Lori's BIG Move

1065 Hillview Dr.    Ashland, OR  97520
is Lori's new address!
And she has all her stuff at this new
address. . .what a relief!
But as you can see, the work continues re-arranging and Salvation Army trips. You can see her dining area and back porch. We were glad to have Dan, Sheila, Jana and Brady join in the fun of moving!  And would you believe,  the owner allows Lori's 2 dogs and cat,  the legal limit for any resident of Ashland!  The collie's are extremely quiet perhaps they know they are now renters!  In the midst of all the stuff we uncovered some treasures. The middle photo with all the boxes,  front left,  is my mother's green lazy boy chair!  all the way from Wakarusa, Indiana!  The trunk photos were also hers and you will remember it contained all the Halloween costumes you could imagine from an elephant suit for two to a Sadie Hawkins outfit, the mother of Lit'l Abner in the comics.  This trunk must have come from the old country brought to North America on the Mayflower or some later vessel perhaps early 1800's.  It's a classic trunk with lift out drawer.  The high chair treasure is not as old but has lots of memories.  My folks,  Joy and Edgar Freed,  bought this for us when Dan was born.  It was the latest in high chairs made by the Kroll Manufacturing co. It was not only well built, but it was a convertible!  With one simple adjustment,  the bottom flipped and it became a toddlers desk which worked for all our kids!  Imagine,  Dan,  Roly, Lori and Jana as toddlers eating their baby food in this chair!!  It was then loaned out for their kids and we have lost count of those who lived in this high chair since!  As you will note,  the blue original plastic is tattered and torn so the last user made a cover to keep it's beauty!  There are many wonderful memories in this chair and after all these 60 years,  it still looks pretty great and all the parts work including the removable tray!  Our treasures often get pushed aside and forgotten. . .at least for awhile.  But these memories are forever a part of us embedded deep within our soul.  Sometimes it takes a move to uncover those memories that made us who we are today!  We have a great family and we salute Lori who has made a tough move with courage and dignity!
PS.  Wait till Adam and Amanda see their new rooms!!!

Dan's BIG One

In the middle of Lori's move,  the family gathered in Ashland to help lug lots of stuff to her new home about 1/2 mile from Tolman Creek.  Jana and son Brady joined in the fun along with Dan and Sheila.  In the middle of all the cleaning and carrying,  Dan managed to have his BIG 60th BIRTHDAY!  Of course,  Mom made his favorite cake,  a moist yellow cake with meringue and cool whip topping topped with fresh strawberries!  If you enlarge the photo you'll notice 6 candles!  You could imagine what 60 would look like. We probably would  have had to call the fire department with all of Lori's stuff surrounding us!  The girls came up with 60 positive characteristics that Dan has contributed to all of us over the years!  Dan even got a drum roll as he blew out all 6 ty candles!!!  Sixty years is a long time from Brady's view but not so long from my view and we're all glad to celebrate this milestone in Dan's journey on God's great earth!!!