Cool Sunday

Yesterday was a sour day, as my Grandma Soderstrom would say, glumie and rainy. So after church I stopped at Sarah and Jays, they were heading to town, so I poured coffee for the road into a borrowed camo travel mug and headed out for Dee and Steves. The rain postponed wheat harvesting so I had four plans for them to choose from.

#1 Sit and veg for the afternoon.

#2 Go into Midland and find a Joanne Fabric to pick up a chalk marking pencil so
I can mark Pats quilt top.

#3 Take Denise and so see the movie Mamma Cita

#4 Take Denise and go up to Pats again to have a longer visit with her and family.

With Steve working I took #1 daughter and headed to Pats. It rained alot going up but we had a memoriable and fantastic visit. Henry and Melissa even had a work project planned so we had the cameras all out and recorded the mixing of cement and the historical placing of four of Pat and Georges grandchildrens hands into a 3' X 2' plot of cement.

The kids weren't too sure about this project, especially when the hands-on part happened. You would think that with kids enjoying play dough and mud it would be no different, but the faces and uggs were a sign that it would not be their choice to do again. Little Alex only month old squished his hand prints like a hand full of green peas, even momma Melissa couldn't clean the prints up, so the muddy mix was resmoothed with a pencil for a trowl and Alex then marked his spot with feet prints for his piece of the history

Grandma Elna refused to add her marks stating her and Grandpa had mixed manya bags of cement for projects but never remembers marking it with hand or feet, but with a carfully held umbrella over her by Olivia, she still enjoyed the fun project mixed with a watchful eye that no one got too close to muddle up the mix.

We had a fun day visiting and documenting the historical event and enjoying our family, but with cookies in hand we retraced our path home around the sperts of downfall with more memories to put into our album of blessings God has given us.
again and with a full heart of love from family.

Well it is now into Monday and I have been truly lazy. But with plans for the day and now growling from the stomach I will now end this rambling memo and get to work.

Pats wall quilt #1

I am so pleased. I worked hard the first part of this week and finished the top for Pats first wall quilt. 40" square. (This is quilt #1 as I plan on making a total of 4 as this takes place of the king size one I didn't make for her.) I took it to her home on Thursday, Deb and Melissa and their families were there and she had a Stamping Up party. Pat makes just gorgeous cards for everyone in the family. She makes over 350 cards a year, even all of her Christmas cards.

I don't think I would have the patience to do cards, so I will stick to quilts. I am in the planning stage of what pattern to use for the quilting now. The pattern in the magazine is quite detailed and I reduced the pattern by 1/3 to meet the size she is looking for. So I may just use parts of the quilting pattern and not all of them as the pieces are just too small to quilt all that in. The center will be the hardest to do as it has the 8 diamonds meeting in the middle, which means alot of seams to go thru. I will succeed......................

So this next week I will mark and baste and start to quilt it. Quilting day at church on Tuesday and that is also Denises birthday ( a non quilting day I think )I have to have Sarah help me put a picture of the quilt top on here so I can share it.

Planning to go to Grant and Sues in August with Mom and Pat. So I would like to have it finished by then and take it up so Sue and Sherill can see it.

Very humid here today. I did go out and mow part of the lawn, then Sarah showed up and finished it. She took me to the new gym up town yesterday, the mowing today was my work out. So we will go again come Monday.

Well off to press and mark the quilt top.

Love you all.

Summer Update as of July 13th.

Hi all,

What a fantactic summer. I just got back from a great week at Grant and Sues. Had a fun time with Rachel and Katie. Grandma did get on the trampoline - once..... Sue's mom was hospitalized so Sarah and I brought the girls down to the lower U.P. so she could go see her. Grant was in Lansing for a week of teaching driving classes. We had lots of fun here also.

Went on the 4th. and enjoyed family in Bay City to see the Saturday fireworks. The best ever I have seen.

Sarah and Jay had a fun combo party this past Friday. Lea Sophia (jewelry) and taste Jays new hobby (making home brew). A great time and over 20 people there.
A great get together enjoyed by all and I did some shopping too. Couldn't have asked for more.

Going to sister Pats this week to visit as her daughter and family will be there visiting from Minnesota. Don't know when I have seen them last, over a year I think.

Working on Pats wall quilt, it is coming along great. Learning more each time I work on it.

Grace's quilting group next week, I have missed one with vacation and one cancelled due to VBS, So we have to get back on track and get busy, I sure enjoy getting together with the ladies.

Aunt Helene not doing well in the nursing home. She is 93 and I am blessed to have her as my aunt. Keeping her and her family in my prayers.

Well off to read and wind down. Love you all.