State Cup Champions!!

My YO's soccer team are the Maryland State Cup Champions!! I am so happy for her and her team. It was a long journey (they lost the State Cup two times on PK's, Penalty Kicks for the non-soccer people. This year was a great game that ended at regulation time. No overtime, no pk's!! Way to go Baltimore Bays 92-93!!! Off to the Regionals!!!

Great Grand Aunt Grace

This is Grace Killmayer Kruepel. She was my great grandfather's (John Killmayer) sister. Even though she never had any children she was a midwife to many. She helped to deliver my grandmother Grace and her siblings. She also helped to deliver my mother.
I always wonder how many babies she helped to bring into the world.
My great grandmother (Mamie) kept a journal and one entry states that Aunt Grace took her stillborn baby to a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
At the time autopsies were illegal and I assume this was her contribution to science.

Another Find

This is another photo that I love. It is a photo of my maternal grandmothers family. The gentleman holding his hat in his hand is my great grandfather, John Aloysious Killmayer. His parents are the seated elderly couple, Caroline Bucher and Conrad Killmayer. Conrad came to the United States from Germany in 1864 and Caroline followed soon after. This photo is from the late 1890's or early 1900's. (Before 1902) Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Wasting Time

Since I have had bad experiences with losing my digital data, I have spent most of the morning uploading my photos to the web for storage.

I love this picture, it must be from 1908. My grandmother is the little girl, my great grandfather is the gentleman standing. All the buildings are gone now and I'm in the process of trying to find the name of the bar.

No More Braces

YO had her braces removed this morning and oh my my how happy she is. Two and a half years and now she is free. I finished 2 more potholders this morning. Big deal. I need a car. It's more fun to spend money in the store than on the internet, but I do like the packages. Back to sewing, it sure beats cleaning.