One Hundred Years Ago...

...my Great-Grandpa John Augustine Power married my Great-Grandma Mary Ellen "Nellie" Powers Power!   Here is a photo of them and their children.  My Grandpa is baby #6, so he is the first one pictured in the bottom row on the left hand side.  John Augustine was among the first Power children born in America.  His father, also named John Power came to the United States from Ireland in the mid 1800s.

Wedding Couple

Here is a picture of my cousin Jared,

and his new wife, Stephanie.

Wedding

At the end of May, my cousin got married in Strasburg.  My mom, Elizabeth and Sarah went with me.  We met up in Champaign and Sarah's friend Zach snapped a picture of us before we headed to the ceremony.

After the wedding, we went to the Daisy Lane Scrapbooking and Craft Mall, which was conveniently located less than one mile from where the reception was being held!

Because we were able to go shopping, we only had to wait 30 minutes for the bridal party to arrive before dinner was served.

I highly recommend doing something during this 2-3 hour time frame while the wedding party is galavanting all over creation for photographs.

Our entertainment for the evening was Shannon and Lance's little girl Addison.  Here she is making "motorboat" noises with her mouth as Elizabeth is holding her...

She is so stinkin' cute!

You Decide

Funky......or Freaky?

My Uncle John found came across this lamp at a garage sale last weekend. The more I look at it, the more it looks like Big Bird's green-feathered cousin or some of the other Muppets. Maybe it will be one of the items up for auction at the Power Family Reunion this Saturday.....

Happy New Year

We're beginning the new year with quite a bit of snow! If I wasn't so lazy, I would go outside and take a photo of our snow-covered house. However, I do not wish to disappoint, so here is an older picture (circa 1986) of myself and my younger sister Molly on top of a small hill made of snow. The top of this hill-o-snow is as high as the bottom of the roof to our house, so you can get somewhat of an idea about just how much snow there can be out here in the sticks!

...and Mason was his name-O

Let any doubt you once had regarding the playing of B-I-N-G-O and those who master it be laid to rest, for this picture says it all. That's right, folks...this is Mason, with six - I'll say it again, SIX cards he is working at once. This after-dinner family tradition has been taken to the next level.

Now if we could just do something about those prizes...

Ooops!

Ahhh....strawberry pretzel salad...delicious! Or, at least it would have been. While I was taking it out of the refrigerator, it slipped out of my hands and fell onto the floor, upside down. Sorry Sarah! At least the coconut cream pie was safe for Grandpa! Hehehe...