TWO for the Price of One

(My main computer has crashed, I dropped my camera and broke it, and I keep forgetting to borrow a camera to take a new picture. Maybe today...)

BUT! I still must announce that I am going to be the grandmother of twins! Brian and Susan are due March 2 and they found out last week that they are having TWO babies! We are all so excited we can hardly stand it. Both are over seven pounds, heads are down, mom and babies are healthy, and they can be here any time! We are all hoping for a boy and girl, but we'll be happy with any combination!

I'll keep you posted!

A Good Time Was Had by All...

Last Saturday was the "Sadie's Dance" at Maddie's school. She had asked her friend Colton weeks ago and was SO excited to go. Don't they make a cute "couple?" (Really just friends--the best kind of "date.")
Their group included Colton and Maddie and left, "Tonka" and Colton's cousin, Mikelle and right, Abbi and Colton's brother, Jordan along with 12 others!
These are some good-looking AND really nice boys!
The girls aren't half-bad either! Nice girls, every one!
What a cute group! They went to dinner at Famous Dave's BBQ, drove go-karts at Fast Lap, played mini-golf at King Putt's, and then had dessert and played Just Dance at Abbi's house. Lots of fun!
We had the privilege of participating in the date by driving half the group in the motorhome. We switched groups every time we started driving again, so we got to be with all the kids. What a fun evening!

Photos by our good friend LEISEL--she took 136 pictures!! She's amazing!

Beauty

I know every grandmother is biased, but I think you'll agree that this is a beautiful young lady. Julie will soon be 16 and I'm sure the boys will be lining up to take her on dates!
The great thing is--she's not just beautiful on the outside. She's a beauty inside too. She has lots of girl and guy friends, she's sweet and polite, she's smart, she's creative, she's a natural leader, and she's an excellent actress.

I know I may be a little biased, but I sure do love this girl!

Quilt Block Exchange

Today my quilt group met for lunch and our block exchange. Last summer we decided to make two sets of ten blocks each, then exchange so we would end up with twenty different blocks. These are the blocks that were done today. We still have seven to get in March. (Hey, we are women with lives, right? We just needed a little extra time on some of them!) Mine were the snowman, snowlady log cabin blocks and the embroidered wreath (with Christmas words inside) blocks. I had so much fun making mine. Even more fun was seeing what every one else made. I can't wait till we meet again and get the last seven. Meanwhile, I'll be figuring out how to set them all together...

Happiness...

...is seeing this little vision in your house early in the morning!

It's Not Disneyland...

The kids were out of school yesterday for a staff development day. I REALLY wanted to hop in the car after church Sunday and drive to Anaheim so we could spend Monday at the happiest place on earth. But, alas, it was supposed to rain on Monday. It POURED on us the last time I was there (no, I mean P O U R E D!!!-my camera was ruined, INSIDE my purse, UNDER my rain poncho!) So I wasn't going in the rain again right away...
SOO. We settled for playing Las Vegas tourists. We went to see the Chinese New Year exhibit in the Bellagio Botanical Garden.
It was really cool. They change it out completely every season. Really spectacular.
Then we watched their famous water fountains show outside and went to Olive Garden for linner. (You know, like brunch, only later.) (My battery died at the Botanical Garden, so no pictures of the rest...)
And you know what? It wasn't Disneyland, but it was a pretty nice afternoon, anyway!

Arise and Shine Forth

We made wall hangings in Young Women last Wednesday. They feature our new theme for the year. We got the idea from this post on Sugardoodle.
This was the sample I made and brought to Mutual.
The girls were WAY more creative than I was! I loved Savannah's.
Maddie took time out of her busy schedule to finish hers at home. SO cute!
We also finished this one for Ashley, who wasn't able to attend Wednesday.
Sister P. made this one for Sariah, who also wasn't there.

I was worried that we would have a nightmare of tangled thread and frustrated girls, but they all just ran with it and everyone seemed to enjoy it!