Garden 2013

We have enjoyed the tomatoes from the garden this year.  Every lunch you will find some sliced tomatoes on the table.  I have been eating homemade tomato soup too. yumm.   Then the tomatoes we couldn't use I  have bottled.  Not a tomato has went to waste. 

 

 I may have some trouble harvesting this squash when it ripens.

We have eaten lots of fresh vegetables this summer.  Dennis is getting tired of zucchinis.  I hope we can still pick  fresh tomatoes for about a  month or more longer.

One Happy Grandma

Tim and Aleca brought the kids and came down for a short visit. We had so much fun this grandma forgot to take picture .  We spent one day at Snow's swimming the only day I took pictures.

 

The next day, they all went to the beach.  Grandma stayed home. This grandma can't take the sun that long. 

 The Snow's met us at Castle Park the next day for a day of rides and fun. Then the Snow's kids came home with us, to have  a big sleep over at grandma house.

The last day we just hung out at grandma's. Doing what they wanted.  With a lego building contest.   

 

 photo finish

 All eight of Melissa's and Tim's families. Oh no Lily is missing.

 Lily is added but not too happy about it.  They are all sitting by age. Breckyn 13 , Zoey 12, Willow 12, Rugby 10, Poppy 9, Emerson 8, Phoenix 8, and Lily 5.

 They winners of the Lego building contest.  Man did their personality pop out.  Lily and I were the judges.  From Phoenix who doesn't like building lego and found things already build.  To the hard core builders to Poppy who loves to tinder. Can you pick them out?

Grandma had a wonder time with eight of our 10 grandkids.  We got to know them better.   Thanks for coming.

Catch up on Quilting

 Willow got her 12th birthday quilt.  I think it turned out quite cute.  She loved it too.

 I saw a quilt with jars with insects in Utah about 2 years ago. It all started from there. I started collecting fabric.  One of my friends gave me a pattern.  Sewing and cutting and a quilt started forming.  Then some of the jars tipped over and butterflies and etc. got loose.    A real fun quilt to make.  I think Lily will get this one because she always wants a jar for bugs.  She wants grandpa to help her catch them.

There was an warning on the back of the pattern.  This may be additive.  It is.  See this little table top runner I making for Halloween.   I have fruit fabric that I have been collecting for canning jar quilt and candy for a Christmas runner. 

90th Birthday

Dennis mother turn 90 the 13th of July. 
We had a party for her. 
She has 82 descendants in 90 years.  How is that.
We had about 60-70 family members show up to help her celebrate.

Mexico Again

 

We were in Mexico last week.  It was a work week. We painted and played.

The sun came up every morning.  This was the best of the sunrises.

 

 The little white chest of drawers is now blue.  This chest has been with our family since 1977, and it was old then.

 New electrical plug covers.  They all have different pictures on them.

 New handles on all the cupboards and chest of drawers

 The Grunion ran and Jake had a ball chasing them.  He was so sandy and wet.  I needed to hose him off to let him in the house.

 I made flowers out of shells for my  garden

 Can you find the angle.

 We went to breakfast down at Santa Maria with our neighbors Chuck and Janice.  We went on the beach, in their barney.  The food was good and it a fun getting to know some of the other couples, that live in here , 6 months out of the year.

We are going back Tuesday.  Yes, it is safe where we go.  No, drug cartel in the area fighting for their turf..  All the homes around us are American. 

Birthday Quilts

 

I started last year, making all my little grand daughters a quilt, when they turned 12.  I use the value colors from the Young Women's program. 

Here is Zoey's Quilt.  She turns 12 in April.  I love the twister. So easy and still looks hard.  I wish you could see the quilting it is beautiful, no I didn't do it myself..

 This one is for Willow's. She turns 12 in July. Not bad since I didn't have a pattern and just figured it out by my self. I had seen a picture and liked it. It is easy too.  So off to the quilter  on Monday.  I hope they both like them.  I have had fun doing them.

 I have want to make a star block for a long time. There is something about a star that I love.  Well here is my first star block and I made it all by my self.  I joined block of the month club, at our local Quilt Shop.  Where I love to spend my money I now have a 5 years supply of fabric.  Now I can learn how to make several different blocks.  This is my first block.  I can pick up block number 2 today.  At the end of the year I should have a whole quilt made. 

As you can tell I have fun just sewing and sewing.  I wish you lived closer (Christina or Brenda Sommers) and I would  bring my sewing machine and come over and sew with you. 

2013 Orchids

The Orchids

Our orchids are just starting to bloom. We will have flowers 6-8 months out of the year.   Dennis doesn't do anything special just waters them every 4-5 days.  He says it is the window.  We still have about 6 that haven't bloom yet this year.  

 

 

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Aren't the pretty.  And they every year on their own.