HALLOWEEN FUN!

We had a fun Halloween. I know it was three months ago but, hey, I've been busy! This is a picture of the worms Allan and I ate for Halloween. I didn't know worms could be so yummy. (Our neighbor brought them over. They are actually jello that has been poured into straws and then jelled. They really looked gross!)

This is a picture of our granddaughter. Every year we visit them in October and we make 'haunted houses" out of graham crackers and candy. The next picture is our other granddaughter with her house.












The sweet baby and the scary almost two year old are two of our other granddaughters dressed up for Halloween.

Two Weddings

Not only did we have three grandbabies born this summer, we also had two weddings. Our son John and our daughter Destiny were both married in August. John and Kim are in the picture to the right.

I made the flower girl dresses for John and Destiny's wedding.

I recycled the flower centerpieces from John's wedding into bouquets, boutonnière's and corsages for Destiny's wedding.

All Three Granddaughters

Here are all of our June grandbabies. Robyn is on the left. She was born June 25th. Peyton is in the middle. She was born June 22nd. Lillee is on the right. She was born June 10th. We sure love our little girls!

Our Second New Granddaughter

I know! These granddaughter pictures are totally out of order. I had trouble downloading my pictures when I posted pictures of Robyn so I couldn't post any pictures of our second June granddaughter.
Meet Peyton! She was born June 22, 2009 to our daughter Kim Murray and her husband Rigg.


Peyton was nine pounds two ounces and twenty-three inches long. She was born with a ton of black hair (which you can't see in this picture because it's covered up with her hat). She is full of personality and looks just like Kim but she has Rigg's nose!

Here's the proud dad just minutes after Peyton was born.

Third Granddaughter is born!

On June 25, 2009 our daughter Danielle had a baby girl. They named her Robyn Nicole Smith. Here she is with her cousin Lillee who was born June 10th. The second picture shows Robyn with her mother Danielle.

The first of our new granddaughters is born!

Baby Lillee was born at 7:52 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10th to our son John and Kim. She weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and is 18.5 inches long. She is a beautiful baby and looks just like her daddy. We are so glad she arrived safely.
Isn't she the most beautiful baby in the world! Now we have 5 granddaughters and 1 grandson with 2 more granddaughters on the way THIS MONTH!

Here's Jordan's finished doll. She added the bow and flower at the waist and the rhinestones and flowers around the bottom of the dress. Notice the rhinestones on the hands.

In April Allan and I drove to Arizona to see Jared and Veronica and our grandkids. I decided I wanted to make fairy dolls with Jordan and Breana. I made the bodies and they painted the faces, hands and feet and dressed them with a little help from grandma. The decorations are all their own idea. I just brought a box full of "stuff" and they chose how to design their dolls. I think they turned out fantastic. The pink haired doll is Jordan's. She's five. The blond haired doll is Breana's. She's eight. I had a lot of fun helping them. Playing with my grandkids is on the top of my list of fun things to do!

These dolls are not quite done.

Here we are working on our dolls. I never did get mine finished. I got too busy helping the girls with theirs.

I guess it's time I posted more on this blog. I bet everyone thought I had died or something. I am still around.

I guess I've been busy. I had a shower for Dani then Kim. This is a picture of the blessing dress I made for Kim's soon to be born baby girl. We found bridal fabric on sale to make it from. The total cost for dress: $35.00. About half of what it cost for a store bought plain dress.

Making a Baby Quilt

The Saturday after Thanksgiving I went to our local quilt store "The Quilted Heart" because they were having a 50% off sale on all their fabric. You had to buy a minimum of one yard but since I am a smart lady I bought a bag full of pieces of flannel that were a kit for a quilt. I didn't use them for the quilt in the kit but used them to make this quilt. Here is a picture of the almost finished quilt. I used crochet cotton to quilt it and made my quilting stitches big (about 1/2 inch).

Here I am ready to sew the squares together. I actually started sewing them like this but discovered they were supposed to be sewn together with each block turned 1/4 of the way around.

Here are all the squares laid out on the bed in my "studio/guest room." When I first started laying it out I was mixing colors in each square. I did not like how it looked so I began mixing fabrics that were the same color to make each square. The squares looked much nicer. For the binding of the quilt I sewed strips of each fabric I used in the quilt together. I like the look of the mixture of fabrics on the edge of the quilt. (I am not smart-I did not take a picture of the finished quilt and I gave it to my daughter at her baby shower.)

Catching Up!

I have been meaning to post more on my blog for some time but have not done it. So today I am trying to catch up and let you know what has been happening since my last post. This is a picture of the table runner we were working on in the previous post. I was teaching a class on how to use freezer paper to applique perfect hearts. I have seen some finished projects and they turned out great!

Wednesday I taught a class on how to use freezer paper to do applique (a good technique for beginners). It was a lot of fun!

My Other Grandchildren

I decided I needed to post pictures of my other grandchildren to my blog. This is Dani and Jesse's daughter and the bottom picture is John and Kim's daughter. They are both a year old.

It's a Girl! It's a Girl! It's a Girl!

We just found out today that Dani and Jesse are having a girl July 2nd. Kim and Rigg are having a girl June 21st and John and Kim are having a girl June 18th. Three new granddaughters next summer.

I've started walking again even though it is only 29 degrees outside!

On Monday, February 2nd I decided I needed to start walking even though it is freezing cold outside. In good weather I walk the nature path and decided to check it out to see if it was plowed. Hooray! The west side of the path was walkable so I bundled up in coat, gloves and scarf and started walking.
While I was walking I decided that I should have brought my camera so I could take pictures to post to my blog. Tuesday was too sunny for pictures so yesterday, camera in hand, I looked for things to take pictures of.

Here's the path. As you can see there are some snowy patches. The first year we lived here I fell quite a few times while walking in the snow. But I learned that if I take baby steps across the snow and ice and look down and watch where I'm going I can stay standing up!

Here is the footpath over the river. (The river is hidden under all the snow).

Another snowy patch. Notice the ice under the snow!

Do you see the train?

Just Messing Around

I'm just messing around trying to figure out how to do different things on my blog. I finally figured out how to find the right picture! (And delete the old one.)

Okay, I don't get it!

I guess I'm not quite understanding this template thing for my blog because I don't get how to write anything. Maybe this is working, I don't know.
I went to Disneyland with Jared, Veronica and the kids over New Year's. We had a great time. I even rode all the roller coasters multiple times and laughed and screamed everytime. (I think I should laugh and scream more often, it relieves a lot of stress.)
After Disneyland I stayed with my sister a few days. Thanks M for letting me sleep in your room. Then I visited with my mom and dad and was a total bum because I caught either a bad cold or had an allergy attack.
I'm glad January is almost over. It is the most depressing month of the year!

Am I crazy? I am starting a blog!