Hilights from Idaho Vacation/Reunion

Kayden and I share the same birth day
Kattie, Alaina and Rich

My brothers Kelly and Jeff, my father, me, Mom and sister Vicki.

Liz had already gone to bed and missed the dinner around the fire.

(I had floated down the Hoeback River earlier, hense the hair....)

Sunset around the fire in the "back yard" of the cabin

Dad, me, mom

Captain Jeremy and Chris

Devon, Hydee, Mom, Vicki, Madison, Alaina, and Moose (Kelly's dog)

Jesse and Oliver. On our way home from Sawtelle Mt. They gathered "special" wood.

Don't tell the forest rangers!

Post Hail Storm on top of Sawtelle

Hail Storm at weather station on Sawtelle Mt. We could see for hundreds of miles, even to the Teton Mts. What a sight! And what a road to drive on to get to the top.

Now I know why my father refuses to go up that far!

Jack and Varce looking at the rainbow trout at Big Springs

Devon, our college student. His vocabulary is educated as well.

Tawnya, Jess, Ashley and moms red hair.

We were beading watches! What fun.

background my brother Jeff

Rich, Kattie, Nikki

We were watching the video Lois had made for Chandler.

Chandler left the following day for the MTC and Jacksonville, Fl.
Chandler

Holly, Kaidance, and Tawnya.

Liz was suppose to teach this, and she bailed out and went to bed, so

I taught all the girls how to crochet scrubbies out of tulle.

Some worked out great, others were thimbles of tulle, and others, well...

it is best if I don't describe those.

Kaitlyn. Eating is such a joy for her!

Kaidance, post finger cut/gash! What a brave little girl.

And I love the angel kisses on her cheeks:)

Holly, Dallin and Canyon

Dutch oven cookers..and watchers. Jeff, Jared, Varcel and Papa.

Liz and Nikki cutting yards and yards of tulle to crochet.

UMMM, Liz, trying to find the end to start rolling it into balls. Grams made a choo choo train with the little ones on the deck.

Kaidance, Sheridan, Savannah, Hadley, and Oakley

Chris, having fun, while Hydee tried to have a baby.

Chris and Oliver

Heather and Jessica

Papa and Grams

Jesse and our beautiful 14 year old Madison

Oliver

Oliver and Alaina

Craft mood strikes again

While in Idaho my mom and sister in law Sheri taught us how to make beaded watches. Here are a few photos of mine.Of course a girls wardrobe is not complete without pink

A black and white "Bling" watch. The face is surrounded by rhinestones, too.
Black and white whimsical watch.

Yesterday I found a package of quilt squares that I had purchased at the Desert Industries years ago. It only took a couple of hours to lay out a pattern, in which I had almost enough of every square and get it sewed together. I am stiff in the back of my legs today from all the bending and placing of the quilt squares. I am going to back it with denim. A great switch from the typical levi quilts I usually make.

When we stayed with our friends Connie and Norman last April, they shared what a "Potato Baking Bag" was. Connie gave me one, and the directions to make them.

So, I purchased the fabric, batting and thread weeks ago. And got 5 made yesterday. They work great to bake a potato in the microwave, and the potato stays moist and fluffy just as if it had been baked in the oven.

Catch up the last few weeks

52 onces of Liv Sxinney spilled
Jess joined Oliver and came to Katties house when Nikki and I were visiting.
We played Liars Dice, and ate cheese, crackers, salsa, gucamole and laughed and laughed.

We visited Thrift Stores to look for containers for the Succulents that will be used for the center pieces for the tables at the wedding.

Nikki after our visit to the MAC counter!

Kattie is trying a new look and false eyelashes.

Gabby and Nikki

Just an example of what a wedding cake can look like.

I really liked this one, but Kate isn't so sure.

Kattie signing the contract on her Wedding Gown.

I can't share photos of that, as it is a secret from Rich and Varce.

Wedding Cake tasteing.

Chocolate with Mouse, Carrot Cake, and Raspberry Champagne

Main dinner, and the votes are still being counted..

Every single thing was fab!!!

The salad with a vinegarette

A year ago it snowed on us when we were camping on the rim.

This year we got 3 day of continual rain.

And 2 days of beauty. I loved every minute.

Again I found Bear Skat!

The beauty never ends. We nap, read, carve, crochet, nap, eat, take walks and rest. It is my favorite place to camp.

A few weeks ago Ivy and Zoey got a skein of yarn. It was around the legs of the furniture, over the chairs, in and out of the doggy door.

Varce found one end, and I found another and we met in the middle.

My Father Turns 80 and we had a party

Happyn 80th birthday dad! Oh, how I love you!

The five kids

Jeff, Tawnya, Vicki, Liz, Kelly

The cousins

Front: Tiffney, Heather

Back: Nikki, Ashley, Hydee (she's pregnant)

"Friends Always Welcome

relatives need reservations"

Varce carved this for my parents.

It is a saying they enforce.

Varce also carved a sign for my brother Kelly and my sister Liz.

I am so proud of Varce to get these done while working in an outage.

No one can appreciate the hours and sacrifice he does for our family.

The Three Stooges....

I mean the three sisters.Tawnya, Liz, Vicki


My mom and her oldest granddaughter, Nikki

Sunday April 26, 2009 Dad's Birthday

And we got 3 to 4 inches of snow.

Sunday morning we all met at Perkins for breakfast. The Charlie Brown snowflakes were too tempting so I joined my niece Tiffney,my sister Vicki, and Nikki and we all played in the parking lot.When we came in the locals asked us where we were from, it was obvious we weren't from Idaho.

Mom and Dad

Every spring the daffodils poke there heads up and then get snowed on.

This a truly a typical Idaho Spring sight.

Happy 80th Birthday to my Dad.

I love you with all my heart!