Katie Settles in at BYU

She's a Coed! Katie is all settled into her dorm at Heritage Halls and enjoying 5 roommates (and 1 bathroom). Combining honors government and writing with organ and voice class can only mean: She's going to be busy.

With her half of the room set up, Katie gets right to the work of finding her financial aid. It did take about a week to work out the kinks, but she made it happen. I only hope her room still looks this nice!

She needed a quilt, of course. Be Attitudes was the perfect pattern for a college coed. Good Luck!

It's Bob's Big Boy!

Right down the street from our Clairemont house was a Bob's Big Boy. It is the place I remember having hot fudge sundaes. When I was young there was a smoking and a non-smoking section. I also remember climbing all up and down this big statue. He seemed enormous! Now there are reproductions scattered around California. We were able to visit this one with Nana and Papa for fun.

Collecting Granite

 Paul took Calvin and Jackson up to the cabin in Baring to gather some granite. The fireplace that Grandma and Grandpa Willard had built in the 1960s was falling away from the structure. So Dean had it torn down and replaced. This left a great mound of granite rock to be gathered and brought home.

I used them to border the garden beds and the fire pit.

Buchart Gardens

 For Katie's graduation, Nana, Papa, Katie and I went to Canada to see Butchart Gardens. It is a reclaimed quarry that has been transformed into a family-run garden for over 100 years. There are many lessons to learn here: creating rooms, pathways, height, water features, and color design.

Katie's Graduation

 We were so excited to watch Katie graduate from Stanwood High School. Both the Willards and McKays were in attendance so we needed a lot of tickets. After graduation Nana, Papa, Katie, and I took a trip to Whidbey Island and to Butchart Gardens in B.C. We had loads of fun!

Maple Leaves

 This batik quilt is based a pattern with a lot of 3-D triangles. It's fun to play with, but hard to quilt. My hopping foot kept getting caught on them. After I quilted it, I was unsatisfied with the amount of quilting, so I reloaded it and worked more with different colored threads.

Fiddler on the Roof

 Months of practicing culminated in two weeks of performances at the PAC at Stanwood High School. Katie was cast as the Matchmaker, Yente, and Calvin performed with the ensemble throughout the show and in the Russian bottle dance. They were fantastic!