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Saturday, August 16, 2008

July 4th Weekend in Minnesota


The annual picture we take of the cousins that come to this weekend reunion.
Jillian is the only cousin missing.


Pa always takes the kids out for a boat ride. I missed the boat, literally, this year.


This was a huge 3-D puzzle that the neighbors brought over for our entertainment.
Delilah (on the left) has the pose and roar down perfectly.
Kya's giving it a good try too.


Pa and Grandma with the boys


Our favorite card game - Hand and Foot

We have a standing date in Minnesota every July 4th weekend.
Pa and Grandma host as many of the family that can come.
This year, Chris' Uncle Tim and Aunt Diane, Cousin Jenny and husband Joe, their
daughters Delilah and Kya, and our family were all there. We had a wonderful time!
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Saying "Good-Bye"


Rather than gathering up ALL the cousins present,
we grabbed the departing college students, the
twins who are now the oldest in the house again,
Chris and I, and took a "good-bye" shot.

Joel, Clara, Nancy, Robin Joyce, Sarah, Kelly, Chris


And then did our best to be silly!

Thankfully, we were able to all get together last night for a big dinner at the Fosters' house. Sarah just arrived home this week from her summer job. It worked out to be able to get together with them last night to spend a little time before they left (at 1:15 this morning) for the long drive to South Carolina. I got word a little while ago that they had arrived safe and sound at their destination.


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Minnesota the Second

We made a second weekend trip to Minnesota to visit Pa & Grandma just 3 weeks after our first trip. The timing worked with Chris' work schedule, his Dad's, Pa & Grandma's, and Uncle Tim's schedules. Unfortunately, his cousin Jenny and her family, and Aunt Diane were unable to join us this time. We still managed to have a great time and ate way too much good food!

The highlights of the trip included lots of fishing, including a keeper for Steven, more rounds of Hand and Foot, our favorite card game, tons of good food, me getting to come along on a boat ride, and some nice relaxing. It was fun having Grandpa Mike along for the ride AND it was the first big trip we've taken in our Honda Pilot.


Pa & Andrew


Steven with his crappie keeper


Uncle Tim filleting Steven's keeper


Grandma, Andrew, and Pa


Unfortunately, this is one of the only shots I got
of Grandpa Mike. I think I was too busy playing
cards, and not busy enough taking pictures!
Sorry, Grandpa Mike!


Uncle Tim left behind a special
reminder of Steven's fish. Look
closely at the shepherd's hook.

P.S. Apparently, I did not write a post about our first trip to Minnesota. I will have to rectify that, but it will look odd posted after the second one. I'm kind of behind, apparently!
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Monday, August 04, 2008

Fabulous Night of Food, Fellowship, and Beading

My friend, Heidi, and I planned a beading night, which took place this last Friday night. The evening started off with dinner, and ended with (almost) everyone going home with a completed project. In between, the evening was filled with laughter and fellowship. It was a sweet time.

I started making jewelry a number of years ago, and have recently become a lot more interested in the hobby. I've been learning new techniques and hopefully am becoming better at my craft. I've been able to sit down with several ladies and teach them how to make their own jewelry, and have learned a lot from them as well. We tend to inspire each other with ideas. Recently, other ladies have expressed an interest in learning: hence the inspiration to have a beading night.

We had 14 ladies here, including myself. Thank you to the husbands who stayed home with the kiddos, and to Chris who had to take our kiddos for a night out with Dad. I'm so glad all of you could arrange your schedules to come. I had a fabulous time, and hope you all did too.

I only took one picture all night long - how horrible is that??? I captured a couple yesterday at church, so I've included those as well.


Completed bracelets - the only photo actually taken that evening.


Sherrie's bracelet


and matching earrings


Ann-Marie actually made this prior to the party - at the party, she made a present for her mom. However, she did buy the beads during one of our Hobby Lobby field trips.


I worked a little bit after everyone went home Friday night, and I spent most of Saturday making jewelry. I can't post pictures of most of what I worked on, because it's a birthday present for someone who is one of my blog readers. This is a bracelet I've been wanting to make for a long time, and was finally able to do it. I've been collecting the materials for it, for at least a couple of months. I saw a picture in a magazine and did my best to copy it. I was afraid that I wouldn't like how it would turn out - sometimes the anticipation of something is far better than the actual manifestation, but I was happy with how it turned out. Shew!
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