2018 - cewak

2018

We welcomed 2 new babies in 2018

<== Felix Mark Morales Widmer was born in November, and lives with his Mom and Dad in Chicago.

Abigail Maria Wise ==>
was born in June, and lives with her Mom and Dad in California.

And we had to say good bye to Britta and Rachel's Grandpa -Tom's Dad, Bob. Here he is on a fishing trip with Tom in Canada.

And Paula and Carl became Grand-parents!

And, of course we visited the ocean
and Cali while we were in California.

Paula visited again in August, and Aunt Judy came too

Thanks to Abigail, Judy and Matt became Parents!

We flew out to California in June to meet Abby.

We all got together when Gma came to Madison

We celebrated Mom's 91st Bday.

Martha came all the way from Hawaii.

We spent a week visiting in Atlanta in October

We waited patiently through Winter's last storm
in mid-April, before we could plant the garden.

The Teardown continues to serve as a hub for hands-on work to make positive, meaningful social change and to help those in need. Ongoing projects include:

Food Not Bombs - feeding the homeless every Sunday.

Copwatch - monitoring and filming police actions to ensure safety and accountability.

Black Cross - supporting people struggling against injustice in the prison system.

We "helped" Marlon with his new job - trying to make this robot smarter!

Paula got new glasses!

The old folks got their Medicare cards!

M&E adopted Rudy

Paula went to Carol's memorial service in LA.

Tashi ruled the house, and the chickens ruled the roost.

Sky cut off all her hair . . . (again)

Sky earned her driver's license!

Paula played several roles in The St. Bernard Players production of
"Beauty & the Beast", including towns person, women's ensemble,
and Dancing Napkin!

Paula continued to volunteer for many jobs -

Volunteer tutor at Orchard Ridge Elementary.

Volunteer for The Road Home, serving homeless children and families.

Coordinator, cook, and server for breakfast at Porchlight men's homeless shelter.

Allied Drive food pantry buyer and volunteer.

Singing in the Prairie UU choir, teaching Religious Education, serving on the RE Committee,

and contributing in other ways to the life of our church.