Family cookbook

Tammy [Hanna] Woodring (3) says that she is working on a family cookbook for next Christmas and is asking for family recipes and stories. If you have a favorite recipe or a story that you'd be willing to share, please send it to Tammy or to me and I will forward it on to her.

As I've said in previous posts, many of my favorite memories revolve around food, especially Aunt Mary Brey - the potato pancakes, the ten pound poppy seed cakes, the chocolate cookies that were like rocks...

But there are many others that I remember... Pat [Niles] Hanna's rouladen... my sister Ruth's smelt... my Grandma Olson's salmon patties (not all memories are good)... my mom's hamburger rice casserole and her rice dainty... I have my mom's and her mom's cookbooks and I know I will be scouring them for recipes to share.

What a great way to keep family traditions going!

Welcome Ava Janae Robinson - Newest Member of Generation5!

Join me in welcoming Ava Janae Robinson. She was born February 4, 2013 and was 7 lbs 6 oz and 18 1/2 inches. You have to love those chubby cheeks!

Ava (5) is the daughter of Jamie Harris (4) who is the daughter of Tamara [Hanna] Woodring (3) who is the daughter of Pat [Niles] Hanna (2) who is the daughter of Margaret [Pendleton] Niles (1).

Grandma Tammy reports that both mom (Jamie) and baby are doing well.