Pictures take over the Easter weekend of 2004. They speak for themselves.
Nora is the happiest baby that I have ever seen. She only fusses when she is hungry, but always has a big smile whenever she looks at you. …
We welcome our second granddaughter into our family, Nora James Edelblute. She is not getting as much fanfare as our first, Emerson Laine, but …
I have not posted pictures of my Granddaughter Emi lately, so in the interest of staying somewhat current, here are just a few recent favorites of …
While playing Christmas music on Christmas eve, Emi insisted we all stand up and dance with her while she turned in circles to the music. The …
A poem for seniors on aging Last summer felt hotter and winter seems much colder. There was a time not long ago when life was quite a blast. …
I have a feeling this is not going to be my last favorite picture. She continue to amaze me with her intelligence, awareness and personality
In Memory of John Ilardo Janet, David & Sheleana took Emi with them to Janet's brother John's burial. It gave Alex & Leon a chance to …
May 4, 1950 - September 8, 2022 "Our entire life my brother John was the calm, and I was the storm. Gone way too soon at 72." Janet Edelblute…
So true, but we continue on. I cannot believe this many years have passed. It seems like it was just yesterday moving to Las Vegas, until I moan…
Pictures from the past. I was cleaning out our storage unit and I saw these from on of the containers I took from my father's house after the …
This week we are celebrating our Granddaughter Emerson's first birthday, June 27, 2022. Birthday Party Photos …
I woke up to scary news this morning. Russia has launched a full out attack on Ukraine today. I was an original baby boomer having been …
I took up woodworking after taking a class from a friend of a friend. I loved working with wood. My first table was our dining room table and I…
I have tried, but I have struggled with accepting organized religion my entire life. My parents are not to blame for this. They tried. They were …
Janet is a grandmother for the first time, me for the second. Needless to say, Janet is beyond excited and grateful. Emerson Laine Edelblute, …
I just returned from a few day break at Yosemite National Park with Janet. It is impossible to capture the beauty and magnificence on a camera …
My son and his wife are expecting in late June or early July.
Growing old for me means waking up at odd hours in the middle of the night, not able to sleep, to reflect on my life and a desire to share thoughts…
A few years back, I finally designed the yard of my dreams for this house. I wanted the front to look natural with a rock stream flowing …
We started our trip flying to San Jose California and renting a car. We drove down through Santa Cruz and on to a beautiful bed and breakfast in …
A great night with family and friends. More than 30 years now and still going strong.
David and Sheleana Claussen were married on this date. David's wedding and reception were held in a WWII quonset hut that had been recently …
We visited my cousin Bob Witham and his wife Billie for our anniversary with my son David and his then fiance Sheleana Claussen. Bob had previously…
Thanks to my wife, my son and his finace Sheleana for a memorable, one of a kind, dining experience, even though I have been doing my best to …
Janet and I were shocked today by the news that we lost our friend Sam Villarealle suddenly to a heart attack. We gathered with mutual good friends…
How it looked back then I had a wonderful time with old friends and and seeing how many I recognized from my past. I have always found it …
This saguaro cactus was about twelve feet tall when we purchased our home in 1982. Over the years, it had doubled in size until it ended up being …
Alex and Leon had been a couple since their teenage years. I may be mistaken, but I believe Leon is the only guy she ever dated more than one time.…
A destination wedding for our nephew John Paul in to Negril, Jamaica. We stayed in a resort that featured tree-house like rooms set in the trees. …
This Alex as Clara in the beginning of the second act in the scene where she dreams of the Nutcracker defeating the mouse king. This was filmed…
I remember getting the call form my sister Lisa. She had been on the phone with my father when he died. She was distraught. I was able to book …
For two years, my daughter Alexandra was the lead child actress portraying Clara in the ballet Nutcracker performed by Nevada Ballet Theater for …
I miss the holidays raising kids when they lived at home and I am often sad my daughter lives so far away. I also miss the the lack of gray …
Bad Idea. I know that my brother Tony was especially angry about this. He confronted my parents many times to no avail. (I think this explains …
My first grandchild was born on this day. His mother, Jennifer, was my daughter from my first marriage to Andrea, show above. Since we were two …
Alex was asked to be a "little sister" in the 1991 Miss Universe Pageant. She ended up being with Miss France. At the time, it seemed …
Beverly Edelblute - 1924 - 1990 - 66 years old I will never forget the day my mother died. My dad called that afternoon with the news. I …
My wife was the catalyst in getting our children. We had been married six years and she had never gotten pregnant. At her insistence, we both went …
San Francisco A few years after opening Ethel M Chocolates, Forrest Mars became very impatient with the rate we were establishing a retail …
Born January 10, 1987 David's adoption was a much more sudden decision. We had three weeks to prepare for Alex. One day Janet got a call …
Mom & Dad - Taken Christmas day 1986 My dad was younger than I am now in that picture. He did look a lot better than I do. This picture was …
Alexandra was actually born February 7, 1985 but we did not bring her home until this date. When we were notified and asked if we wanted to be …
At this period of time in my life, I was had only recently married Janet. Our social life evolved around many old and new friends of Janet's that …
In the early 1980s, Janet and I used to go back to Green Bay every summer to spend time with family. My ex-wife and daughter were there and it gave…
During the construction of Ethel M Chocolates, a big part of my time was spent installing the chocolate molding equipment to make the liquor …
Janet flew to Las Vegas six weeks after I came in August of 1979. The first thing I did at the airport was lose my wallet...great first impression.…
