Annie Oakley

Adrienne's kids were here for the day, and sweet little Rhya girl decided she wanted to be a cowgirl, since the boys had all the stuff out. She put on the hat, and then insisted I help her with the scarf, belt and boots. She found a stick and actually made a "shooting" noise while aiming it. It was a fun day!

Laura Dawn's Birthday

We had a family gathering at Adrie's house, and she generously fixed lunch for us as we celebrated Laura's birthday. This was my contribution, a cake that is supposed to look like "smores". At least it tasted good, probably because of the ganache filling inside!

It's Warmer in Provo!

Because Ryan was out of town on business, Kallie invited me to spend a few days with her. It was so warm, (compared to here!) that we hardly needed jackets. Max, recently turned one, learned to like me, and Avery, turning three, was sad when I left.

Avery has learned lots of songs, and has been well trained. She had a hard time letting me out of her sight. Even when I was in the bathroom, she would peek under the door and say, "I see your shoes, Grandma!" And then once she yelled., "YOU ARE USING TOO MUCH TOILET PAPER, YOU ARE USING TOO MUCH TOILET PAPER!"

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.