Celabration of Life

Timothy James, Candance Kay Stephenson Leitz with James and Jennifer

Tim's many loves included Sim Racing, website building, computer programming, and spending time with his family.  He was a great mechanic (spelling, couldn't find it in the dictionary).

Timothy James Leitz, my nephew.  Memories of Tim are many but the one that sticks out the most with me is when Jack, Barbara and kids lived with us in Island City Oregon. (1962)  Barbara was expecting Sheri and Arlo and I had just got out of the Air Force and were living in Island City.  What a time we had, 6 kids and 4 adults and think there was just 2 bedrooms.  The floors were hardwood and dark.  Barbara and I soon had a system where right after dinner and the dishes were done, she would supervise the 5 kids in the tub while I would damp mop all the floors so the kids wouldn't get their feet dusty after their bath.   Arlo and Jack both worked and when not working they would take an old truck Arlo bought and go to the woods for fire wood.

Anyway back to Tim.  He was just 15 months old and when I was cooking he would be in the high chair and he would pound his tray saying "mama" "mama"  meaning he wanted to eat and right soon!  Then one day he was eating and I looked at him and he was sitting there looking at his tray and big tears were running down his cheeks, when asked what was the matter his reply was "more".  We never could figure out why the tears but he was a kid that like his food.  You would never know it to look at him though, he was always so slim and did get to be a good height. :)

Here are some pictures taken at his Celebration of Life held in Puyallup Washington, USA  March 20, 2010

Tim's mother Barbara, his Aunt Glenna and Aunt Judy

Tim's sister Sheri, her son's Jason (sitting beside her), her husband Cat behind Jason and her son Kris standing behind her.

Tim's dad Jack Leitz and Tim's wife Candi

They are looking at a book that has so many pages of emails from friends, family and from people all over the world that interacted with Tim on the Sim Racing circuit.  I think this is a game of virtual racing, I know it is racing on the computer but don't know just how it works.

Tim and Candi's son James sitting with his mother Candi and his cousin Greg

Tim and Candi's daughter Jennifer with her cousin Kayti, in the back ground behind Jennifer you can see Candi.

Sitting left to right: Tim's cousin Greg, his brother Dan, his cousin Cynthia, his sister Sheri with her daughter Kayti in front of her and his Aunt Judy beside Sheri.  The baby stroller in between Dan and Cynthia is Cynthia's granddaughter Paola.  His dad, Jack's head is in the picture too. :)

Tim's wife Candi with her mother.  See Cat in the background but don't know names to put on the others.  There were a lot of people in and out that I didn't know and didn't take pictures of.

Tim's cousin Cynthia, Aunt Judy, mother Barbara, cousin LaWanna and little cousin Paola (13 days old).

I caught Barbara as she was talking so not fair to put this on but I did. :)

Tim's Aunt Elaine Leitz holding Paola.

Tim's one time brother in law Mike sitting with LaWanna and his and Sheri's son Jason.

Sheri, Tim's sister, with his dad Jack in the back ground and Mike to the left of the picture.

Tim's son James with mother Candi

James and his wife had a baby girl on Thursday March 11th so Michelle and little Anna couldn't be there.  Will try to get pictures of them to put here.

Also didn't get a picture of Simon but will put one in that was taken a while back, he is 3 now.

Simon , Tim's grandson, son of Jennifer his daughter.

James and wife Michelle

Michelle with baby Anna Tim's granddaughter

Great Grandson Isaac

While in Portland we were blessed to visit with our great grandson Isaac, well we got to see him anyway. :)

Isaac Benjamin Dozark age 5 months

He has found he can turn over and can crawl after a fashion

but manages to get what ever he sees and want to get to!

You spend a lot of time directing him in the way you want him to go :)\

Love these little people, Isaac is at the stage you keep your distance and let him warm up to you. :)

It is a good thing I make time to go to Portland so can get acquainted with these little people.

New Great Granddaughter

YEA  a new Great Granddaughter, we made the trip to Portland to meet our new great granddaughter Paola Letica Raab!  What a little doll!  How blessed we are with our next generation.  Paola is spanish for Paula and that helps me know how to pronounce her name.  She will be called Lola or Lolalita meaning little Lola. :)

Mother Monique and Daughter Little Lola

Grandmother Cynthia and Little Lola

Great Grandma Glenna and Little Lola

Great Aunt Sandra with Little Lola

Now I know you are saying all women where are the men!  Well

The only men I got pictures of is Great Grandpa and Great Uncle Mark so they are next...

Great Grandpa Arlo with Little Lola

He looked like he didn't quite know what to do so good thing he was sitting down. :)  She was a little doll and slept through the whole thing. :)

Great Uncle Mark with Little Lola

Center of attention is Little Lola with her Grandmother Cynthia,

Great grandmother Glenna and Great Grandfather Arlo in attendance.

We are at the hospital visiting and getting acquainted.

I will be going to Portland on the 25th so hope to get pictures of the

parents and other grandparents, uncles and aunts to make a complete picture.

See you later!

Sick !

Sick, drat but I hate to be sick!  Went to Portland last Thursday, Sandra and Mark went with me, main purpose was to go to church down there on Sunday last as Isaac, my great grandson was blessed and given a name.
There was a lot of sickness down there and with my imune system down I caught it!  It didn't really hit me until I got home on Wednesday.  But being home I could sit in my recliner or go to bed, what ever felt good to me. :)
Will insert a picture of my living room so you can see where I spent most of my time, this past week.
I haven't been sitting doing nothing, did a lot of "indexing"  for the census program, copying information from a film to make it more accessable to people searching out thier family history. 
glenna

As you can see this was taken in October but it worked very well in February when I was sick. :)  The Snuggy is what Cynthia and Monique gave me for my birthday, sure use it a lot!

