A GREAT FIND

Yesterday I went looking for an old recipe that Mom used to make. I pulled out the notebook that Mom kept her loose recipes. It was empty, but when I went to put it back on the shelf I found a coverless notebook (like the old theme books that had the hard black and white covers). It was full of recipes, all hand written. I'm pretty sure it belonged to Grandma Walker. The pages are loose and falling out at a high rate, and the ink is fading. I plan to put the pages in acid free sheet protectors in a loose leaf binder, to preserve them.

OH and the Bonus, I found the recipe I was looking for.

FAMILY LADIES CRAFT DAY PART 2

Yesterday we gathered at Cindy's house for our second ladies craft day. We had good attendance and lots of chit chat and good munchies.

Lori worked on creating a power point presentation for Relief Society today Brianna did a painting.

The snack table.

Leanne did counted Cross stitch, Aunt Karen and Shari finished some fleece blankets.

Cindy assembled an I Spy quilt

It was a relaxing day. With much accomplished.

I finished 2 of these squares with a 3rd one over 1/2 done, when I ran out of yarn.

Cindy got her quilt top assembled.

 

THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR HOME TO US CINDY AND RICH!

PICTURES-- AFTER THE EASTER EGG HUNT

Every year after the Easter Egg Hunt we take a group picture of all the kids that were there. Tom's family had to leave before the official picture was taken, so we did on just for his kids.

Back: Hunter and Leanne, Front: Jacob, Kenedy and Jordyn

The cousins that attended the party.

This was Abel's 1st family party.

He patiently sat in the Easter basket to have his picture taken.

But even for our tiniest bunny, patience has its limits.

Kendell brought a remote control toy.

After things wound down, we sat and visited for a while longer.

EASTER EGG HUNT

The time finally came for the kids to line up at their doors to hunt for eggs.

This was Malie's 1st Easter Egg Hunt. She was mostly interested in chewing on the basket.

Hunter and Jordyn, this is Hunter's last year as a midsized kid. Next year he gets to join the big kids.

The little kids hunt was no challenge for Lyndi.

Kenedy and the other midsized kids had to work harder to find their  eggs. 

The kids had fun when all of the eggs were collected, going through them to see what goodies were in them.

HIDING EGGS

After we ate it was time to hide Easter Eggs. There were 3 huge baskets of plastic eggs. One for the little kids, up to age 5, one for 5-11 and one for 12 and up.

The degree of difficulty depended on the age of our hunters.  

For the babies it was easy.

The Mid-sized kids had to work a little harder.

Everyone had fun trying to hide the eggs for the teens in the hardest and most creative ways possible.

FAMILY EASTER DINNER 3/30/13

On the afternoon of March 30 we gathered at Aunt Karen's home for our annual Easter Celebration. As we waited for everyone to arrive we gathered to relax and visit.

Jordyn staked out the most comfortable chair to lounge in.

When everyone finally arrived we ate.

 

There was plenty of food and yummy deserts.

AMIGURUMI DUCKS

Every couple of years I decide I need to make Amigurumi critters for the nursery for Easter. This year I decided ducks were the way to go. Ami critters are easy to make, but they have lots of pieces to assemble.

They are really cute when they are complete.

This is part of this years flock.

They were a little to large for the eggs I bought to put them in, so I had to tape them closed.