"High School" Girls Now...

I'm so proud of these girls I could just burst.

Not only are they beautiful on the outside, as you can see for yourself, they are truly beautiful inside too.


Today they "graduated" from eighth grade (although we have to laugh, as they still have three days of final exams to complete!)

They have worked so hard this year, making excellent grades and serving others in many ways. Not only are they excellent students, they work after school one day a week in the long term care section of the local hospital, helping entertain the residents there. These are really nice girls.

I know I'm just the teensiest bit prejudiced, but I think these girls are pretty darn special!

(Okay, I've tried and tried to make this font a little LESS OSTENTATIOUS but it just won't edit. Sorry...)

75 Years Young

Last weekend we celebrated a big, big birthday! (Uncle Dave, Jacob, David, Uncle Drew, Brian, Maddie, Julie, Allyson, Susan, Sydney on Aunt Karen's lap, Ally, Grandma, Nathaniel, Aubrey, and Tyler.)

We made Grandma a Memory Quilt so she'd never forget us :)


We went swimming and BBQ'ed in Grandma's backyard. (Hey, that's what she wanted to do!)


Uncle Dave, Aunt Karen, and Jacob came all the way from Utah to attend. (Uncle Dave really was here!)


Uncle Drew and his s0n Nate were here too.


Sydney had some serious "cake" (frosting...)

We missed all the family who couldn't make it: Aunt Arline and Aunt Betty, Jeff, Loretta, Amy, Angel, David and Ryye Lynn; Lauron and Rachel; Elisabeth and Jared, and Stephen.

Happy Mothers Day

We had a nice day at our house.

Jeff and Maddie cooked egg-tacos for breakfast.

Maddie made me a beautiful card from the two of them.

David brought me roses. Aren't they gorgeous? The photo does not do them justice. What a nice surprise. I love them!


Allyson made me a cookbook full of recipes from the Josi Kilpack culinary mysteries. It makes a matched set with the one she made me before full of Diane Mott Davidson recipes. She also made the pretty blue card in front. I love them!

Brian and Susan gave me a Mickey Mouse tote bag that Susan stenciled. It had hot pads and dish cloths inside. I love it!


I made a few lavender sachets for Mothers Day. They are sewn from some of the handkerchiefs in the collection I inherited from my Grandma D. I love the hankies SO MUCH. I remember getting them out and looking at them with my grandma when I was young. I still love to look at them. Every so often I can part with some, but only to share with people I really, really love. So if you got one this week, know that you are one of my favorite people! (I had already given five away before I took this photo...) (Also, if you did not get one this week, you still may be one of my favorite people! I made some that I haven't given out yet...and I have a lot of favorite people!)

Happy Mothers Day to you!