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INHERITED CRAFT!

Our Friend's daughter was married last weekend! This is the original invitation that we received. My mother has done paper guilling for years and has decorated, designed and framed many wedding invitations as a keepsake wedding gift for the bride and groom. My mother is now 87 years old and has past that craft on to me. It is a very fun craft but very delicate and time consuming. I cut my own paper and use a toothpick or small round tool to do the curling.

The paper quilling kits can be purchased. Here is a site where you can purchase them. http://www.quillingsuperstore.com/200.html

The wedding colors were deep purple and I tried to match the background paper with the purple print on the invitation. No two keepsake invitations turn out the same. They are always very unique. This one I changed things around many times before I felt comfortable with the pattern. I wanted to leave the beautiful ribbon tied inner envelope on for effect.

This is a close up picture of part of the quilling. I added the two pink hearts to resemble the two of them, now husband and wife. There is no limit as to what can be done to decorate. I usually add a few tiny pearls to give it shine and eloquence.

This is another wedding invitation I did several years ago. This one had a folded invitation and I could cut out parts to preserve the full effect.

This is a close up of some quilling on the older craft project. Their colors were burgundy and cream. I hope you have a special craft that you enjoy and that can be used to preserve a little history.

A Golden Birthday

It certainly doesn't seem long ago when our grandson was born and just learning to pull himself up and start to walk. Time goes about that fast too!

Then He was two!

Five and then 6 etc . . .

Time dose fly!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUNG MAN!

WE LOVE YOU

GOD BLESS YOUR NEW YEAR OF LIFE!

Our grandson (chick #2) is already 10 years old on the 10Th of March. Today is that special day that he will only observe once in his lifetime. That's why I used 10 pictures of him. I have hundreds so it's always hard to choose and also very hard to find them hidden on my computer, CD's and Jump drives. He has grown to be such a handsome young man.

Do you remember your "GOLDEN" birthday?

If so, tell me about it a comment!

I didn't even know about such a thing as a Golden birthday when I turned 5 on the 5Th.

Our compassionate dog

Today I didn't feel very good and thought I would lay on the couch to take a nap or just relax. Our loyal loving dog of 12 years old decided he should comfort me and lay with me. It seems he always recognizes when I don't feel good. My husband grabbed my camera and snapped this picture. He told me it reminded him of a moment that had happened almost 11 years ago.







As you can see from this picture, the date is 5/10/98. It's taken in the same house, on the same couch and it is the same dog, (OK, so he has put on a little wight, just like the rest of us)! Different person though. This is my youngest daughter taking a nap as she wasn't feeling well that particular day. Dog's are a mans best friend, a woman's too.

I can't believe he is a TEENAGER!

Yes, this is our handsome Grandson, he is now 13years old and a full fledged teenager. He celebrated his birthday on Feb 17th but last weekend we enjoyed a belated birthday celebration when we met at Dickinson. It was very cold, sub 0 degrees for most of the trip but we sure did enjoy our time.

We got to treat him , our daughter and son-in-law to a nice meal at a Bonanza restaurant. It had been a long time since we had eaten at a Bonanza! The food was very good, the salad bar was clean and had very fresh food.
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You can tell from this picture the shrimp were not only tasty but looked scrumptious enough to sneak one. We just had a great time visiting, joking, laughing and just being together.

He got a I-dog from his aunt, uncle and 5 cousins who couldn't be with us. He loved it and could hardly wait to try it out.

NOW WHAT COULD BE IN THIS BIG PACKAGE FROM NANA AND PAPA?

Wow! its a build your own light saber. It said it can create over 1000 different combinations. Now that should keep him busy for awhile!

Guess who's birthdays are coming up soon? It's our daughters on March 17th and our Son-in-laws on April 3rd. We figured we might as well celebrate them all while we were together and most likely would not have the chance to get together on their birthdays.

Our daughter got cookie sheet, muffin pan and bowls and a few mixes to go with them. It's always nice to have something fast and easy to whip up when you are in a hurry.
Only thing we were missing was a birthday cake. but before we left, we went to a Perkins where they treated us to some delicious dessert. (don't tell anyone but the cheese cake was out of this world delicious)

Our son-in-law got a Christian t-shirt and some fishing lures and cleaning board. I just know this will make him a great fisherman and catch many fish this spring and summer. We plan a few more trips to meet half way and maybe even do a little fishing together and camping. Now that sounds fun!

Our family is a wonderful gift from our loving Father in heaven. We give Him thanks.

The Backup

What is a backup anyway?

My computer often talks about a backup.

Just today it ask if I had a backup for my photo's.

My oldest, father of five children, son-in-law has given me some very good advice when it comes to a BACKUP!

Just two weeks ago he told me,

You always have to have a BACKUP!

Well, did I listen to him?

NO!

The other morning when I was in a big rush and making toast, this is what I found! You got it, a empty butter dish. This is where the BACKUP comes in, my son-in-law taught me that you always need a BACKUP stick of butter on the counter for times like this.

WELL, you don't even have to guess where my butter was!

It was still in the cold, very cold fridge.

Now if I would have listened to my son-in-law, I would have had soft butter to spread on the hot toast, and that would have been a good thing!

Instead, I had to scrape and chop of cold hard chunks of butter just to try butter my toast.

By that time, the toast had gotten cold and the cold butter wouldn't melt.

I'm sure you have all been in that situation before. Evidently my son-in-law had or he wouldn't have made such a point to teach me about the BACKUP stick of butter.