A THANKFUL HEART

Ten Things I'm Thankful For:

1. Loves from Asher
2. An emerald green crochet hook size J
3. Deer jerky. My dad's recipe.
4. Aryn reading books (Nancy Drew, of course) to the younger ones
5. All of Isaac's written stories. I love, LOVE how he spells!

6. Time to myself
7. Ballet class for Zoe
8. A daddy that helps at bedtime
9. Parsnips from the garden. I am definitely planting more next year!

10. A knowledge that we are all beloved children of God

MMMmmm... Homemade Bread

Who loves homemade bread, raise their hand?

Over the summer, I started making bread with my maternal grandma. I figured that since I had been gathering wheat for food storage, I'd better get my children used to eating whole wheat bread.

My grandma and I have had some wonderful experiences and conversations as a result. We continue to make and bake bread together about every two weeks on Wednesdays. Today was one of those Wednesdays!

I love that we've strengthened and deepened our relationship. I hope that for everyone: better, stronger, deeper relationships.

VOTING DAY

I am voting today. Are you?

Happy Haunting

This is what two weeks of sewing amounts to the day after Halloween.

Here are some of the 'Before' pictures. (That's my mom in the pink. She's the Dancing Queen. I heard one little boy remark, "She's Hannah Montana!")

p.s.

I was just looking at some things on the web, and guess what I found? A paper I wrote in 1997, and that I alluded to in my first post. It's on somebody's blog that I don't even know. How crazy is that? The funny/strange thing is the topic of her post in light of the above pictures. (My writings are toward the bottom of her post.)

Pomegranates or Grenadines

This is just one more reason why I love October. Pomegranates.

Even as a little girl, I was mesmerized by the jewel fruits. The color, the shape, the taste.

Two or three years ago, my Grandpa Heaton gave me two starts from his pomegranate tree. They looked like plain old sticks. We planted both of them, and I watered them vigilantly. One died, one lived. This year we had a fair amount of pomegranates.

Zoe helping to juice the fruit. It takes a lot of pomegranates to make a small amount of juice. Time consuming, but so worth it. Some of the juice we're taking to Grammy Blair's when we go for a visit in a few weeks.

A BLANKET FOR BABY

I love to crochet.

I made this blanket for baby Hazel. I've made this same pattern a few times for new babies, each one a little different because each baby is a little different.

I've used various colors, but I use no more than three for one blanket. I also always use 100% cotton yarn.







This picture shows a close-up of the granny square pattern. I made 12 lilac and 13 green for a total of 25 squares.

I used white yarn to bind all the squares together. Then, I added the pretty edging shown here.

What would be a good name for this blanket?

A New Baby Cousin

Little Crazy Hazie

loved to smell the daisies.

Never was she lazy,

that crazy little Hazie!

I love baby feet!
Zoe could not wait to get over to Levi and Saddie's house to hold Hazel Mazel.
I thought this picture of Tomie holding the baby was so cute. He kept telling my kids "No, no, no." Meaning, this baby was his, NOT theirs.