Leah and her Cake!

Halloween Recital

Tennyson has been in a wind storm.

Banner the "lunch" lady.

Tennyson receiving her costume award for the 4th straight year.

Costume winners.

All the recital participants.

Christmas 2008!

Liz & Dennis---------------------------Shelley & Alan

Anne Adele & Maurie------------------Josh & Stacy

Shelley & Alan-------------------------Sara

Jennifer & Jim-------------------------Anne Adele & Maurie

John & Rebecca------------------------Liz & Dennis

Sara-----------------------------------Jennifer & Jim

Josh & Stacy---------------------------John & Rebecca

Morgan & Andrew---------------------Rachel

Noah----------------------------------Jonas

Miranda & Brooks---------------------Hannah

Leslie----------------------------------Noah

Zack-----------------------------------Arden

Madison-------------------------------Leslie

Rachel---------------------------------Gabe

Tennyson------------------------------Esme

Kelsie----------------------------------Zack

Arden----------------------------------Leah

Seth-----------------------------------Madison

Banner---------------------------------Kelsie

Hannah---------------------------------Seth

Jonas-----------------------------------Miranda & Brooks

Gabe-----------------------------------Tennyson

Maren----------------------------------Morgan & Andrew

Leah------------------------------------Maren

Esme-----------------------------------Banner

Here is the yearly Christmas List. This is NOT the final. You will have one week to file a complaint. Thank you very much.

This is It!

This is the long arm quilting machine that is on it's way to our house. I'm hoping it will arrive sometime next week so get busy girls and get those quilt tops finished. Everyone is invited to come and use it.

My Quilt History!

Whitney's Double Nine Patch.

Whitney chose this quilt out of the book "Quilts, Quilts, Quilts.

I learned how to do a timy sawtooth border. It was very time consuming.

Sorry about the blurry picture. This is a close up of the little nine patch.

My first rag quilt. I think it turned out rather cute.

Miranda's Kaleidescope quilt.

This quilt was given to Miranda for Christmas a couple of years ago. It was a lot easier to put together than Whitney's

Whitney bought a bag of flannel fabric, I just put them together.

These are all cute fall prints.

Christmas Nine Patch with scalloped border.

This was a fun quilt to put together.

I finally finished Whitney's Turning Twenty quilt.

This was made with twenty fat quarters.

Whitney loved the brown and pink. I added a pink polka dot border. This is the finished product.

I can't wait to do more, I'm excited to quilt Miranda's Mistletoe Manor quilt.

Dinner at Rusty's

Our birthday girl.

This was staged. You all know how I feel about pictures while eating. I've always had an understanding with Miranda about birthday dinners at restaurants. I'm never to tell our server that it is her birthday. She doesn't want the attention of the whole restaurant while the staff sings. I mentioned that night that I had this agreement with Miranda and Leona said "I never agreed" . The next time our waitress came to the table, Leona told her it was Miranda's birthday. The nice girl brought Miranda a little dessert with a candle in it but we didn't sing because we were being sensitive to Miranda's feelings. This is a picture of her birthday dessert.

Umm. Yummy.

Happy 21st Birthday Miranda!

Here's hoping our pretty girl has a wonderful day.

Their first Christmas together.

I love the cheeks.

Ben, Les, Miranda and Whitney.

She wasn't usually smiling like this when her picture was taken.

Birthday number 2.

Pinata time!

Love the slippers.

She is just scratching her nose.

Pre-school graduation. She said her part very well.

Contrary to what Whitney says, Miranda was baptized at theStake Center. (not our bathtub.)She was confirmed in our bedroom so I could be there.

Miranda and her dancing class.

Miranda and tiny Banner.

In 4th grade Miranda got the "Practically Perfect" award from her teacher, Mrs. Hanson. Mrs. Hanson said the whole class waited for Miranda to make a mistake or do a wrong thing but she never did, thus the award. I think this is her 3rd grade picture.

The girls all loved this truck.

Another Christmas together.

Miranda participated in the Piano Festival every spring.

She survived the "sweat lodge" to pose for a picture in Nauvoo.

Homecoming, Senior year.

Junior Prom 2005.


Miranda has been a joy to us from the moment she was born. She has been a good sister and a wonderful daughter. We love you, Miranda!

Quilt Top!

Here is the finished quilt top.

A closer look at the borders.

With Lizzy's help and the help of her book Quilts, Quilts, Quilts, I was able to miter the corners.

It's all ready to be quilted.