Roberts News

Hi again,
It would be great to meet in St. Louis some time, Harlyn, but this Christmas Julie, Alan, and Ryan will be with Alan's family. Jennifer's new boyfriend will be in Gurnee for Christmas, so we will be staying home.
Happy Holidays.
Nancy

Harlyn Threadgold's in Brandon

Hi, I too am trying this for the first time! I think this is great and thank you to Betty for setting it up. I do not have a scanner so cannot send pictures at this time but would like to get one.

Yes, Betty we remember riding in Grandpa's sleigh. I remember the bells. He said each family had bells with a different ring so the neighbors knew who was going by from the sound of their bells. We would go out on the pond and ride around too. He had a heavy horse blanket we used to keep warm. These are good memories.

We went to Canistota today. Chad and Lou Ann had their baby Dylan Tyce baptized at the Missouri Lutheran Church in Canistota. Mike and Lynn from Minneapolis were Dylan's sponsors. Lee and Sid were there and Chad's parents, grandparents and sister were also there. Dylan wore Chad's grandfather's baptismal gown which is over 80 years old and his Grandpa Yackel was there to witness the event. Evan had also worn his gown. Big brother Evan was three on Thanksgiving day. All of our family were home (except Adam and family) for Thanksgiving this year. There were 18 of us.

We are going to St Louis for Christmas to be with Laurie and her family and then we will be going up to Minneapolis to Lynn and Mikes after Christmas. Chad and Lou Ann and their boys will be at Chad's folks in Butterfield, Minnesota and will be coming up to Lynn and Mikes too. Lynn and Mike have a little boy Carlter. Carter will be a year old on January 10, 2008.

It was good to read your blog Nancy. Will you be at your daughter's near St Louis for Christmas? If you are maybe we could get together?

Carrie, Lee and Sid's daughter, will be graduating from SDSU in Brookings on Saturday morning December 15th. We plan to go to the happy event. Carrie will be receiving a teaching degree. She has been doing her practice teaching at an elementary school in Brookings and loves it. We are so happy for her.

I received the RR letters last week so will get them on their way tomorrow. We have snow and it is very cold here tonight. Keep on bloggin.... Audrey

Santa Claus

I was just thinking about Santa Claus coming to LaBolt tomorrow and it brought back some memories. LaBolt is about Fedora size. Did anybody besides Robert Threadgold kids take sleigh rides with Harvey and his horses? I remember him being the Santa in Fedora. Maybe he did the same when our parents were kids. These are just images off the Internet that remind me of Christmas as a kid.

December Birthdays

My family is thinking we need more blogging, so here are those who celebrate December birthdays that I can remember in our family (Robert Threadgold)

Katie N.
Betty December 19
Carter December 20 - will be 8
Dan (Heidi's husband) December 24

Happy Birthday to all!

Roberts Family News

Hi everyone,
I got the information from Betty. I will give this a try, although I have never used a blog before. Karen, Linda, Russ, and I email a lot. We just moved to our new townhouse at Thanksgiving time. We still have lots of unpacking to do. Julie, Alan, Ryan, and Jennifer helped us move and shared Boston Market Thanksgiving dinner on plastic plates. The food was good and we had no dishes! :)
It was a bittersweet holiday. Julie had just lost the baby that was due in May.
Our new address is 6391 Cunningham Court, Gurnee, IL 60031.
All for now. Back to the pile of boxes.
Love, Nancy

Will give this a try--just received an e-mail from the President of ICBA on the outlook for the housing market and economy for the next couple of years, so will try to do something a little more pleasant. Couple inches of snow here, but to get to 40 tommorow--still seeing lots of pheasants, but have most run off our land from hunting pressure--killed somewhere around 900 so far this fall, should get a few more before the end of the season though. Deer hunting a big success for us also as Katie shot her own and I did also--nothing like Barry's or David's, but still had lots of fun. Planning on buying some duck hunting land up in North Dakota ---as a high school friend said, cannot have too much as am nearing retirement age. Don Threadgold, Fedora, SD,-so of Robert & Doris---have a small picture of Oscar Threadgold in the cremery that he operated here in Artesian, across the street from the present bank building where I work. Also while scanning the 1924 Artesian Commonwelth newspaper, saw where Oscar had a farm sale in the fall of '24 on his farm on the Miner-Sanborn County line about 5 miles south of now Hwy 34.

Hi! From Cottage Grove, MN.

HI! I'm Kathie Nordtvedt, daughter of Robert and Doris Threadgold. My husband Roger and I live here in the Twin Cities. Actually, the farthest south and east point of the Twin Cities that you can get. It snowed here yesterday, about 8 inches and it is COLD! We wish we had a little of the 112 degrees that we felt in Phoenix last summer up here right now. Jim & Phyllis you're probably enjoying your temperatures right now. Roger has a backache from shoveling snow. Enjoy the week ahead everyone. Kathie