Marnie's Big Surgery

Marnie started feeling poorly during the week of April 9th. It was strange in that she didn't want to eat, said that her stomach hurt, and had a low-grade fever. Nothing really got better or worse until Sunday. She laid her head in my lap during sacrament meeting and her head was really hot.

On Monday I had a long-term customer coming up from California to meet me and drop off more quilts, so I told her I would take her to the doctor right afterwards. Paul and I went together with her to the Island doctor. We were there for 10 minutes before the doctor announced that her appendix had probably burst and that we should go to the hospital immediately.

We arrived about 4pm and had to wait until midnight before they wheeled her into surgery. The doctor said everything went well, but that they had used gallons of saline to help rid her insides of all the poison.

I cleared my calendar pretty easily and just lived in her recovery room for a week. We had a great number of visits from the ward, from Elger Bay Elementary, and from her siblings. She was loved with stuffed animals and things she couldn't eat.

Frazier Concert

 Frazier is performing again at Stanwood Middle School and we are there to enjoy it. He is a natural musician and has tried the bass clarinet for fun. It's not very fun, though, just bass lines.

Easter 2007

 We can't believe how lucky we've been with Easter weather with the last few years. I love buying candy and filling eggs, so there are even more now.

Marnie's Class

 Marnie attends Elger Bay Elementary just like all of her brothers and sister. Jane Mosteller is her teacher now, which is really nice for us, since we are friends.

We were surprised by a little bit of snow this month as modeled below:

Rachel's Wedding

 We drove down to Provo to see my niece Rachel get married in the Provo Temple. Her house is only a few blocks away, so we could actually walk! The kids hung out at the house and then arrived just in time for pictures.

The next day we went to Salt Lake and wandered around Temple Square.

Batik Squares

 With General Conference being broadcast, I thought I'd set up my sewing machine on the dining room table and sew while I watch. After two days I was done. I decided to quilt suns throughout. When a quilt is very linear, I like to quilt circles. 

Stanwood Fair

It's fun to see the fair come into town. We enjoyed a nice Friday afternoon wandering around the animals, the quilts, and the rides. Many of our friends in the ward were displaying quilts, art, and canned goods.

I was surprised by seeing my quilt hanging at the entrance of the quilt barn. Someone I didn't even know told me congratulations and I had no idea what to say. For what?

Wow, there's a best of show ribbon on there! It was a quilt I made for my mom and decided to throw in some double battings for trapunto. I guess they liked it. Nana did too.