Library Quilt Show #10

We just spent two full days putting on the 10th annual quilt show at the library. It all started when I was on the library board, long story. So this one was bigger and better than ever.














We had some new things this year. Besides having 150 quilts from community members to show, we had a block contest with good participation. Donna C. was helping with that. Also, anyone who donated a charity quilt top entered their name into a drawing for a gift basket. There were 170 quilt tops and/or backs donated! Way beyond expectations!! The classes were all well attended, and it turned out very well. Jamie was there as a vendor, so she got two days off from being a "mom". Now to finish and donate all those charity quilts............

Some Things Finished

I haven't kept my quilt journal very well this year. So I rounded up the quilts that were finished last year, and took some pictures. Here are a few of them.

The tractor quilt is for Weston's third birthday in a couple of days. I made it last week, and Dawn was able to quilt it for me. I hope he likes it!


I also got to use my Christmas tree skirt this year, since I finished it last spring.


The embroidered flowers were a gift from Dawn, and so I made them into this sweet wall hanging.

More weekend.....

The Christmas Community Concert was held Sunday evening at the high school. This is an annual event, and I get to conduct the adult choir. For the last year I have been playing percussion in the orchestra. (They were desparate!) So I ran back and forth. It was lots of fun.

I had Dawn's daughter, Mary, play the violin with one of the choir numbers. She did an excellent job.

We always end with the Hallelujah Chorus. It is getting easier every year.

Big December Weekend

It WAS a big weekend.
All was done with an abundance of snow piling up all around. We are going to have a white Christmas! The view is from my kitchen window, where you cannot see the stairs going down from the deck, and another view of our front steps. Greg used his 4-wheeler to push snow around for the neighbors. I think he was having fun.

We had an Anderson Christmas party at the church because there are getting to be too many people for our houses. We had a great meal, and lots of games and activities. There were eight little boys, and two tiny girls, so it was lots of fun. Most everyone played the games with gusto.

The Wise Man and Reading

Jamie's three boys got to stay at our house for two whole days. We had a great time, and read lots of books, among other things. Casey knows how important it is to read to your children. His baby will know lots of stories!

A cute story: Caleb (6 yrs old) was at my house to help unpack to nativity sets. He carefully unwrapped each piece, and we identified them all. As he unwrapped another one, he asked, "Who is this one, Grandma?" I said that it was a wise man. When he unwrapped the next one, he said "Then this must be the foolish man."

A big Achievement

These are my achievement day girls, minus one who couldn't be there. They are charming girls, and very active and talented. Two of them take piano lessons from me. We made chocolate waffle cookies this day, and had cocoa powder all over Colleen's kitchen. But they were GOOD cookies!





After this last week, I am looking forward to a Thankful Holiday. It was a busy week with a funeral, community choir practice, achievement day activity, helping Adrienne after her surgery, quilt guild, doctor appts for grandma and me, piano recital for my students, and helping Jamie with her booth at the Unique Boutique. (I thought I had a picture of that, but I guess not). And then the best part was when Barb and Curt Pollard came with son Curt, to spend the night. We certainly enjoyed having them, visiting, and eating cookies and ice cream. They went to church with us, and I think the ward wanted to keep them. But now, on to the happy holidays............

Trip to Provo

I have been really busy in Provo the last three days. Avery and I decorated cookies, baked little cakes and bread, wore our aprons, sang songs to Max, played games, practiced trick-or-treating, read books, laughed at Max, went for walks and collected leaves, and ate good food. Oh, yes, Kallie was there, too, and sometimes Ryan. It was a good vacation, and you might even notice that I got my hair cut.

Story about Avery: She babbled some nonsense syllables, and then clearly pronounced, "That is a different language", and resumed her babbling.............