Neck Cozies

We had a great Christmas. Spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Max and family. The Friday before they spent the day with us at our house.  While they were here I made Brigitte, Mason and Natalie neck cozies (filled with wheat, put in microwave to heat, then put on sore muscles.)  Ahhhhh, that feels good!

Light of the World

This year for our anual Christmas page we chose

"Light of the World."

Our criteria was to use previous Christmas cards

and magazines to create our own unique interpretation of the theme.The only thing we could use the computer for was lettering.

 

Merry Christmas from Rick and Pat!

While you are thinking of Jesus Christ check out this wonderful movie made by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

http://lds.org/bible-videos/videos/a-gift-to-the-world?lang=eng

3rd, 4th, and 5th set of quilts

Here are more quilts I made.  It looks like I photographed one of them twice, and forgot to take a photo of an additional 6.  I have been having lots of fun and made enough to use them for Sub-for-Santa  in our church.

New Family Photo

As I was walking yesterday I took a few photos. I love being outside. It grounds me and I feel peaceful. As you can see we are experiencing winter in the mountains and autumn in the valleys. All photos were taken during my 3 mile daily walk. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed my walk.  Pat

The best daughters in the world

I have the most fun and creative daughter and daughters-in-law.

 I've been fortunate to have them live here in Logan for 4 years.

Each is a special treasure to me!

Creative Halloween Masks

For mask making we all started off with a plain black or white mask. With ribbon, paint, jewels, glitter, and foam paper the creative minds and hands went to work. The assignment was to see who could make their mask best match their costume.  Who do you think did the best?

Paul ...as a Lion with a plain black mask.

Rick ...as Ken Prince Charming

Pat...as Barbie Princess

Natalie...as a beautiful old fashioned girl

Max ...as a king

   Brigitte...as Jane Austin.

Nell ...as a witch.

       Nick... as a pirate

Sally ...as a beautiful daughter.

Isis..as a red ninja

Lily...as a beautiful witch

Mabel ...as Little Red Ridinghood

Phoenix...as Wonderwoman

Luke...as a bony guy & Mason ...as a bloddy karate guy

Samuel...as a baby vampire

Both Max and Samuel forgot to get a photo with their mask on.  So if they look a little weired I did a cut and paste for them

Family photographs from my Halloween party

We had great fun at our annual Halloween Party. This year each family DID NOT follow a theme. Too busy with life and moving to "get it together." I was so happy to have Max, Brigitte, and Sally wear some of the costumes I had made in previous years.  I am grateful for the fun we have together. Sally and family have moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nick and family are moving to San Bruno, California.  So, this might be our last Halloween together.  Luckily Max and family are staying here.  With Brigitte's mom passing we hope to spend more time with them.  We made masks to go with our costumes and I will post them later. Hope you have a happy Halloween tomorrow. 
xoxo Pat

Here are Max, Brigitte, Mason and Natalie

Here are Nick, Isis, and Phoenix.

Here are Sally, Luke, Lily, Mabel, Nell, Paul and Samuel.

3 maids at School

Here is a sneak peek at some of this years Halloween costumes. Natalie, Brigitte and I wore them tonight at the Wilson School Halloween Party. Max took the photo with his phone and emailed it to me so I could share with you. My Halloween Party is tomorrow So will send more on this subject later.

Lego Star Wars slide show by Grandson Luke Shumway age 11

It the process of getting this to work...patience or help is welcome
http://www.scribd.com/full/69679243?access_key=key-geed8jmgps0pjkbnnsg