Gift

Amy gave us the painting she had done that hung in their small downstairs bathroom. We had said we liked it the last time we were there so they decided to give it to us. Such a nice gift. :)

Group Pictures From Trip

Every visit needs family pictures. Here are a few.

Arizona Visit

We went to the dog park but ended up spending more time by this little lake.
Jousha brought out his big bag of cars. He arranged them by color. Then raced some of them.

David & Marissa cutting one of the many loaves of home made bread Amy made while we were there.

Brrrrrrr

This is the temp it got down to last night. That is a minus 14. The minus sign is hard to see.

Prayer Notebook

We decided we'd like to pray more effectively for our family & Pastor. So we asked each family to let us know what they'd like us to pray about & then I did cards for each family in general then for kids in general then each family member. Each family has a different color too. As prayers are answered we write that in the notebook too.

Renewing Two Skirts

I had two skirts that were a wee bit shorter than I liked so I haven't been using them much. They just sit in the closet & I thought that was silly. So I took some fabric & gave them each a ruffle. Now I can get more use out of them. :)

Older Project

Just before Christmas I decided I need a different way to keep my favorite recipes. I got a small photo album & put them in there. That way they are covered & don't get dirty while I am making up the recipe. I use a clothes pin to hold it open.

Skirts

These are the last two things I have been working on. I made an all blue skirt over a year ago off of a pattern I had gotten. I made the mistake of cutting it out wrong. I am used to cutting two pieces at once but this pattern they are all cut out single layer. So I had ended up with an extra set of top pieces but didn't have enough fabric for the bottom ruffles. So then I had to find something that would work for the ruffle. I got fabric last May but got busy & couldn't get to it. Then I couldn't find it. Finally I found all the parts & decided to take time & do it up. When I went to do it I found the pattern I had made myself off of the pattern, it is for a 6 pieces gored skirt. So I decided to do that one too. I happened to have fabric I had gotten cheap at Goodwill. So here is the finished skirts. You can see they need to be pressed yet.

Missionary Board

This Ed working on making the Missionary Board for our church.

Mouse

For our Christmas get together we made little mice out of cherries with stems.