Our Missionaries

In September we welcomed home one missionary and said goodbye to another.  Spencer came home on September 11, our 10th anniversary.  We were at the Cortez Airport with JJ, Tammy, Jayden, Emma and Jack to greet him.

 The signs

 Tearful hugs for Mom

 And Dad

 Then Jayden

There were hugs all around, but Grandpa was taking the pictures and wanted to get in on the hugs!

 The rest of the family drove back to Blanding that night, but we stayed in Cortez to celebrate our anniversary.  The next day we drove to Telluride where we rode the gondolas

On September 29 we were in Washington for Tristen's farewell.

Melissa did some beautiful missionary photos and this invitation

 Goodbye hugs for baby sister, Emily

 Posing with Alan's family and us

With his four half siblings

Colby was so excited to  have two grandmas at his house!

My Quilts

I am posting all the quilts I currently have available to give to grandchildren when they marry.  The purpose of this is to let them look at all the quilts so they can decide which one they want.

 This quilt is called "Sunburst"   It is a fairly heavy weight quilt so will be warm to sleep under.

 This quilt is called "Cats in Windows."  It is a fairly lightweight quilt so good as a spread. (This one was chosen by Jeffrey and Anessa!)

 This quilt is called "Songbirds on a Crazy Quilt.  It is fairly heavy weight.

This is a closer up view of the above quilt so you can see details of the songbirds.

                              This quilt is called "Calico Cats."  It is fairly light in weight. This one has been selected by and given to Zach and Addy.

 This quilt is called "Bookcase Quilt."  It is light in weight.  The borders are made to look like wallpaper on the sides and carpet at the bottom.

 This quilt is called "Scarlet Steps."  It is a medium weight.  Details you can't see are that some of the pieces are Christmas fabric, some are Fourth of July Fabric, and some have musical notes.

 This is called "Rag Quilt in Black and White."  The pieces are machine quilted and sewn together with the seams out to form the "rag look." (This one has been chosen by Carson and Marie)

This quilt is called "Butterfly Scrappy Quilt."  The centers of  many of the blocks have brightly colored butterflies in them.  It is a scrap quilt because it is made from scraps of fabric left over from other projects.

                                     
 This quilt is called "Ashley's Journey."  It is made from purples, greens, and blues and is a lightweight quilt that would be a fun spread.

                                      This is called "Kaleidoscope" It is a fairly lightweight quilt. 

                                                This is "Star Quilt".  It is a medium weight quilt.

This one was chosen by Megan and Justin

This is  called "Spring Quilt. Each row has a different spring theme.  The back of this quilt is pieced out of flannel, so it is a heavy quilt . This quilt was chosen by John Michael and Brittney.


Be sure to click on the photos to enlarge them for a better view.

Here are the three new quilts I made in 2020.

This one looks out of proportion in the picture, but in real life it looks better.  I call it "Cozy Sleep with You"

                                           

                                                  This one is done in Christmas fabrics and is called

                                                                 "Cardinals in the Snow"

                                             

                                                     This one is not finished but will be soon. 

                                                                 It is called "Colorful Birds"

A visit from Gerritt and Melissa's Kids!!

From August 14 through 21 we had Gerritt and Melissa's kids while Melissa was helping her mom after knee surgery.  The kids were so good, and we had a wonderful time!

 On our first full day we went out to explore the sights of Blanding.  We started with the Nations of the Four Corners park at the college.  The kids enjoyed sitting in the old covered wagon..

                                             standing in front of the old manure spreader..

                                                going into the rock tower....

                                      looking down through the grating from the top of the tower..

and exploring the difference villages.

                                     /                They especially enjoyed the tepees.

                         Later that day we went to the dinosaur museum which they enjoyed playing in.

                We then went to the Cedar Mesa Pottery factory and took a self-guided tour.

 The next day we went to Bluff Fort where we had a blast dressing up as pioneers.

                     The kids enjoyed the log horses and really enjoyed visiting the pioneer cabins.

From Bluff Fort we went on to Four Corners.  They thought it was so cool to stand in four states at once!

         We took a day to just rest up at home and Grandpa Gary enjoyed giving them all a ride in Babe.

                                                             They all loved it!

Another day we went out on 95 and saw the Mule Canyon Ruins,

                                                 Bridges National Monument,

                                               And the Goosenecks of the San Juan

We came back through Valley of the Gods.  Abby especially enjoyed imagining the rock formations were different things.  She said she liked that day better than any of the others.

                                        The entire week was a great adventure for all of us!