Gone Fishin'

One of the best parts about Abram's job is that he's finding some great places for us to go play as a family. We got some cute pictures last Saturday when we went a-fishin'.









And at the end of the day......

Ninas and Kitties

I found some kitties on KSL that I just HAD to have, but they were in Sandy. So I called my OH-SO-NICE sister, Molly, and she picked them up for me. She and the ninas played with them for a couple days before they brought them out to me and had a slumber party. It was SO fun to have them here. And now I have kitties!

Life in the Country

Resourcefulness: Abram cut down a couple dead Aspen trees that were right outside our window and made a bed for us and a bed for Elijah. I made the quilts and pillowcases.





And this is our neighbor's mare, Stormy, with her not-even-a-day-old baby. Elijah always begs to hold her baby when we go over. :)



Out for a walk with the boys:



Cleaning the house. Elijah just had to have a "hat" like Momma's.



And here's our beautiful friend, the Flicker, who dances outside our bedroom window.

Mother's Day

The Needles at Canyonlands

Our Spring Break! What a time we had! We took the boys down the the southern part of Canyonlands National Park - "The Needles" - to go camping and hiking. It was a 4 or 5 hour drive, and when we got to the entrance a sign said "campground full". Abram went in to the Visitor's Center and the lady there told him, "There's one more camp site, you better hurry!" So we drove a little over the speed limit and found the one empty camp site - and the most beautiful one in the park!! It was inside a box canyon, with a cave right behind our tent spot and trees, yucca, cacti and other desert plants all over, making it an ideal camping spot.

On Friday, we went on an almost-6 mile hike with the boys. I carried McKay and Abram carried Elijah. It was ROUGH! But GORGEOUS!! I'm kind of shocked after-the-fact that we went on such a difficult hike with babies - it was up and down, over boulders, through cracks in rocks, you name it - mountain goat terrain! But I'm glad we went. We saw some of God's best art! Take a look-see! (and click-on to see larger)

Friendship Star Charm Quilt

This is the latest quilt I'm working on, and I just finished the top today! It's a charm quilt, meaning no two pieces in the quilt are duplicates of one fabric. So far, this has 340 fabrics in it. I'm thinking about trying to use 25 more fabrics for the binding and backing, so that there is exactly one fabric for each day of the year. We'll see....

Elijah and McKay, March '09