Las Vegas, Nevada - August 15, 1979 - December 31, 1989 At the time I started, Ethel M Chocolates consisted of six people. The owner, Forest …
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina When visiting Janet's hometown, Rochester, NY, I was often asked, "How did you meet your wife?" Which …
Kansas City, MO - Montrose, CO - Marion, SC - 1976 - 1979 I left St. Joseph, Missouri and moved 55 miles south to the Russell Stover corporate …
Floss Thompson 1894 - 1977 - 83 years old My maternal grandparents used to visit us every summer during my childhood years. My mother' …
During the most difficult period of my life, I wrote this short story for an evening writing class that I took trying to keep busy and trying to …
St. Joseph, Missouri. January 1974 - Summer 1976 This was a very turbulent time in my life. I was recently divorced having suffered and …
McConnell AFB, Wichita Kansas April 1970 - December 1973 This was probably the most important phase of my life. Professionally they were …
Jennie was born at McConnell AFB hospital on this date. In those days, fathers were not allowed in the delivery room, so I had a long wait in …
Six weeks - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California January 1970 - March 1970 My next stop for my training to become a missile …
14 weeks, September 1969 - December, 1969 Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas My next stop in my Air Force tour of duty was at …
On Christmas break, my final. extra semester at the University of Wisconsin, I received a notice that I was drafted into the Army. 1969 was the …
Married Andrea Marty I do not remember much of the summer prior to getting married. I assume there was the usual frantic activity around it, but…
1964- 1969 My time at University of Wisconsin was a varied experience. I lived in a different place each of the four and one-half years that I …
Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary, Richard & Ardis Loeber, August 26, 2022 One of my best friends, Dick Loeber, married a wonderful Nebraska …
I went through the school of engineering before the days of even calculators, let alone computers. The only way to do the high-level math at that …
The summer between my freshman and sophomore year in college, my dad bought a small, used Cessna 172 single engine plane. The intention was that …
“Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”Macbeth Act 4, scene 1, 10-11 To understand this story, some background is …
We moved into our home on Roselawn Boulevard sometime about 1960. I remember house hunting with my parents. They eventually deciding to build a new…
During my high school years, when my brother and I were barely old enough to drive, my dad bought a 1964 Corvair Spyder convertible. At first, my …
1961 - 1964 Green Bay East High School Things I remember about high school. My memories of high school are generally good. I was not the …
My Mom and my friend, Jann Slayton found this of our mothers modeling for the Bellin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Club, probably around 1964. …
My only claim to fame in high school sports was that I broke the five-minute mile in track and field twice. Unfortunately, I only won one race. I …
My dad bought a used 1957 Chevrolet my brother and I exactly as pictured. He bought it so we could get to school ourselves. It had a 3 speed manual…
During my junior high years, I had a neighborhood friend named Chad who lived two blocks from us on Madison Street in Green Bay. I never understood…
I look back on my high school days with mixed feelings. I somehow had a good group of friends and generally good memories, but I was painfully shy …
Summers during high school were great times at our summer home in Shore Acres, 17 miles northeast of Green Bay. There were four families with …
Bear in Bar in Baraboo I think he first told me this while I was in high school. I then told this to my kids many times on long car trips using …
My first crush was actress Natalie Wood after I saw her in a musical called "Gypsy" during my late middle school years. I was way too painfully shy…
During my middle school years, I served as a candle lighter with a lifelong friend at the First Methodist Church in Green Bay Wisconsin. Every …
1959 - 1961 Things I remember from Washington Junior High in Green Bay. Shop Classes I think I enjoyed the shop classes as much as any …
Though it took longer than it should have, I finally got the last required merit badge to be considered for achieving the highest honor as an …
I know my sister Lisa still fails to see any humor in this story. As I reflect on this, after raising my own children, it does seem a bit …
One of my most vivid memories from the late 1950s was the night that I was inducted into the Order of the Arrow at Bear Paw Boy Scout Camp. …
My mother was the Cub Scout den mother for my brother, me and most of our friends. To this day, when I run into people that were in that den, …
1952 - 1957 Howe Elementary School, Green Bay. I remember those years well. We still lived on our original Green Bay home at 912 South …
Continuing from the previous year. Here is the 1956 version of the family Thanksgiving movie with the Austin family. This one is based on what …
Every family Thanksgiving in my childhood was with my parent's good friends, Drake and Rick Austin and their kids. They were roughly the same age …
I was between four and six years old. We lived in Tokyo, Japan from 1950 to 1953 on an Army post. We faced a quadrangle that had a common area …
In the process of going through my father's amazing collection of photos and slides after he died, I saw this photo for the first time. I think it …
I am not sure of the exact date, but I believe my father was stationed in Tokyo, Japan, just three years after the end of World War II, He had …
About this time in my life, I was somewhere between two and three years old. In fact, my first memory was being scared by curtains blowing in my …
My father was stationed as an Army doctor in San Antonio, Texas and then in Hot Springs, Arkansas where my brother was born August 20, 1947. This …
I was born not long after midnight in Madison General Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. My father was interning there as an Army doctor. My parents …
Aunt Shorty & Uncle Chappy My father's mother died giving birth to my father, November 12, 1920. My dad's father Roy lived on a farm …