Thanksgiving Fun!!!

Gobble Gobble !!!

I love this artwork!!!

Thanks Paige for a great drawing.

Ellie has a great eye for color.

What a happy looking turkey!!!

Maddy is always so willing to make Grandma and Grandpa a drawing!!!

Isn't this one wonderful?

As I was getting ready for the day, I decided if my hair turned out OK I would try to get a family picture with Nic, Kayla and the girls. I'm so excited that this turned out so well. Not everyone was delighted to have to suspend playtime to have their picture taken, but everyone cooperated so much so that we were able to get this great picture. Thanks to camera technology we didn't even need a human photographer behind the camera. Gotta love it!!!

Being a grandmother is one of life's greatest rewards. We love spending time with the girls and enjoying their sweet and loving spirits. Each girl has such individual special qualities. We love and cherish each one of them.

Thanksgiving Day was perfect. Only exception...the family all the way across the country was not with us too. We missed you all so much.

I'm so grateful that Families are Forever !!!

Happy Thanksgiving Tropical Style

Hi,
Thought I would mix it up a little and add some new pizzaz to my blog. After doing this I had to pick myself up off the floor. This fainting to the floor occurred when I realized that I made this background/template change without any of my "techie" ladies helping me. Aren't you all so very proud of me???

I'm grateful for this technical age that allows us to do these fun things via the computer. It's not just the fun part that's so wonderful. Recently I've needed to get some medical information that I know I couldn't have gotten easily from the doctor's office. I can't believe the vast amount of information that is currently available to us. Stan recently discovered that his blood pressure is a little on the high side. After a little research, a trip to Costco pharmacy, a trip to the juice aisle at the grocery store and some dedication on his part to trying a non-prescription method of lowering blood pressure, I'm glad to report that his BP has moved from the 140's down into the upper 120's. That's pretty remarkable and we didn't even need to make a trip to the doctor's office. Mind you, they didn't say that he had to take medication, but we feel that he was headed in that direction. Also, some research (via the internet)and a change in diet lowered his triglycerides considerably. It's all good!!!

This holiday season I'm grateful for Stan (my best friend), family and the love we all have for each other, friends, this free country we live in, lower gas prices, fun stuff to do with grandchildren (like being invited to field trips, lunches, performances, classrooms, games, etc.), my mother still being alive and a vital part of my life, the Twilight Saga, having a husband that totally supports my need to fill a room full of fabric to quilt, a Father in Heaven and my brother Jesus who love me, and to repeat it again because it's so important...FAMILY!!!

Happy Thanksgiving and love to you all...Gobble, Gobble!

I've seen it!!!

IT'S HERE, I'VE SEEN IT, IT'S ________________!!! Yes, I promised I wouldn't give an opinion or make any comments about the movie. I took Nancy (who has not read the books) and can you believe that she got up to go get a drink right when all the vampire characters were introduced in the movie. Well...that's Nancy! By the way, I sent the book home with her and she has promised to read it now. We had tickets for the 1:30 showing and got to the theater about 12:10. The first daytime showing was starting at noon, so we figured we couldn't get into that showing. We had 1+ hours to kill before our show started so we decided to hit the ladies room and then just pop into the theater that was showing Twilight at noon. Guess what? There were seats available (not just in the front rows) and they were still showing trailers, so we just found a seat and were ready to watch the movie. This was a delightful surprise! I guess there were many young women still in school and not at the movies. But, the surprising thing was how many MEN were there. I even saw men sitting by themselves. I can't wait to report that to my husband who claims he wouldn't be interested in these books. Bah Humbug on him!!!
Can't wait to talk to you all about the movie. Let's all report in when we've seen it.

I'm a bore!

Ok...here's the deal. I've decided that I'm a bore. And in the blogging world this is a really bad thing. I love looking at eveyone's blog. I enjoy all the pictures and the travel logs, opinions, family stories, updates on sports events, grandchildren funnies, etc., etc. But... and this is a BIG BUT...I've decided that my life is just not all that interesting. I'm grateful each day to be getting up on the right side of the grass, but, after that, each day just seems to be pretty much like the day before. I'm fortunate that occasionally there are bright shining moments; such as, visits with family, hugs and kisses from sweet grandchildren, moments spent with my mother, having the full attention of my husband and, of course, quilting. But really, is that interesting to other people? I guess since I've spent so much of my life feeling that I just didn't stand out in the crowd in any way, I feel that I just don't have anything outstanding to say in my blog. I do have thoughts, opinions, feelings, problems, hurts and such. But do you want to hear about that? I wish I were funny. So many of your blogs are so funny, so again I fall short. I know that you are checking my blog because when I do occasionally post something there are usually comments. So...I guess what I'm trying to get at is this...please forgive me for not posting much. I am trying to get over my innermost feeling of inadequacy. Be patient, I'll keep trying.

HELP... I'm quilting and I can't stop!!!

Couldn't resist these colors at a quilt shop closing it's doors.
Who knew I would like "black" in a quilt?

Country Sampler

I mean it... help!!! I don't know how to say no to Linda when she suggests that we make a new quilt almost before we're finished with the latest one. I even have one that we started and Nancy said she didn't want to finish it because it had "applique" in it. Well, even if she doesn't want to finish it, I'm going (by gosh) to get it finished someday soon. However, I couldn't move on until I finished the projects I've posted here. I must say...I'm rather proud of my work. I really didn't know how I would like the harvest pumpkin quilt with the black in it, but I've decided that I really do like contrast in a quilt. It's taken me a number of years to be comfortable moving away from all my colors being very close in shade which doesn't make for a very interesting quilt. The country sampler has been partially done for a number of months and was only needing me to put the layers together. I could have simple meandered the whole quilt, but decided that I really wanted to make this a showpiece. So...I painstaking went block by block using different quilting stitch patterns. This form of quilting really shows off the details of each block and makes the quilt much more interesting.

Well...with all that said, this post is simply a "bragfest show and tell" on my part. Thanks for indulging me by reading this far and looking at my pictures.