Family | Engelken Reunion 2015

July 18, 2015 by Debra 1 Comment

Hi, I certainly hope you have the opportunity to enjoy a family reunion. Facebook and Instagram are wonderful to keep in touch with family and friends near and far. But being able to visit with each other in person is even that much better. Last Saturday was fun.

The Engelken Family Reunion was held in Holton. Christine did a lovely job planning the gathering. It was an afternoon filled with family, delicious food and board games.

The main event was Bingo. All age groups were able to play simultaneously. There was even a prize table set up! Other games included cards, dominoes and Seek A Word featuring the names of the Engelken siblings and spouses.

The images were added to the online galleries- one for viewing and the second for downloading. To download the images, simply click the download link below. Enter the access code. You will then be able to view the images. To download, sign into the photobook with your own email and password you create.

I am so looking forward to seeing this group again in 2017!

Best Wishes,

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Calendars – July 2015

July 4, 2015 by Debra

Hi, this may seem strange to you- but I just love things like a calendar! One of my all time favorite stores to shop is office depot. Yep, that’s right! I use the Google calendar on my phone for personal appointments and such. This is a really good application because whether I’m on my phone, tablet or home computer- I see the same calendar. The best feature of the application is the reminders. I use two of them- the SMS feature and email. Soon the SMS feature will be phasing out- bummer. But all the same the application is really good, especially since it’s free!

Another calendar I have been using is Calendar Creator Deluxe 12. How many of you use the Franklin Covey planners? The Calendar Creator program can create your calendar as refill pages for your Franklin. Now that’s nifty! Working with websites, I have often wanted to add a calendar of events.

Searching for the right one was becoming not easy at all. Whether it be some aspect of the program- not user friendly, the cost or the sheer appearance of the calendar, I was truly having a difficult time deciding on which program to buy. That’s when I went back into the Calendar Creator program and really took a good look at all of the features. The event tab in the main menu link above links to the months July thru December 31, 2015. The program exports as html. I did create an index.html page to contain the exported files. Centering the exported calendar html files- they were not centered. By creating the index.html page, I was able to center the calendar. If anyone is interested, this can be a different topic with more details explaining what I did and why.

While searching for a calendar program, I wanted something very simple that I could decorate as I wish. This program allows custom designs and comes with many different images. If you are wanting a user-friendly program, I recommend Calendar Creator 12. Please keep in mind there will be a learning curve to designing your first calendar. However this is the same for any new software program. The help section is really handy.

Each month I will post the current pdf calendar file. Simply click the calendar picture and the pdf file should download to your computer to print or save as.

Best Wishes,

Fourth of July – Remembering Last Year.

July 4, 2015 by Debra

Hi, I just love the moments I can spend with my whole family at the same time; same place. Hopefully it will happen this fourth of July. This set of images was taken last year. We were all together even though my husband is not in the pictures. He was playing farmer bailing hay during the day. It was in the evening after we took the pictures that he was able to join in on the festivities. Great memories to last a lifetime!

Wishing everyone a safe and fun July 4th!

Best Wishes,