In Memory of Max

Max 1995 - 2008

Bill and Donna's Beloved Pet who was loved by all the family

She will be missed by all who knew her.

CRAMER NEWS

HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CRAMER'S

Reporter: Mom/Grandma

Jessie emailed me, "Hi grandma!, well winter lacrosse is doing well we won 4 games out of 6 or 8 and the first 3 games I scored a goal. I've had a few minor injuries with that, but now we are going to sectionals. I'll send you a team picture of last year a.s.a.p. I think our spring season starts in March. I am officially 1 less, I got my last H.P.V shot yesterday

I'm on the school dance team, and we dance at the home girls and boys basketball games. We have learned 2 new dances this year.

Tennis this year was good but we didn't do so well at matches, but the season was a lot of fun. I have a picture of that if you want it.

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There's a new Kested website. Steve is putting the Kested book information and pictures on a website. It is under construction right now. He’s doing a good job with it. http://kestedfamilywebsite.googlepages.com/

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Dad/Gpa has been very sick with bronchitis and complications of a "bug". He's feeling much better, but still quite weak. It seems so odd to have him sitting around so much, so unlike him.

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As you know, Stephanie works and lives in Germany. Her latest project is in New York City. She has designed a high rise building for the company she works for. She is traveling between NY and Germany every couple of weeks. http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/080117brooklyn.asp0117brooklyn.asp
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/new%20york/jpgs/brooklyn_arts_tower_behnisch140108_studiomda1.jpgts_tower_behnisch140108_studiomda1.jpg

Here is Stephanie's blog, which she doesn't update very often, maybe this will inspire her to do so. http://www.entropybygrace.blogspot.com/

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Abby: Hey Grandma,So, here's the story about Hawaii. For the past year I've worked as a research assistant for the planetary geologist in our department. Every year he gets a certain number of days for observation at the NASA IRTF (Infared Telescope Facility) on Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii. He just accepted a job at NASA headquarters in Washington D.C and won't be able to go to the observatory. So, the grant money that pays for the trip would be wasted if someone didn't go and he offered me the trip as a sort of "bonus" for the semester. The observation nights are March 20, 21 and 22. Luckily, these days fall during my spring break so I won't be missing any classes. I'll be staying at the NASA basecamp facility located at about 9,000 ft above sea level. We'll be transported up to the summit (14,000 ft) every evening for our midnight to 6 am observation times. I'm hoping to get out to Hawaii a few days early to explore the big island and get acclimated to the high altitude.Here's the NASA website for the telescope I'll be working with:http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/

That's it for now folks....I'll be calling or emailing the rest of you about what's going on in "your life". Please send me bits and pieces of family news, or I may have to make up some stuff about you. Mom/Gma

52 Wedding Anniversary

January 21 was our 52 wedding anniversary. We went to one of our favorite places, Lake Placid, NY. We left early Saturday morning on the 19th. Larry had a cold but said he felt ok and I couldn't talk him into staying home. The ride north is always a treat, just enjoying the beauty of the Adirondacks. As we rode along, we came up behind a huge truck load of logs, typical for the ADK's. We got settled in our room at the Prague Inn, then went to one of my favorite places, The "Twigs" where they have Adirondack antiques. ADK furniture, and ADK crafts.

Driving behind a truck load of logs on route 8 between

Wells and North Creek on our way to Lake Placid

In the late afternoon we headed for the Olympic Jumping Complex where we were met by some neat young people that were handing out free handwarmers, bags containing candy, gum, hand cream, suntan lotion, pens, etc. They were from Florida and were on a missions trip to Lake Placid. What a neat idea to reach out to others; meeting needs, being friendly and helpful. Isn't that what ministry is all about? They were ministering in actions rather than words. https://www.ncministries.net We took some blankets with us and sat in the bleachers and watched the jumpers/aerialist as they were practising and then competing for qualifications for later on. We watched for awhile, man was it cold, then went inside the building where there were tables, coffee, hotdogs etcetcet and HEAT. We could see the aerialist but also got to see some of them up close as they came in to get warm and take a break. These competitors were competing for the Freestyle World Cup, so they were from all over the world. We also got to visit with some folks that were there vacationing.

The entrance to the Olympic Jumping Complex

One of the USA jumpers

Sunday Larry woke up with a fever and very sick. We probably should have come home that morning, but he thought he'd be ok and besides we'd paid for another night. We went to bfast around 11:30 a.m. He didn't want to go out again so we picked up some food from the local Price Chopper and spent the rest of the day "together" in our room. We enjoyed watching both the AFL and NFL football championships, especially since the Giants won in the NFL.Larry had a rough night, with coughing, chills, fever, etc, so we left by 7:30 a.m. and headed for home. He called the dr and was seen by 1:30. He's got what ever is going around so will be out of work the rest of the week. He is feeling better today (Tuesday) after taking 7 different kinds of meds.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMY

I will always remember taking the bus to Texas

to see my first grandchild. You are a very special

person Jeremy that your whole family is proud of.

You've stayed focused, made good decisions, a good

example to your peers.

We're having another Grandson !!!

Congratulations to Sue and Chris

They found out today that the baby is a boy!!!

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Congratulations to us for having our second grandson.

Sue (our youngest daughter) and her husband Chris, have two daughters, Mackenzie age 7 and Kate age almost 18 months. 26 years ago today our first grandson, Jeremy Yaddaw was born. In between Jeremy and this baby we had 10 delightful, wonderful grand daugthers. Now we have bookends. We are so delighted and can't wait to hold him for the first time. I'm sure there'll be some pictures coming on here as soon as he's born, which is the last of May. Sue's history it to deliver 2 weeks early so he may be here in mid May.

HAPPY 96TH BIRTHDAY MOM ,GMA, GREAT GMA

January 6, 2008 Larry's mother celebrated her 96th birthday

Helen Cramer
Here she is reading her birthday card from Larry and Gail

She still has the same sweet disposition, never complains. She has lost most of her vision and hearing but gets along very well at home alone. Her family comes in every day to check on her and bring her meals. Her sons keep the house in repair, mows the lawn, plows the driveway, etc etc. She still does her own laundry though. She enjoys listening to the audio tapes that the Government Blind Helper Group mails to her every month. She especially likes the tapes from the magazine, "Guidepost".