Blanket

I was told I needed to blog the blanket that we made for my mom. Some of you know that my friend Annette and I make ooober soft custom blankets and would like to eventually make it a business so when someone suggested that we all make a quilt for my mom I jumped at the chance to be able to create one of these for my mom.

Thankfully my brothers and sisters agreed to pitch in and help pay for the blanket since they are really not cheep to make and then each one of my siblings and my dad designed a square and we added my mom's favorite scripture on there so all 12 of us were represented.

Then my awesome sister Kathie converted them on to a special computer program and embroidered each family's square . (all within 3 days, while she was packing for her trip to Colorado, Dr's appointments, getting my mom through her first chemo appointment and a million other things she had going on! YEAH KATHIE!!!

Then she threw them in the mail to me in time for me to finish it before my trip to Phoenix and viola...! It was a lot of hard work; we crammed sewing that should have taken us a couple of weeks into a few days but it was all worth it now that my mom is wrapped up in the coziest blanket I've ever made and that it is packed with the love of the entire family. I have the best family in the world and I love you Mom!!!

These are the best pictures I have; Kathie's got the "in progress" pictures that are a lot better. What I really need is a picture of Mom IN the blanket!

I think this is my favorite square, it's my oldest brother standing out on the front porch in his undies.

My Sweet Boyz

I love my awesome boys!!!

My mom starts chemo tomorrow morning so Todd and Jacob decided to show their support and love for Mom/Grandma by shaving their heads... They were both so sweet and Jacob was really excited to show his friends at school and be able to tell them about how much he loves his Grandma. Todd is hunting antelope this weekend so the beard, as a rule stays until he gets back from his trip... good times! Good luck Todd! ...bring home a big'un!

My Daughter is ADORABLE!!!

So, Ashlie is seriously the cutest thing in the world! (I'm partial yes and she's a pain in my neck yes... but still! I'm in love with this girl!)

One of Ashlie's favorite things to do is to Skype her Grandma and her aunties... anytime she hear's that little ring she flips out and comes a runnin'. She especially loves talking to Grandma, she has to climb up on the computer desk and get right up there next to her... lean against the computer monitor, give kisses, share toys, show pretty things... etc.... Here's a picture of Ashlie and Grandma....

Ashlie is also a complete sucker for "keeute" clothes and shoes, hair things, hats, purses,

"b-backs" (backpacks), anything girly... So we were going through some hand me downs and she sees this dress and flips out (pretty normal) and has to change her "cose" right away (also absolutley normal), we have to fix her hair... and this is how she turned out... now seriously tell me that's not the cutest kid you've ever seen! Man I love my kids!!! ;o)