My latest creation

I finished up my latest quilt, "Borderland in Butternut and Blue". Each block is based on a woman from the Civil War Era. These women were all on either the Missouri or Kansas side of the border, one (Missouri) a slave state, and one, Kansas a Free State. It was a project that took a year to complete, and learning about each of the women, and their trials and perspective of the times they lived in, was a great experience. The quilt was designed by Barbara Brackman, who is from Lawrence, Kansas, our home town. I know I say this each time I finish a quilt, but this is my favorite! My friend, Jody, did an amazing job on the quilting, doing a seperate design for each block.

Peyton turned Two

Peyton is officially two years old now. Sara and Scott hosted his party at our house this weekend and all his Uncle John and Aunt Jen, Uncle Brian, Aunt Melissa, Cousins Rylee and Maddie, all came for swimming, food, cake and presents. It was a fun time for all of us.


Maddie was a big help with the presents!!

Rylee dove in to her cupcake,

Peyton wasn't real sure why we were all singing about the candle on his cupcake.....

and "Grandma and Papa" had the best time ever! Can you tell we love this boy?

Happy Independence Day!!

On this 4th of July, I'm blessed to be an American! May God Bless our land. We had a great family centered 4th. Sara, Scott and Peyton came over. After almost 2 hours of fun in the pool (Scott was our blender master for cold drinks!), we had the perfect dinner of Bar-B-Que ribs, potato salad, corn on the cob, and strawberry shortcake. Peyton tuckered out about 7:30, and since I work tomorrow, I'm afraid staying up late to go to fireworks isn't in our plans this year. Hope all our family and friends were with people they loved, take some time to remember what a great country we live in and to honor those who serve to keep us safe!