MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OREGON!

Dereck and I spent Christmas in Oregon with my family. We had a blast! From left to right, Dereck, Sara, Lilian's husband James, Lilian, Andy, Vicky, Will, Molly and Buff.
Thank you for having us Mom and Dad.

Christmas Morning at the Lawrence's

Making Aprons for Christmas
was my lastest sewing project

Early Christmas

Christmas came early for me this year. My dear husband, bought me a beautiful sewing machine. It is a Viking Sapphire. It was a classroom machine at the local quilting shop. I actually used it during my class one day....my poor old yard sale Singer just doesn't even compare to this machine. I was so excited to come home one day and see it setting on our kitchen table, Dereck just couldn't wait until Christmas to give it to me. :)

This is my second completed quilt. Yes, it is the same pattern as the last quilt but I decided that I needed to practice again with a pattern I was familar with. This quilt is flannel which presented a new set of challenges because I found out rather quickly that flannel stretches!

Mighty Hunter

Dereck spent many hours butchering this elk last weekend. He quickly became an expert meat cutter, I was his little packaging partner.

Sara's First Quilt

I have been taking a quilting class and I am totally hooked! I have already started my 2nd quilt. Same pattern but this time its a baby quilt with pink polka dots.

Fall in Colorado

We drove to Crested Butte this weekend. The colors were amazing!

Weekend with Martha and Marie

Martha & Marie came to vist this weekend. We had a blast visiting the Maroon Bells wilderness and a marble mine in Marble, Co.

Our first 14-er!!!

Our first 14-er! Wow 14,000 ft is really high! What the picture doesn't show is how cold it was up there!

Weekend With Vicky

We took Vicky over Independence Pass, to Hanging Lake, and had SUSHI!