Cute quilt and cute granddaughter has a birthday

 The lady who does my nails showed me this adorable quilt someone made for her baby. I just had to show it to you.

I took my 6th graders on a field trip to a college campus and the courthouse. I can't show pictures of the kids, but I can show some metal art a welding student made. The spider art is amazing!

I had to put on protective glasses in the welding shop.  You can see some antlers another college student made.

We also visited the cosmetology department. I like the words on the sign.

My youngest granddaughter turned 3. Her mom likes to do elaborate parties. Look at the food display. 

Our little "T" was so excited! 

She has a big personality and keeps her momma hopping. She recently cut herself some bangs, A LOT OF BANGS, like halfway across the top of her head. Mom has had to get creative to make her look cute.

More winter outings...

 My son is heavily involved in skijoring because his boss owns it. What is skijoring, you might ask? It is a winter sport where a skilled horse rider races down a track pulling either a skier or snowboarder in a timed  race. The skier has to weave in and out of flags while collecting rings while the horseman grabs a ring as well. My son loves the sport.

My husband, daughter, son-in-law, and I volunteered to help at an event in Kamas, Utah. I walked up and down the course all day gathering rings and delivering them. My husband worked the starting line handing the rope to skiers once the horses were ready to run. My daught and son-in-law warmed up horses. 

This year they had to make snow because Utah didn't get much.

My son and daughter

Son during the race. He was on several teams and used different horses.

Hubby with grandson

My son with his son. He takes his little man everywhere and absolutely loves being a father.

May Chookshed number release

 Well, another month has come and gone in 2026. How did you do on your April challenge? I hope you did better than me. I was gone overseas for a trip and didn't even start my goal.  Perhaps I'll catch up later in the year.

The number for May is #1.

For me it is to hopefully complete my Aurora quilt top. This would have been done a year ago except my daughter wants it and needs it to be king sized for her bed. I need to make more than double the blocks and cannot find the background fabric anywhere online. I did find it in flannel. I may have to make half the blocks from flannel.

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February Snow Goose Retreat and other happenings

 We attended the Snow Goose Retreat for the 3rd year in a row. I didn't take classes and enjoyed making progress on various projects.

Here is a photo of the beautiful snow geese as well as myself. They look like snow on the lake.

We only snapped a few photos of us at the air bnb and dinner.

I also photographed some of the quilt show.

I completely plan to make this one!  Love it!

I worked on this Kaffe project. I really enjoyed it.

I also made a couple of bags. The blue one is for Lori while the other is for Phyllis.

I put pockets inside Lori's. 

Blog catch up: more Feb happenings

I have intended to write this post for awhile, but I just felt super tired after work every day for a couple of months. I think it was pneumonia that drug me down.  After I finally felt human again, I was busy planning a trip to Baradine. More on that trip later.

I had a sewing day with friends and my daughter.

A finished a top from a kit we got at the Indianola Retreat last year.

My daughter's mother-in-law had her kids for the day.  It is rare for her to join us. She is a master at paper piecing. She finished a little top.

Lori and I spent a Saturday temple hopping. My goal is 26 different temples in 2026. In Utah you can actually do that because we have so many.  The temple brings me closer to Christ, teaches me of him, and leaves me with greater peace and a desire to be a better person.  We made it to three that day.