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I'm sure no one ever gets tired of seeing photos of babies...do they? I sure don't. I remember Treven running and jumping in my arms when I got to the hospital, so excited, and telling me: "we're having my baby sister today!" Later, after she was cleaned up and wrapped in a blanket, he leaned over the bed and said: "Hi, my name is Treven, and I'm going to take care of you". He loved that sister so much.


Last spring, Jeff and I went to Kimberly for a track meet. Lindsay and Brooke were there for Gooding, and Mikayla was there running for Declo. It was a great chance to see them all. It rained really hard right before the meet started, and it was really cold...what we do for grandkids!
Yesterday we had a birthday dinner down to mom's for Danny and Margene. Pretty much the whole family came. We collected canned foods to donate to a food bank.

Rag quilts

Jeff's mom brought me a cd with photos on it the other day, and I was tickled that it included photos of the caring and sharing display (she went with me to see it and had her camera with her) and a few of the girls with their rag quilts from Christmas.
Those of you who live here. probably got to see the tree display that the Stapelman family put together this year. I thought it turned out awesome. Right down to the hand knitted stockings. Great job family. This was the quilt that my family made for the Americana theme.



This is Lindsay with her rag quilt. She wanted a red/black/white because that's her school colors. I'm assuming she wants to take it on the bus trips when they travel or something.

Brittney picked pink and brown for the colors of her rag quilt. I sort of felt bad because I got the pattern for the flowers on the quilts at the craft fair, but I already had a bunch of them made...sorry.

Braquel thought she was going to get a purple...quilt, but her room is pink and black, so I think she was really surprised when she got one that actually matched her room. Mikayla thought she was getting an aqua one, but after she saw the fabric for Brittney's, she was telling Danelle how cool it was and she wished she could get that color...so ...what the heck. They all acted like they liked them, which is always nice. In fact, Mikayla told me when Braquel leaves home and she gets her own room she wants to do it in the colors of her quilt now.

A few layouts I've done lately

This was Ellie's very first Easter. Don't you love those shoes?


Can you tell that Danelle provided me with tons of photos? Her kids think she only takes photos of Ellie.

Ellie's first St. Patrick's Day.

Here's next week's challenge

This is the sketch for the February 1st challenge for the retreat. If anyone wants to get an early start...here you go.


My layout is of Ellie...who else do I have pictures of anymore. She's seems to be the only one willing to pose. Isn't she a doll? Love the brown and pink too!

Organizing

These are the containers I had full and emptied into these two storage bins. Now my drawers aren't nearly as full. And I can refill all these containers....yeah. More shopping. Actually, I'm wanting to cut down my stash and get rid of things.




I've been trying to get through some things since Christmas. I've still got a LONG ways to go, but I have accomplished a few things. This is my new storage items. I had purchased them awhile ago, and forgotten until I was out in the shop working with Jeff one day after Christmas. I'm like..."those are my storages bins. I'd forgotten I bought them." He denies it...claiming they are his for the shop. But I eventually won out. I put alot of stuff in them, and it's awesome.

Ellie comes for a visit

Today, Danelle came in so she could finish her challenge layout and I could take a photo to post. I got to hold Ellie while she worked on it. Even Grandpa was excited to see her. Of course, she likes men, so she wanted him to hold her. After Danelle was finished and was getting ready to leave, I was swinging her toward Danelle, and Danelle would tickle her and pretend she was going to take her, but I would pull her back. Ellie just kept laughing. I think it's the first time I've actually heard her laugh like that. Danelle says she has learned to say..."ayla" for Mikayla, and told her "up" when she didn't want to lay down with her. I can't believe she's almost one already.

Challenge Layouts

This is a photo of Stephanie scrapping, taken a few years back when we were doing a Circle Journal. I loved the photo and I loved the journaling she did so much that I photographed it and put it on the page.


These photos were taken by Robin at Traci's wedding. I wanted them to look a little formal. This is sort of a black/cream/red.


This layout is of two different grandkids. I didn't really have enough photos to do a double page for each one, and the colors seemed to work...so why not?


These are more photos that Robin took at Traci's wedding.