Good Times - Busy Times

Highlights of the past couple weeks.   Mark was gone for most of a week giving meetings out in Iowa.  How surprised I was when this bouquet arrived at my door.

Thank you Carolyn for making this "wife at home" feel special and loved!   Thanks also for you, Perry and the whole Fairview Mennonite Church community for taking such good care of my man.

While he was gone our son Chris gave his first chorus program at GMS.  Don't know who was the most nervous Chris or me. 

Chris you did a great job.  Proud of you son.

Last week I was invited to friend Irene's birthday party.  

What fun to join these ladies in fellowship.

What is it about a hat that changes a persons personality. 

We each were to bring a salad and our own table place setting.   It was neat seeing each ones china.   I took my mother's wedding china as did a couple other gals.

 What I LOVE about the pic. below is the three laughing ladies at the end of the table.   Marg. and Pearly I do wonder what the joke was about.

Last week dear friend Elizabeth Kauffman got her wish to go home to heaven.    This was the first funeral meal that my Holly Girl was in charge of.   She loves the committee that works with her and sings their praises.

We are not on that committee but the evening Holly did her shopping we were together as a family.   I figured eight hands could get the job of peeling and sliceing all those carrots done quickly.  

Jeremy and Cheryl came in for two days to meet sweet little Isaiah.    Here Ariel is being introduced to her newest cousin.

I guess I should call this post a "Grandma Post" because the rest of the pictures are just that!

Saturday morning I served a brunch for the family.   Here mom is meeting her great grandson for the first time.

"Am I holding him right Uncle Chris?"

"Father's Love"

"Mother's Love"

Jeremy getting some pointers from Chris on his newly purchased phone.   Looks like Mr. Mark is making good use of his phone.

 

I love what happens when I give my good camera to Maxwell! 

These are the pictures we get from "Maxwell's Photography!"

He took this one as well.

...and this one of his brother Bo!  I can't get him to smile this big for me.  It takes Maxwell's Photography to get the job done.   Bo scraped up nose comes from a tumble on  the wood pile.

~ Two Parting shot pictures! ~

A three generation shot!

and a four generation shot.

A New Grandbaby!

On October 22 we were happy to welcome a new grandbaby into  this world.

Little (big) Isaiah Truth Yoder was born to our son Christopher and Alicia Yoder, weighing in at 9 lbs. 13 oz.

So glad that Alicia's parents, Alan and Judy, were able to be here for a couple weeks.  Isaiah was born C-Section and what wonderful and needed help Judy has been.

Two sets of "Happy Grandparents."

 Just can't get enough of them snuggles!

Saturday Holly and I were able to make a trip to Baltimore to deliver some long over due birthday presents.

Cheryl served us a might fine Saturday morning brunch.

Ariel loving her morning bath

Happy little girl smelling so sweet and clean!

 

Reading an I Spy book with Bo and Max.

 Just can't get enough snuggles from my grandbabies!

October Sewing Circle

Queena K pieced this warm, corduroy, comfort for our ladies to knot.   I love the beauty of the fall colors in this comfort.

 

 Today we worked on a new project at the sewing machines, curtains for an orphanage in Africa.

 

~ Sew-and-Tell ~

Kristen showing us a hook rug she entered into the fair.

It got a Blue Ribbon!   Way to go Kristen! 

 

Salad Luncheon

Hands.  Beautiful hands!

 

 ~ Parting Shot ~

How did this little critter wind up at sewing?

Sewing in Virginia

What a special time I had this weekend in Virginia.   My sister Barbara had invited me to join her  in taking a quilt class by Jenny Doan from the Missouri Star Quilt Company , as a fund raiser for the Virginia Quilt Museum.    What a great time to go down and spend some time with my mother.

Mother has been wanting me to help her get started in making a Hexagon Quilt.

This on one of the many reasons I admire my mother so much, always wanting to learn new things and not afraid to tackle a new project!, keeping her hands and mind busy.   I hope I can be like her when I'm 88!

Barbara joined us Friday afternoon.   Here she is designing a new quilt.  I see Book # 4  brewing in her mind!

Mother's kitchen island made a great cutting station.

After supper we took a little walk down by the river to see what Sheila and Sanford are building.  They decided their Gazebo needed to be on higher ground  because every time the river floods the banks,  the Gazebo takes a beating.

What a sweet surprise we had when nephew Adam and Megan drove in to visit mother.  They both live in Texas.

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I had a nice little walk across the field to visit another nephew.   Father built this house after I was married. He and mother lived there for many good years before moving back down to the home place.

Sheila wanted us to see how Josh and Hope had rebuilt the fireplace.   Good changes are being made to the house.

~ Cousins ~

Saturday was the big sewing day.    Barbara and I had invited good friend Donna to join us for the day.   She is from Roanoke and I got to know her years ago when I first started blogging on Xanga.  It was so nice being able to catch up with each other as we sewed.

L. to R.    Donna, Me, Jenny (our teacher) and Barbara.

(In front of the quilt like we were making in class)

In the morning Jenny gave a lecture & trunk show.   She kept us laughing.

 After class Donna stopped in at mother's.   We wanted to see the Hexagon Quilt that she has been working on. 

Just look at the stack of finished Hexies.

Donna thanks for spending the day with us.   Thought you might enjoy knowing that Mother has decided to use your method of using paper instead of the Mylar that I was using.

Saturday evening Sheila came down and we helped mother prep her hexies till after 10:00 p.m.