Time in Chicago

My sister Jan's friend Jean has been very sick in Chicago.  I have made a few trips back to Illinois over the past few months to help.

On one of our trips downtown Chicago to the hospital, got a glimpse of Lake Michigan from the 13 floor of the hospital.

Beautiful lake and blue skies.

On another trip, that my sister Pat went with me to help Jan and Jean, we went by the old Masonic Hall.  When we first joined the LDS Church in Illinois, there was only a branch in the northern suburbs.  We met  in a Masonic Hall.

Lots of times when we showed up for church on a Sunday morning, we had to clean up the bingo cards, cigarette butts and beer bottles, to hold church.

The Masonic Hall was located in Libertyville.  We met in this building for a few years until we built our own chapel in Gurnee.  At that time, church members helped with the construction of the building.  There were many YW activites spent at the construction site cleaning up garbage and debris from the construction workers.  I remember pouring concrete down the cinder block walls and tamping the concrete down so the walls would be very strong and durable.

On another trip, I 'll have to get a picture of the chapel in Gurnee.  It's still standing!!!

Anderson's cabinet

Some of our neighbors asked if I could build a cabinet to cover their power boxes for their house and a new generator, they recently put it.  Both boxes are in the kitchen, so I tried to make the cabinet to make their other kitchen cabinets.

The kitchen cabinet doors are raised panel, cathedral doors, out of oak.  This was a first for me.  Learned how to use a set of 3 router bits to do the raised panel doors, then used templates to route the shapes of the panel and rails.

This is the door, without the panels in place yet.

Dry fit on the doors.

The finished product.  Yes!!

Babysitting grandkids

This past weekend, we watched Jacob and Becca's kids while they went out for the evening. 

One of the "activities" we did with Bailey is something my sister Pat found on Pinterest.  She is addicted!!!

I had a glass dish with baking soda in it.  Put food dye and vinega in four different glasses.  Bailey used an eye dropper in the glasses with the food dye and put it in the pan with the baking soda.

When the vinegar/food dye mix hit the baking soda, it would buble up, fizzle and change the color of the baking soda. 

Bailey was fascinated and so intent on doing it right.

She kept all her colors separated and they did not touch for a long time.

Ta da!!  The finished product.  Thanks Pat for sharing the idea.  Bailey loved it!!