Larson Line-up

Brian discovered Ancestery.com... and can trace back even further!
Nicolaus Hartman married Phillipene who gave birth toPeter Hartmann (23 Aug 1828 - 11 Dec 1874 Bayern Germany above) who married Katheryn Hiltz (daughter of Conrad Hiltz and Emma Schwiss): they were parents to Caroline Hartmann (6 Feb 1855 - 12 Jan 1940 from Iron Missouri) who married Henry Larson (who was the son of Lars Narstad and Martha... Norway).
Caroline Hartmann and Henry Larson (9 Jun 1844 - 23 Mar 1928 from Henifas Norway) were parents to Robert Larson (3 Jun 1891) (or Bob... little boy picture with curls in his hat... oh I"ll have to get a copy of that one, the before and after he cut his ringlets that his sisters (one named Mary I believe) prized). Robert Larson married Nellie Owens (which brings us to G'pa's timeline)

I guess if you put it that way, our last name is likely Narstad, but changed to Larson when Lars Narstad came to the US.

As far back as G'pa Em can go...

Emery Owens and Alice were parents to

Nellie Owens

who married Robert Larson

Their children were Virginia, Mabel (still living and 92 in 2011) and Emery Hartman (Grandpa)

Great Grandpa Nicolai Olsen was born in Mustad Norway in 1867(5) married Anna Lund (1880) also born in Sogn (or Laerdal)Norway 4 Nov 1880 (died 16 April 1944 in Brookings South Dakota). They had 12 children... all born in Brookings South Dakota

Edward (born 7 June 1903)

Agnes (born 5 Aug 1904, died in childbirth)

Nora (born 28 Jan 1906)

Arthur John (Born 29 Nov 1908)

Clarance Oscar (born 10 April 1910)

Myrtle Francis (born 15 Nov 1911)

Anna "Elizabeth"(born 1913, married Mr. Brusinger)

Walter James (born Feb 1914 married Christina has never lived anywhere else but the farm he was born on, still living)

Esther (born 1916, never married)

Irene (born 1918, married Mr. Fay Shade http://www.welterfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/Welter1/obit.cgi?user=1263_ISchade478)

Judith "Harriet" (born 1920)

Jean (born 1926 married Grandpa Em in 1946 died 22 Sept 2006)

Grandma Jean and Grandpa Em had two children:

Thomas Hartman Larson who married Terri Gong: had two children Ryan and Amy

Amy (me, but let's just keep names strait here) married Brian and had two children Grace and Owen

Ann Margaret Truscinski has three children Jay, Sam and Katie

Katie has married Adam Peruski and have baby boy Max (2012)

mish mash

beautiful flowers from the folks for my birthday... had to clear the craft supplies off of the center of the table to set this elegant bouquet amid crayon and paper chaos, but it made me smile everyday!

Garden: Two tomato plants, carrots, chives, eggplant, zucchini, strawberry, pole beans, bush beans, pumpkin... ambitious set for two small beds. This picture is so it looks like we are growing something other than pumpkins, which really is what is growing...

but the rest seem to be struggling along okay.

Sewing: Had a big burst when I got off of work this summer. Stayed up too late repeatedly with a sinus infection and it made it a bit worse, so I have taken a little break. I do have plans though... plans....some of these included clothes! Seriously! I swore off anything as complicated as a sleeve a long time ago (and may take that vow back up... I just have a tough time with "Easing" anything) but when faced with the choice to take both kids shopping or just making Owen some summer jammies, I chose the latter.

Took me two nights, and an outing without Owen's exuberant fabric opinions to pick something he would like but something that I could also bear to look at... turned out okay (except for the sleeves which turned out a touch blousy), I'm quite proud. Made me brave enough to try a dress for Kaylee's birthday.

I got this pattern and book idea from http://noodleheads.blogspot.com/2010/07/unicorn-dress.html, they had it at the japanese bookstore so I took it as a sign to give it a whirl. I loved it! The length maybe was more a tunic length for the growing girl, but after staring at instructions in japanese for a good week, I got up the courage to give it a try...

Pretty cute.

One last sewing project...

peg bears from one yard wonders sewing book. I made three 'cause they looked so strait forward and easy... took a little while really and more circle sewing than I like. I didn't really take a picture of all three before one found a home with a 3-year old friend on her birthday, but Owen loves his and designed and took this picture for me... cute.

The boys did some fun craft projects on our camping trip. Owen has gotten interested in making books and really lots of drawing in general... robots, gardens, flowers, rainbows, sunshine, fish, all sorts of cool things, so he did a book. He and Joaquin did a sort of prayer flag art hanging thing that we strung up with some decorated flags, leaves, felt bits, etc... just a nice bright spot in our sea of green.

summer, at last, really, I think...

Well, the sun has finally decided to shine more days than it doesn't... at least the last week or so (of course we still had two rainy'uns). Anyhow, its July... and its raspberry season! Yum! Picked out at Smith Berry Barn, which I really liked, a little fancier than Rowell Bros, nice store, nicer restrooms (as in not porta potties), organic, nice sandwich cafe across the street... a touch more per pound (1.50 v. .99 at R.B.) but I am happier feeding Grace some treats while in the field with the organic farm. Anyhow, I may have managed about 11 lbs, though I can't find my receipt. Got about 12 jars (two pints, 10 half pints) of beautiful Jam out of it (pomona pectin recipe but with just over the minimal amount of sugar suggested). I also canned up some cherries this year again... they were my favorite last year to enjoy over yogurt. So I used two recipes last year, one was much better than the other, but I can't remember. SO... I'll note that I did the brandy cherries recipe in the Blue canning book but with Amaretto instead of brandy. In two of the jars, I tried adding three tablespoons of chocolate liquor to two of the jars before topping them off with the syrup. Also a few standard cold-pack jars to share with the kids :)

Also love being able to have a picnic dinner on the deck with the warm evenings. Salads, cheese, bread, salami sometimes... no cooking, so tasty, so refreshing... esp with Brian's homebrew. His IPA and raspberry wheat are my favorites so far!