My First Born :)

Fifty Three years ago today I became a mother for the first time.  WOW !  Back then it was a complete surprise when your baby made its appearance.   Arlo was in the Air Force and stationed in Condon Oregon at the Radar site.  We had to travel to Heppner, about 50 miles and it was snowing bad, had to break through several drifts.  Thank goodness we had a Chevy 1955 pickup so had a easier time of it.    Had a near blizzard that evening and Arlo played the good Samaritian and took the office secretary home, I often teased him that was so he didn't have to see me suffer.  "Back then" the father to be was not in the room like the men are today. :)  Any way our little girl didn't make her appearance until after 9 that evening.  Came into the world with lots of black hair and weighed about 8 pounds and was 20 inches long.  The following morning the office person came in and asked me "What are you going to name this little Miss ?"  With no hesitation out came "Sandra Elaine"  now don't know where that came from as had not thought of that name but we stuck with it.

Doesn't she look bright eyed and interested in her surroundings!  We are sitting in our living room in the 32' x 8' wide Stewart house trailer in Condon Oregon.

Here we are before leaving Condon and going to Yaak Montana.

Sandra in her high chair that her

Grandma Henderson and Aunt Lois Henderson got for her with the help of S&H Green Stamps.  What a blessing that was. I still have that high chair, not the tray or the arms but use it myself when sewing.

As you can see Sandra really enjoyed meal time.  Before I could do dishes I had to put her in the sink and give her a bath! :)  If you look out the window you can see the snow, Yaak did enjoy lots of snow, anyway that winter we had lots of snow.  We bought a rug for the living room floor because it was so cold and do you think she stayed on the rug.....NO, she didn't crawl but would roll everywhere.  We didn't have central heating but had a small oil stove in the corner across from where Sandra's high chair was.  Arlo built a small entry cabin on the side of the trailer so we could enter without the storm coming into the trailer.  He also had it fixed with a desk so he could do his studying there.

Sandra is now a mother of five children, three daughters and two sons and grandmother of two boys with another grandson due in June.  My how time flies!  Love you Sandra!  Happy Birthday!

Home

It is day three being home and I am still not going on full power.  My stomach is not acting good, so am eating a lot of yogurt and made some homemade tomato soup that doesn't seem to hurt my stomach.   We are off to Kennewick, to bad my stomach isn't so good, we could go to Granny's for lunch. :)  Oh well maybe next time.
glenna

Last Day in Lima Peru

Our last day and Marco wanted me to see this really big Market not far from the Lima Air Port. So here a few pictures from there.  It was really big and clean too.  I was impressed that the flys were almost non existant.

Look at the potatoes, that whole row was nothing but different potatoes.

Look at the giant cauliflowers and cabbages, just about any veggie you could want was in this place.

Bannanas of every kind, we ate a lot of the little finger ones.

Cynthia and Marco are talking with a woman about something that looks like a cherry tomato but was a fruit with a large seed in it.  Kind of sour.

Cynthia, John and Marco again looking at some fruit.

I didn't get close enough or this but that is chickens you can see hanging, with heads and feet still attached.  I watched a woman cutting up a chicken and first she cut off the toe nails then proceded to chop it into pieces.  Yes chop, they use a meat cleaver and with a swift chop they do the job.

This shop is for pig, you can see the hams hanging.

Here is the beef, watched the guy in front slice steak off and it was so thin and he then proceded to filit that out it reminded me of what you would need to make the German dish Roland (spelling is off I am sure)  Anyway steak that is laid out and stuffed then rolled up and cooked.

A drink made from something from the jungle, supposed to be good for cancer paitents we tasted it but not something I would like to drink. :)

I think this is what the drink was made from.  Marco bought two of them brought them home and we threw them out they smelled so BAD!  They were soft with seeds inside them and felt like jello.  UGH !

We left the market and went back to Chorrillos to get ready to leave.  Tried to take a nap but you know how that goes, you always think of something you need to do so the nap goes by the wayside.

We went to the Airport about 8:30 (left the house) and was at the airport by 9:30.  We stood in line and another line and another line, think the next time I travel I will go by car!   Standing in line we got to talking about what is next and I was holding Dumenico's Surfing board so Cynthia snapped my picture and said perhaps that should be what I try next, after the parasailing thing.  Don't think so as you can't see what is in the water so a nice swimming pool is my thing. 

The poor board didn't make the trip intact!  Its nose was hurt so don't think Dumenico will be using it either.

After about 19 hours we were back in Portland and how quiet and tame it all is compared to what we just left. :)  We were so tired was in bed by 9 and slept all night until about 6 the next morning.  I did a few things for the office then headed home.  Stopped to See Melissa, Michael and little Isaac before really getting on the road.  It was 5 pm when I got home, managed to unload the car then sat in my chair from 5:30 until 7:30 napping, got up and went to bed at 8 and slept until 7:30 this morning.  Feel pretty good this morning but sure glad I don't have a job to go to this morning I can just do nothing if that is my desire and guess what, it is!  Maybe by tomorrow I will have my feet under me again.

Good to be home, as I said before, There is No Place Like Home.!

glenna