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.
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...
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!
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.
Sidney with her Harry Potter glasses...
The "big kids" had fun with them too! (Shawn as Batman...)
Amy later found more that she had not put sticks on yet...
