A New Mystery

I love a good mystery and  I'm ready again to join in the fun of Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice Mystery quilt.

We were given our first clue on Friday and here are my pieces cut.  Now I'm chomping at the bit ready to sew.

This weeks clue all finished.  180 of these units all done.   We won't get our next clue until Friday.   I have no idea what this quilt it going to look like other then it will be a scrappy one.  I changed some of the colors that Bonnie suggested.  Swapped out purple for blue and raspberry for orange.  It will be so fun seeing all  the other ladies quilts.  There are over 2,000 women in the facebook group.

One evening this month we had overnight guests.  Uncle Paul Yoder and cousin Dan.    Uncle Paul is Marks dad's brother.  Their visit was short but sweet.

Now on to our Thanksgiving day.   It didn't suit Jeremy's to join us till afternoon so we planned an evening soup supper.     Here Holly is keeping my shrimp chowder from sticking and Mark is making osyter stew.

This picture included a bribe.  When Boaz sees a camera it's hard to get a smile from him.  I told him if he smiled real big I'd give him a piece of candy.   What a wonderful smile.  I love you Bo.

Alicia making her bread into a turkey.  It's been a thanksgiving tradition she has done for years.  What a great addition to our soup supper.

Caught the pecan snitcher in the act!

Our guests included Grandma Yoder and Grandma Schultz

as well as Jerrel and Alma, Bobby's, Jeremy's, Chris's and Holly and Carmen.

These girls get a gold medal!   They cleared the table, served coffee and dessert and then cleaned up all the dishes afterwards.   Thanks Carmen and Holly!

While here Jeremy smoked up some deer jerky.  Some of the best I've had.  He was so generous and gave us each a nice bag of it.

Mark's brother Nelson and Rose stopped in later in the evening.

Football in the back room.  Wall to wall of fellows.

These moments with Ariel are so dear and precious.  Please keep her and Jeremy and Cheryl in your prayers.   Ariel has come down with a bit of a cold and it has made breathing and eating more of a struggle with her SMA.

Maxwell took these pictures.   He loves being the photographer these days and I love that!

He can capture moments that I never could.

November Sewing Circle

Comfort top ready to be knotted.  Love the group of home schooled gals in the background busy at their school work.

These children add so much to our sewing circle.

 Kristen showing us the snowman she made out of a sock.

Here a mother and daughter team visiting as they stitch.

Now what are the ladies sewing on in the background?

This scrappy quilt is taking shape.

Gertrude is a newcomer here at sewing and also a new quilter.  She shared with us three quilts she is making.  I asked her if she is getting hooked and the smile and "yes" answer she gave me was priceless.

 Queena and Wava with their "shared" grandchildren.   Wava's son married Queena's daughter.

~ Parting Shot ~

Last evening we enjoyed company.  Craig and Lindsey, a couple who now live in Russia, along with Elizabeth (a college friend of Alicia), Tim and Diane, and Alicia, Chris and baby Isaiah.

It was so interesting listening to Lindsey and Elizabeth talking Russian with each other.

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.