Month: January 2017

2017 St. Paul Winter Carnival Royalty

January 31st, 2017

What a spectacular afternoon! Shoreview was excited and all decked out in snowflakes and sparkles to have this years 2017 St. Paul Winter Carnival Royalty join us along with Klondike Kate.
They assisted us in crowning and knighting Shoreview’s 2017 Royalty
Don Truhler our King,
Florence Hoel our Queen,
Valda Liepins our Klondike Kate,
Judy Smith our princess and
Jim Seabloom our Vulcan.

It was wonderful to see the community come together for this special event and that we were included in this special time. The royal family mingled after with the residents where we could capture many smiles and good times. Questions were asked, hugs were given and stories were told.

Mary Kay Lukoskie and Elaine Underdahl were former Queens in the 50’s and brought their pictures to share with this years royalty.
We were even blessed with Maureen Dammon who was also a former Queen of Snows help us make this event extra special.Upon leaving we presented the ladies of the Royal Family some beautiful “winter” gifts which they made specially for them.
Another year of Winter time memories!!
Thank you 2017 St Paul Royal Family!!
“Hail King Boreas and his Queen”

Be sure to follow the Royal Family and see our visit with them at:
www.spwc.smugmug.com

Book Fair

January 30th, 2017

Our Book sale was a success! Many families came in to help raise money to get books for Garden Cove. Had a real sweet young man “Lukey’ who stopped by to say hi to some of the residents. It was truly a touching moment! So happy he found a few books to take home.

Stress Presentation

January 30th, 2017

Interim presented to the residents a talk on “Stress”. Opal showed us all how stressed she was!! LOL They tried a bit of aromatherapy and relaxed with a little meditation and imagery. I thought it was very helpful for many!

Picture Collage of 2016

January 29th, 2017

Kristy developed 400 pictures of 2016. Residents spent 2 days cutting and pasting them into a collage which we will display and then put into a scrapbook for everyone to look at. Such a fun activity which was not planned!!

Dominoes in Garden Cove

January 28th, 2017

Great game of Dominoes after lunch in Garden Cove.

Tony’s Sing-a-long 1/27

January 27th, 2017

Tony came in for our weekly sing-a-long. We had a full house and he even had his nephews with him which was a bonus. We danced and sang all afternoon. Always good to see so many smiles and watch everyone engage in singing.

Knitting Club

January 27th, 2017

Great turnout for our first weekend knitting group!

Sing-a-long with Trudy and Frank

January 20th, 2017

Another great sing a long with Trudi and her “Roadie” Frank!! We just love it when they come to see us each month , we  are so grateful for their love and dedication to each resident.

Birthday Party with Elvis

January 17th, 2017

Yesterday we celebrated this months birthdays along with Elvis! One of our residents who celebrated her 95th Birthday was celebrating today from heaven. She will truly be missed!  Residents danced and enjoyed many laughs with one another. Valda even came out of her box and tried to pick up Elvis. She was such a good sport and was so adorable! Kristy even got her Dad who was visiting to “Shake Rattle and Roll”!

Sarah’s Table

January 16th, 2017

Shoreview tenants visited “Sarah’s Table” at St Odilia Church last week. Lunch was catered by the Little Venetian, and we enjoyed music from Bandana!! They even had a drawing – Pat won a cute dish rag suit. Great food, some unexpected dancing   and great friends. Thank you to St Odilia for helping us make this a GREAT afternoon. We will be back.