Heaven has one more Angel

Kip's mother Greta passed away on November 13th. She was a lovely woman with many wonderful qualities: giving, generous of heart, helpful, loving, always learning. She was a fun and loving grandma to Taylor and Kendy. As my mother-in-law she only gave advice if I asked but always showed her love to me. We became friends.

Margaret (Greta) Altman: Beloved Wife for 59 years of Robert Altman, Loving
Mother of Kurt (Terry), Peg, Charles (Gina). Dear Grandmother of Taylor,
Kendal, Alex, Evan and London. Greta lived her early years in Northern
Minnesota with parents Peter & Margaret Loscheider, sisters Antoinette,
Doris, Germaine, Agnes, Marlene and the late Geraldine and Viola: brothers
Robert, Peter and the late Lawrence. She was an adored aunt to many nieces
and nephews. In Highland Park Greta became an avid Cubs fan and her
autographed Ernie Banks photo has its place of honor. She worked for 22
years as a pharmacy technician at Osco company. A memorial mass will be
held at 10:00 am Saturday, December 3 at Immaculate Conception Church 770
W. Deerfield Road Highland Park, IL. Visitation in the church before mass.
Luncheon will be served following mass in the parish center of Immaculate
Conception. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Catholic
Charities of Lake County 761 S. Lewis Ave. Waukegan, IL 60085 or Midwest
Palliative and Hospice Care 2050 Claire Ct. Glenview IL 60025

GSA Fall Harvest Sweetheart Dance

Taylor and I attended the GSA Fall Harvest Sweetheart Dance together. She was beautiful in her ruffled blue dress. We met up with Isabella, Elliana, and Esme at the dance. The girls had fun dancing and running around. I love to see such freedom in Taylor!

Happy Halloween

The girls went out trick-or-treating this year around the neighborhood. Taylor designed her Gypsy fortune teller outfit and Kendy went as a cat. Both girls used their cool goodie bags Grandma Greta made for them. Of course they collected lots of candy and we ate it all! We also went to Nick's garden center for their fall festivities and Tagawa's as well.

Disneyland Vacation

We took the kids to So. California for Taylor's Fall break from school to see family and Disneyland. The girls had so much fun as did Kip and I. The trip almost didn't happen....Kip returned from Chicago late the night before and was up all night with the stomach flu and was in no condition to fly. We rearranged our travel schedule and made a late afternoon flight amidst a snow storm.
On our way finally to fun in the sun! Kendy loved cruising through Disneyland via stroller and going on the rides. Minnie and Mickey were there to greet us and the girls got their autographs and pictures. Kendy was a little frightened at first but soon warmed up to the characters and was carrying her own autograph book. Kendy especially loved the teacups! Taylor loved meeting Rapunzel and riding the bigger rides like the Matterhorn and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I loved being there with Kip and the girls. We all had a blast and followed the parade out of the park at closing.
Next we went to Auntie Sherry's house and spent some time with cousins TD & Marjolein, Sasha and Saskia and Kirk and Brock and Maddie. We went swimming, played at the park, went to the beach and hung out with Auntie Sherry. WE also went to a local school carnival and got some great ideas for our school next year. It is always sad to leave family, but happy to be home again.