The MacDonald's

Just recently when we were in Logandale I took the opportunity to ask grandma for some of the family favorites recipes. Besides the family favorites of Grandma's Applesauce cookies, bread, and pie crust. She pulled out an old recipe box stuffed full of canning, cooking and baking recipes that great grandma had treasured. What a wonderful experience it was for me as a great granddaughter to look through those recipes, spotted and marked with many stains it only added to the character of each recipe card. I can't wait to start using some of these recipes and I'm hoping that this year I'll get to use some of the preserving recipes as well. Besides recipes one other thing I love is old aprons and tablecloths. Grandma has some of great grandma's old aprons and tablecloths and I love to look through them when we visit. I have collected quite a few of them over the years. Most of them torn and stained, but the memories that they have written all over them is what I ...

Yesterday was Grandma and Grandpa Waters' anniversary. I thought this would be the perfect time to share with you how WONDERFUL my grandparents are and how blessed I feel to have them in my life. Grandpa was born on 9/21/24 as Ronald Morgan Waters in Beaver, Utah. He grew up with 3 sisters and 3 brothers. At the age of 17 he was shipped off to fight in World War 2, and shortly thereafter became a prisoner of war. For days he was held in a fox hole and only fed small amounts of bread and water to keep him alive. Then was rescued and sent on a train to France where he was shipped back to the states. Shortly after arriving back to Beaver he met Grandma. Grandma was born on 5/3/30 as Retta Decker, she was born a twin but her twin sister died shortly after she was born. Grandma met grandpa at a dance, they dated for awhile and got married shortly thereafter. Together they raised 8 children. Annette, then a child that was born still born, then my mom Ronda , Rodger, Jolene, Kevin, David ...