Sunday Afternoon Stroll

This is really how dark it was getting and then I decided maybe using a flash we would get better light and you can see in the next picture it turned out better.  The Arboretum was still beautiful even at dusk

A Walk in the Arboretum

Sunday afternoon, Nov. 4, 2012

Baby Things

Well, I only have three blankets done, I'd like to do one more if I have time.   I hope pink and purple are okay because that's just what I chose to sew. 

Carli's Prince

Carli was asked who her prince was and she said "Daddy".  He picked her up and turned
on cinderella music (I think or maybe Snow White) and danced with her.   It was sweet.
She really is the apple of her Daddy's eye!

A few birthday moments

Birthday cupcakes and ice cream

Cinderella dress, shoes, necklace and bracelet and crown. 

4 year old princess

Today we went to Erin's ward to watch the
Primary program.  It as Carli's first time to be in
the program.   She looked so dang cute.  Erin had
put curlers in her hair last night so she had
wringlets for church.  This was taken after church I think with her princess crown on.  She reminded
me of one of my pictures at about that age with
wringlets.  What a cutie

Happy halloween

Dad put up our pumpkin lights and
they really look cute along the
sidewalk.   We needed something
for the holiday because I still had my pink geranium planter sitting by the door.  It just won't die and I can't stand the thought of throwing away a flowering plant.
Love the pumpkin lights though.

Kristi's 30th birthday surprise

Because it is a tradition to do a surprise get-together
the girls and I had planned for a couple of months to
surprise Kristi.  We knew we had to do this earlier than her birthday because her baby was due the first part of November.  So, we  thought it would be best to get together before flu season because you can never predict when your kids are going to get sick.
So, Erin and I made plane arrangements and with Mindy on the phone we all decided October was a good time.   Andy was good with whatever we could figure out for plane tickets.   Mindy flew on Southwest and Erin and I flew Delta  - coordinating our time schedules as best we could.  We  all were so excited just to take a trip and get away - but especially to have a surprise for Kristi.   Andy organized a breakfast with Kristi and she came and we had a wonderful and fun
time.  She truly was surprised to tears - tears are always a good thing in our family.  We stayed four days and then returned to our homes still being missed and loved by our families. 

Happy Birthday Kristi - we love you and wish the best for you in  the coming year -

Having a late night breakfast

We flew into Salt Lake Airport,
Andy picked us up and we were
all hungry so we stopped at
Cracker Barrel for food.  We were
all so excited for the next day because it was the big surprise day for Kristi's birthday.   We could hardly contain our emotions as we talked about  what we were actually going to do.
And, little sister had no idea at all.
I love my four girls and the fun things they do.

A Big Surprise

We surprised Kristi with a birthday brunch

A Special Tour with Gavan

Watching Gavan at work

Our Grand America Tea Party

Fun, Fun, Fun

A beautiful Afternoon

The  little airplane that took us home.

Little Paper Doll Quilt

Three or four years ago we went camping along the Oregon Coast.  While at Seaside I found a nice little
quilt shop and bought a Moda Charm Pack.   Finally, after all of this time, I decided to do something
with it.   It has been my summer project and now it is finished.  It was definitely a trial run but at least
it is done.   With a little help from Andy and some online tutorials I made it and I must say, "love it".
Actually, I am proud to say I finished a project completely.
I have named it Little Paper Dolls.   It was hard and I'm not sure I have it in me to do another but
here it is.  I learned a lot and know exactly what I would do different if I made another quilt.  I guess that's
all in the learning process - trial and error and trial and error again.

Little Paper Dolls

My First Quilt



Front side of quilt



The backside of the quilt

The backside of the quilt