I Love England

 I found some cute England fabric and thought it would be perfect for a quilt for Katie. Unfortunately, I never took a full picture of it. Next time I'm at her house, I'll see if I can grab a shot.

I spy quilts are so fun. I know that Katie doesn't need another quilt, but I do love making them.

Christmas 2012

 We enjoyed a family Christmas this year and were grateful to share it with each other. Cookie decorating, skyping, and present opening were all included. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Concert

 We always love Christmas concerts in December. For our family, we just have to head to the high school to enjoy Christmas music. 

Frazier and Katie (and Calvin) have all performed with Chamber Choir and now it is Jackson's turn. They will always appreciate the musical education they receive under Mr. Ronning. 

Merry Christmas

 Every other year, the Arlington Stake transforms the building into a Creche Festival. Hundreds of nativities are gathered from members so they can be arranged and displayed. People sign up to come act as a live nativity. Choirs practice music so they can perform a Christmas concert. I signed up to play piano music for an hour of the event. Many cookies were made and eaten.

A few days ago, Katie and I went with Opal and Cathy to Christensen's Nursery to make wreaths. I love their machines and they are easy to make with our own greenery. Cathy always brings red-twig dogwood and a variety of branches with red berries.

Katie and Opal are so happy when they are creating. It smells so yummy and they have Christmas music playing.

Cathy using beautiful red berries. We brought many boughs, but Christensen's had more stems to purchase.

Trip to Salt Lake

 We decided to go down to Salt Lake to visit Grandma and Grandpa for Thanksgiving and allow Katie to see Tyler. He just finished his mission so they might be engaged soon. Maybe this weekend! We stopped off and saw Krispy Kreme and enjoyed a Thanksgiving donut. That's priming your appetite.

Stanwood Library Show

 I had the opportunity to show my work at the Stanwood Library. With a growing collection of small pieces from classes, it is easy to fill a few walls. These are the pieces I hung.

Frazier's Big News

 It was a typical Thursday when Paul and I were coordinating our schedules to work at the temple. I would drive to the high school to play the piano for women's choir. Then Paul would pick me up at 12:30pm and we would go together to the temple. This time, Katie was going with us to the temple. Sure enough, Frazier's mission call arrived in the mail, so they grabbed it, picked me up, and then we all continued to the machine shop to show Frazier. I called Br. Edmonds ahead of time to let him know. Frazier was waiting for us.

When he said Brazil Manaus, I said, "No!" We already have a son in Brazil! But Frazier was excited, and I know his Spanish will help him learn Portuguese. He was excited to get out since he is 18, but the visa wait will be long.