My Aunt Joan has come to visit. She came from all the way from the other side of the USA! Maine! She is such fun to be around - like my other Aunt and my Mom.
they all have a great sense of humor. Well, I felt that she deserved a quilt because she is here. She was so excited and happy to receive it. I gave it to her as we were loading up the car to go up to Pinetop. That's were my parents and my Aunt Gloria are right now. they are smart and go up there to get away from the heat down here. So I was the lucky one to take her up. I got to stay for a few days too. more on that later. We are so happy you came Aunt Joan! hope you enjoy your stay.....

enjoy,

Lorene

The White Mountains are Beautiful!

****I have somehow have mixed up the different blogs about my trip. they are definetly not in order. sorry about that!

*****update on construction - we now have 3 of the 4 board members have answered. 2 yes and 1 no...... hopefully soon.......

Pinetop is beautiful. I love it. It feeds my soul...... We got lots of rain while there. it was so very cool. such a nice change from the heat of the valley. it smells so wonderful up there. and I had forgotten that the water comes out of the tap COLD!!!!! here's my mom and aunt Joan on the porch. it's is just a cute cottage feel. so comfy and cozy!

Aunt Joan had fun paying with the hummingbirds.

Mom fixed a great meal of spagetti. Yum! we got to eat outside in the cool air.

Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting. I loved coming up and staying for a few days. it just wasn't long enough!

love you both

Lorene

where's george?

Hi everyone! I have heard and seen a couple of bills that had the stamp where's George on it, but I have never had one in my hot little hands. Well, now I do, or rather did, cause it's already gone! LOL! it was kind of fun to see where it started - Las Cruses, NM. it didn't get registered again till Bruce got it at Lone Butt Casino. He plays poker once in a while and shares his winnings! so that is how I got it. now, it's up in Pinetop, so instead of moving further away, it's moving closer to to where it started! how funny is that? anyway the link is http://wheresgeorge.com its kind of fun to see how far and how long money travels. this one traveled 294 in less than a month. have fun....

Lorene

Cars are fun!

Well our construction still hasn't started. we are still waiting for the home owners. so that means my sewing room is a sauna. sigh.... anyway, we are hoping to hear this week. anyway, I go into my sewing room real early in the morning to try out my HQ16. I have been doing just about a row a day before I get pretty miserable. I have had this panel of a car map for awhile. I finally found a panto that I wanted to use on it - Cars by Dave Hudson. I bought it at Patterman . it really was quite easy. much easier than I thought. I only made 2 mistakes. I went over the same area twice. at least I was consistent. here is the panto here is a close up of the good part! look at those stitches! aren't they perfect? I am so happy! I can't wait to load my next quilt.

Here is the whole quilt. I didn't even take time to trim it up for the picture, I was soooo excited. I wish I would have bought more panels. but Grandma is keeping this one for the boys to play with, when they come over. I might try to find more. it was fun to quilt. Thank you Caroline!!! another UFO finished! and I think the boys will like playing with it.

enjoy,

Lorene

it's Thornberries time.......

I love Thornberries. we sit around and talk, and sew, solve all the problems of the world. it's just a great relaxing, wonderful group of women. One of our members is moving to CA. she is still close enough to come back to see us and participate AND she is close enough that we can visit her. We love you Terry P.



we had quite a few of us this time. that was very nice. a couple were missing - please know we missed you all!! we had some show and tell, which is always wonderful. This is a cupcake quilt that I made for a decoration for a birthday party at rippers. so now it's finally finished! yeah
!!! this was a free pattern I found online. the pattern called for 5" squares. I halved it and made it 2.5 squares. it stilled turned out about 56" square. so you can imagine how big it would of turned out using the bigger squares. I am happy with the size......

This is Judy's maple leaf quilt. it was a swap within our group, which i didn't participate in - sigh.... i blew it this time. all the quilts have turned out soooo pretty. oh well.....

This is another UFO of mine. it's another one I did with Vicki. I love batik quilts. Vicki and I always seem to do one every year. this year is no different. can't wait to finish it. anyway, Bruce really loves this quilt, and wants it to stick around. so I guess we are keeping this one. it did turn out nice.....

Anyway, thanks ladies for a very enjoyable day!

enjoy....

Lorene

Happy Birthday Lee!

Our oldest son had a birthday recently. we said we would take him out to dinner. guess where he wanted to go? Matta's! what did he order? chili rellanos! the original matta's closed down. it had been a fixture in Mesa FOREVER! well, they opened a new one - matta's too! the food was good, not my favorite, but still good. Lee is such a good dad. he loves his Zoe! she brings a lot of joy into his life. She is so funny. Lee's card had a hole in it and Zoe thought it was so funny. She wanted her picture taken. so there you are. You are a cutie Zoe.....

Here's my baby! Happy Birthday sweetie! we are proud of you and appreciate all you do! you always come to my rescue!

love ya

Mom and Dad

a few days with lexi!

Jenn was having a few days with some babysitting Lexi, so Grandma came to the rescue. lexi came to spend the night and spend a day or two with us. WE HAD FUN!!!!!!! Lexi loves to color. so she colored her mask and we both added some sparkle. sparkle is good!
Lexi wanted a really cool lunch bag. so I found a pattern here . You can make this has lots of really cute patterns to download. have fun looking!

My Mother had to go and get her "dress" altered. So Mom, Lexi and I went to lunch at Red lobster. Lexi loves it there because she can COLOR! She ordered her lunch all by herself. no one helped her. She felt so grown up! good job lex!

While at the bridal shop, there was a bride getting her dress altered. She is getting married in December. she was so cute. I thought it was a great picture of Mom being married 50 years and a new bride getting ready for her adventure.

While Mom was changing. Lexi and I found some pretty hats. Isn't she a cutie!

we thought it would be a great idea to make cupcakes for her family. here is super cupcake froster - Lexi!

Here they are in all their glory! Lexi said they were very good!

We had a great time! Thank you lexi and thank you Jenn for sharing!!!

love you sweetie!

Grandma H