A Posie for my nosie

These beautiful flowers were from Andy for Mother's Day. They smell as good as they look too. Thanks so much.

To Sandy and Back

Over the past weekend we spent about 4 days with Mindy and Evan and Davis. They have just moved into a bigger apartment so we helped a little and played a little and had lots of fun. Mindy had her doctor appointment on Friday and Dad and I went along to keep track of Davis. She announced she is having a boy (with tears in her eyes). She had some good ultrasound pictures to show us too. Yea - another little boy. We are happy for you. Dad manufactured a shelf unit for their garage for food storage while I helped Mindy organize her kitchen. I must say though she is better at that than I am. But, with both of us working together we got it done and able to use the kitchen a little better. Davis kept us all busy and on our toes and then there is Isis who kept trying to escape outside. Mindy has some pictures of Dad and Davis hammering in the garage that I hope she will share. It was a super fun weekend and thanks for putting up with us.

After Saturday's Breakfast

We are just sitting outside the Grange where we had a very filling breakfast. The drive through the country was just beautiful and green. It had been raining off and on that morning so the air smelled so clean and fresh.

After Breakfast with Mindy and Evan

Evan and Mindy bought us breakfast at a little grange near Estacada on Saturday. It was a beautiful drive through the country to where the Grange was located. They put on a breakfast every 1st Saturday of the month. There was a very good turnout and we had to wait our turn for a meal of eggs, pancakes, sausage, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy and juice. It was yummy. Afterwards we walked around outside where they have a small outdoor arena and a play area for children. Thanks Evan and Mindy for a very fun morning

The Big Machine

Dad and I were invited for dinner at Louis and Julia's. We had a nice visit and dinner and then Louis demonstrated his new toy. A quilting machine. He is making quilts for a humanitarian project through an organization in New Mexico where his sister lives. She also does the same thing. This organization sends you boxes of material scraps and you provide the stuffing and backing and sew the quilts. They are youth sized quilts that he does. He already has a huge cabinet full of quilts ready to be sent. He said he sends them every 6 months. Louis is almost retired and plans to make this his retirement hobby. When Julia retires (this year) she will step in and help him. It's quite a machine. They are doing well and as you can see, keeping busy. Their daughter, Shauna and her two girls ate dinner with us also. She lives close by and the girls spend a lot of time with Julia and Louis. The girls had fun putting the dinner on, and cleaning up afterwards and waitressing. It was a fun time and nice to see old friends. It's been 4 years.

The Quilting

This is Louis and his quilting machine. It is huge and is computerized and does an amazing quilting job. He demonstrated on a quilt he was doing while we visited. It makes his quilting go much faster than doing it by a regular machine.