Rise and Shout the Cougars are Out!

In case you haven't heard...ZACH GOT INTO BYU!! He starts in July for summer block. I'm glad we thought of that strategy to help get him in. It worked! He's really excited and Steve is excited that it is the cheapest college tution for him! Hooray!

Record Snow Day!

Well, Emma got her wish... lots of snow! School was cancelled on Feb. 12th due to record breaking snowfall, a whopping 12.5". This broke the record since records were kept over 100 years ago. I'm glad we had some old snow clothes and boots that fit the girls. They each made a snowman. Aren't they cute? I am glad it's melted so I can mop my floors and be done with Dixie carrying in snowballs on her hairy feet!

I Spy...

I volunteered to be in charge of Sophie's class's Silent Auction Basket for their spring fundraiser. Or course I choose the I SPY theme so I could make a quilt and bean bag toy. I really do love I SPY. Everyone needs a quilt like this or one similar!

Quilt Mama Mania

I recently finished my first sampler custom quilt that was for a friend. Since all the blocks are different, it needs alot of different quilting but yet it needs to flow together. This is Vicki's quilt.

Emma's baptism

Emma was finally baptized on Feb. 6th. She turned 8 in Dec. but wanted to wait until Kayla was able to come. Sophie played a descant on her violin while everyone sang "I Am a Child of God." It was so pretty. Steve's parents came as well as cousin Jessie Beck. Zach invited his girlfriend, Holly, who wants to take the missionary discussions. Sophie said that we must continue the tradition she started on her baptism and eat at Pei Wei. So that's exactly what we did. On Sunday when Steve introduced Emma as being recently baptized, he invited her to sit on the stand like he does with all the newly baptized children. Emma said she'd rather sit by Kayla. What a wonderful weekend!

More quilts

During the two weeks before Christmas I quilted 7 quilts. One of them was the crazy patch batik that I made for my son,Tyler. It is quilted like the light blue one below it. I really had fun stitching the sail boat quilt. It was something new that I tried. The customer loved it and I was glad. I received 6 more this week plus one that is on the frame for the second time. What a great life I have!

15 Minutes of Fame

We all secretly wish for our 15 minutes of fame. Well, Tyler got his Saturday night at an amateur club with his band that was born in our garage. I really wish they had somewhere to practice where no one would hear them. Just before their "gig" a realtor came over and asked them not to play for the next two hours while she showed the house two doors down that was for sale. If they did she would bring them a pizza. They said, "No thanks". They were serious about getting ready for their gig. I hope the house will sell before they start practicing again. That won't be until Tyler passes off two more merit badges and has his Eagle project planned. I guess the realtor will have some time...