Cranberry Relish

The girls enjoyed grinding up the various fruits that go into Grandma Ruth's Cranberry Relish. A long time Davidson Favorite:

2 lbs cranberries

3-4 apples cored

3-4 oranges rind included

1 med size can crushed pineapple

4 3oz packages of Jello (cranberry, cherry, or other similar)

*use half of the total recommended water for the Jello

4 cups sugar

Grind all the fruit together, mix boiling water with Jello. Add sugar to ground up fruit and then add in Jello. Mix well and refrigerate. Best if made a day ahead. Enjoy.

Thanks

We have so many things to be thankful for, including sweet smiles from Vincent and Julianne and visits from the Grandparents.

Early Thanksgiving Feast

Smiles make it all worth it

For the past two months we have been remodeling our house to make it more accessible. We added a ramp to the deck and opened up the bathroom. The kids have been patient with the dust, noise, and disruption. We are close to the end and it was all worth it to see Claudia wash her hands without help!

The roll-in shower coming in pieces.

Out with the pink and in with the....

Rebuilding the closets that had to move to make a bigger bathroom.

Vincent learns what to do with a hammer.

Eloise helping the remodelers.

The old bathroom, minus the vanity.

More old bathroom, the narrow part!

bumps

I really try not to feel sorry for my little girl. She is smart and cute and has a lot going for her and what benefit is it to her for me to feel pity? But there are days....

When she is trying so hard to climb the steps up from our basement, or trying not to ask me for a tissue when she knows I'm busy, or days when she falls.

Every kids falls but when Claudia falls she isn't able to extend her arms fast enough to catch and protect herself. She had a nasty fall this weekend while heading out the back door using her walker. About thirty minutes later with her bloody nose and mouth she was at it again.

She is amazing!

Missing you

Everyone's ready for your return!