A birthday Get Together

This is a pic of my 3 girls. The middle one was the birthday girl. We went out to dinner and had a lot of fun.
Below is a picture of my youngest granddaughter. She always has that cheesy smile with eyes closed.


The pic to the left is of my oldest granddaughter. She is so pretty and when the braces come off everybody better look out. On the right is my whole gang and are they not all cute. It was a great birthday and all had fun and good food.
My Artsnthemail letter L. L is for Leaf. I finally got them all out the other day and am now actually ahead and plan to stay that way. K is for Keyhole. I really thought they turned out good.
N is for Needle.
M is for Muffin.
I am so happy and am glad that I got done. They all turned out really good.

We are back with Boeing

Well Friday was a wonderful day at our house as my husband is back working with the company he has been with for 19 years before the lay-off. He spent the day at Langley Air Force Base filling out all of his paperwork. He will now leave for St. Louis on Tuesday for a few weeks of training and then he is off to Kuwait. I will follow after he has found a place to live and such.
Today is my middle daughter Krista's birthday. She is 27 years old today and it was just yesterday it seems when I had her. They were swearing in Reagan as President and the Hostages from Iran were being let go. She was the only girl born that day and the nurses wanted me to name her Reagan. My mom got to name this daughter so Krista Michelle was born. It is also the birthday of a dear friend the late James Grey Boling, Jimbo to all who loved him, who died in 1996.

Going Back to work at Boeing

Well my hubby got a hire date and we are trying to get ready for him to leave. He must go to Langely Air Force Base to get all his paperwork filled out and done. He will go to St. Louis on Tuesday January 22. He will be there for at least a month and then he will come back here and then onto Kuwait. I will go over in a couple months. I will miss him so much but I know it is for the best. It is only for two years and we will get to see the world.
My grandmother Hartzell had a birthday yesterday. She turned 97 and is in good health. She has dementia and does not remember much but I still love her and send her cards all the time just so she knows. My mom loved her mom so much and I promised I would not forget to keep in touch. I need to go and see her this summer and I do hope that I will be able to.
Krista's 27th birthday is next sunday and we are planning a big dinner. It will be a birthday and good-bye dinner. I am hoping all my kids and will be there. I will also invite my dad and Barbara. Oh well will write more as the news comes.

Happy New Year

This is an update about the progress of going to Kuwait. We have been waiting for a medical clearance for my husband. He was just diagnosed with diabetes and had to get it under control. So he has been on meds for a month and doing really well. So we hope to get the clearance really soon.
I am working on my PC's for artsnthemail for swaps K, L, M, & N. I am trying to get all of these done so I will finally be ahead. I really hate being behind. But with all this stuff with Kuwait I have been overwhelmed.

Christmas at our House

This is a picture of 2 of my daughters. They look so cute. This is my oldest daughter.
This is my youngest daughter and my Dad. If you look on the back of the chair that is a quilt I just made. It was backed with fleece and my dad loves it because it is not that heavy for him. He had a stroke and his right side is not strong.
This is 3 generations of my family. I love my dad very much. I am truly blessed that he is still with us.

Many different views of X-mas at our house. Lyssa with her new ornament, me with me new hat and scarf made by my baby. Ashy and her Hannah Montana shirt, Lyssa and her new mermaid phone, and of course my baby and her husband.

Christmas at our house was very nice, but we did not spend near as much as we usually do. This year was special as next year my husband will be in Kuwait and we will have to wait till he makes it home to celebrate with the girls. So much will happen in this next year and we will be out of country for all of it. I turn the big 50 and 3 days later we will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary (and everyone said it would not last) and then my hubby will turn the big 60. So this will be a great year for all of us.

More UFO's

This quilt was a mystery quilt that I did many years ago and just found it. So I put some flannel on e back and will quilt it. This way it will not be that heavy.

These are some of the many UFO's I have been working on for awhile. The top one is a stack and slash that I did as a baby quilt. It turned out rather nice and I am very happy with it. Do not have a baby for it at the moment but 3 of my daughters friends are expecting so I am sure it will get a good home.This quilt above was made in my stars faze. I think that now in the white areas I will add some quotes that I have been collecting for awhile. I will use all different colored sharpie pens to add a little zip to it. This is a bull's eye quilt. They were making them on my yahoo group learningfa. I took all of my scraps and made it. It came out quite well and am very proud of it. Now I just have to finish it.

This is my cute little frog quilt.

This is my Amish barn raising.

I do hope you all like my quilts. I am so far behind in one of my postcard groups. Still have my K's and L's to make for artsnthemail. I am so sorry but with this big move and the holidays it could not be avoided. I am hoping to catch everything up with my K,L,& M's next month.

Kuwait is still a go. Michael is on meds for his diabetes and is doing good. I had an Echo stress test the other day and will get results after the holiday. I am also scheduled for a sucrose test which I hate with a passion. That stuff is gross.

Yesterday my middle daughter the chef cut her pinkie finger to the bone and had to get 4 stitches. She is in alot of pain but she missed all the tendons and nerves so that was really good. She did it cutting brocolli and it bleed so much she past out twice. She is so much like her mother. I would have passed out if I saw it.

Have made all my kids new stockings. I will put a pic when I finish up the tops. It is just a little stitching and it will be done. I made 6 of them and they are all different. Nothing exciting as I bought 2 panels last year after the holidays.

Finishing up some PC's and UFO's

This is a quilt I did with Pat Sloan on her web site. I just finished it and am very happy with it. This is the PC's I made for the Confetti swap in one of my groups. They came out better than I thought they would.

The three PC's below were made for the Laurel Burch swap. I sure hope that everyone liked the PC's.

I am sorry I have not kept up but I have been busy with my UFO's. I have backed a few of my quilts with fleece and the people I gave them to love them. They look good in the front and feel good in the back.