Sister's Weekend-2010

It has been awhile, but I wanted to share our sister's weekend quilt blocks and some pictures of the event.

I think we all had fun just relaxing, eating, visiting, and being silly. We missed Lonita this year and welcomed the newest member Allison, Michael's wife. I hope she wasn't too overwhelmed by the girls.

I was so proud, each sister brought eight 12x12 inch quilt squares. That is a lot of squares. Lonita had hers made by Donna. Her blocks have cows in her design, which is so appropriate for Iowa. Krissie made hers after arriving. I was jealous hers were made so fast. I can't tell you how much I love all the squares.

Donna has homes and a heart on her block. Jeni has triangles with hedgehogs, flowers, and mushrooms. Suzanne has a sunbonnet girl in a flower dress on a hot pink background. Lonita has cows with brown triangles. Her dad has a farm in Iowa with cows and corn. Her block was so "on spot" for Iowa. Sally has orange flowers with a chicken in the middle. Allison has green triangles with blue flowers on a tan background. Krissie, our non-sewer, has 3 large circles of orange, brown and teal on a background of dark brown. I was blown away how chic it looks. I love roosters, so I put a rooster in the middle of the square with red, blue, yellow and green around him. I had a different rooster for each square.

Jeni had her quilt done before she left for home. I'm sewing Lonita's and Krissie's quilt together, I just have the top done so far. Life seemed to get in the way of finishing it, but that will happen this summer. Summer starts this week. I can hardly wait to see the finished product.

Lonita's Quilt Top - It may all get done someday!

Krissie's Quilt Top - Just be patient!

Mother's Day - 2010

It's mother's day again. How did this happen, so soon. In a short 43 years I have become the mother to seven children and 16 wonderful grandchildren. I made our first child's school wardrobe including a blue winter coat (I loved that coat) which got her teased because it was blue and she was a girl. They all had home cut hair when young. They grew up eating homemade bread, cinnamon rolls, and reconstituted milk. They had dishes to wash , even when working till 11 p.m. at night. I was a mean mom. We have had a few broken bones, but lots and lots of smiles, too. One winter in cold Iowa, Dad and I made doughnuts on Saturday mornings. We all loved that. My mother once asked me "why do you have them do work at home." you see I didn't have any chores when growing up at home. I replied, "to keep the home going." But, we did have fun also. They loved playing in "the pits", a wooded lot in the neighborhood. They loved being pushed on a swing. We all loved eating cinnamon rolls hot out of the oven on a cold winter day or any day. And especially a homemade birthday cake each year. Thank you KIDS for making me a mother. I love each one of you.

I started celebrating mothers day last week. The girls were home plus Michael's wife. We had so much fun eating, talking and goofing off. Today we had a little cake to celebrate. It was chocolate with chocolate frosting. So good! We even received chocolate truffles in church. A great day. This afternoon I plan to do a little sewing, reading, and relaxing.