..and to live with a heart full of gratitude is like living with a little bit of Heaven.   Here are a few photos that I snapped as we ate and enjoyed each other's company afterwards.

Summer is wonderful with her younger cousins.  They had awhile to play outside before the wind and rain started.

I can't remember what someone asked when McCall volunteered to comment.

Our Garden

This was at the start of summer.

I took this one a few weeks ago.

We've enjoyed our garden this summer.  Mostly the zucchini and tomatoes...although the tomatoes didn't do as well as in past years...maybe the spring was too cold and wet.  We are just now getting a few little cantalopes...and no watermelon, just a vine.  We plan to do a little more prep on the ground this fall.

The Three Little Great-O's.

When you come to GrandmaGreat's you always eat Creamies.

Ellyn wanted me to get a shot of her in the air.

I always get a kick out of Lindsay's little munch-kins.  I was tending them at her house on Thursday evening and made the comment to Kai that his "folks would be home soon."  I guess he hadn't heard that word much before because he asked me.."who are 'folks'?"  When I explained that "folks" were his parents, he asked, "Am I folks?"  "No, you're 'folks' kid."  "Are you 'folks?'"  "No, I'm the 'folks' grandma."  He thought a minute, then asked, "Is Guenther 'folks'?"(Note:  Guenther wasn't even there..I think Kai is amazing for a nearly-three-year-old) 

Recent Projects

This summer Guenther put on some new siding and repainted the mower shed.  Here are before and after photos.  

He also repainted the TuffShed.

Stoll family party for September

We had the Stoll family party over at the Grant Stake Park yesterday (Saturday the 25th).  We love Jackie for organizing the get-together each month, and it's great to see everyone.  Bob was responsible for a party for his work, and it worked out best for him to combine both groups when he reserved the park.  It worked out very well.  There's a fun little photo of Bob and the whole work gang where he agreed to be head-down on the slide.  Thanks again, Jackie and Bob