Cobblers last night..

At sister Janas! we had quilts to tie and a birthday celebration!
always lots of food, fun & friendship!

sister got her splint off! 

sister jana & steve just had their 34th anniversary! 

now to get to work!

i had 4 Christmas quilts to tie

i made this one for my auntie norma! (moms sister) 

Auntie pat doesn't know this but..

she helped tie her own quilt! 

the next 2 are for a couple gals

who were there to help when my husband passed..

food, snow-blowing, just silently there. 

i have been wanting to make these for them for years..

better late then never i guess... 

this last one i some how forgot to put the end

green borders on..whoops 

carol p had ordered etched glassware for Christmas gifts

from auntie mary. she does beautiful work! wish i had gotten

a close up of them...

lastly auntie pat had a quilt to tie, her sister made it for her

with machine embroidering in the squares. it was stunning!

now we have a birthday to celebrate!

Happy Birthday Auntie Mary! (Dec. 2nd)

thank you carol p!

joyce had gone out to visit mary in california

so made earrings from shells/clock parts (grandpa was a watchmaker)

she liked the eye one so thru that in extra! 

carol ordered a couple great patterns and 

shared her latest magazines... 

cant wait to see them finished!!

Thank you sister jana for hosting!

enjoy your day my blog friends!          jody

sister Jana and I took....

mom and dad on a field trip! yep! my father has up til the last few years judged poultry at the Hutchinson Mn. poultry show. it had been a year or two since they had made the trip so we thought we would all go! we had a great time but dad had an even better time! here are a few pictures to share!

time to stretch our legs! 

fog has lifted and we are on the road again! 

sister has the driving under control 

so im...

dads not to happy with his yogurt... 

Mom says "eat it!"

about a 4 hour drive.. and we made it! 

mom and dad always stop by this place when they get to town.. 

mom and Jana checking us in at the hotel

so dad and i took selfies!

i hate selfies but..these are priceless!

then we got to the fairgrounds!

Barely in the building and we hear

judge john thomforde has 

entered the building! over the intercome 

dad was in his glory! with long time friends! 

dads sisters son, our cousin was there with family

his in laws are long time chicken friends too! 

sister and cousin Tim 

Tims inlaws..

Tim, me and dad.. 

while the parents bonded, 

the girls will play! (Tims wife Julie came with!)

she does alot of machine embroidery

 and just purchased another machine. here is a picture of 

a project she was working on! its greys on black, she needed to sew

all the squares together yet. just Beautiful Julie!

and a couple more new additions to her stash!

beautiful quilt shop! upstairs is for classes..

the cobblers are already talking field trip!

(auntie Mary/Doug passed us on the way to Hutchinson,

and they had just been here so that was fun!) 

we also went to a thrift shop, i got an Ott folding lamp

4.99!! daughter Angie got it as i have one but sure wasnt

going to pass up that great deal!

**now its to get ready for the banquet!**

oh sister i love how you humor me! 

each year they honor a chicken friend, a few years ago

mom and dad were honored and we were all there for that..

this was the last picture from our trip! to funny!

i should have taken a "we made it home" picture! 

oh i found a last picture!

they are looking through all the pictures i took!

anyway it was a wonderful time for all and the pictures from 

the trip will be ready for pick up tomorrow for mom/dad!

enjoy your day my blog friends!     jody