Busy Summer

I guess everyone that reads the blog thought that I did nothing this summer because I didn't do much blogging.  Well, not so.  For starters I spent a lot of time in the yard.  "Remember Courtyard" is looking more beautiful than I would ever have imagined.

Tracie and SpencerMan

Serious bonding going on here.

The film that taught us about Gramma's school that was torn down for the temple to be built.

Tyler was definitely not sure about wearing these.

Just chillin' at the temple.

Very special day.

Beautiful fountain and tabernacle to the east.

Let us in!

View from second south.  Five blocks from where I grew up.

As long as there are "city swimming pools", this will still be the land I love.

Dominoes!

Handsome and Smart.  Gotta get this shirt for all the grandkids.

A new favorite hangout.  Station Park in Farmington.

We enjoyed a great two week visit with Tracie and SpencerMan.  We were able to do a lot of fun things!  We did the usual Bananagrams and movies.  We also got to swim at Farmington Pool which was a new event.  We went to the Open House of the Brigham City Temple, Maddox, Johnny Rockets, Station Park, Initiatories for family names at the Salt Lake Temple, and lots of Lego down time.  Thanks for coming Pennsylvania People.  Come on back and stay a while!

Happy Birthday to Dr. Muhlestein

Tracie caught me snoozing as I was trying to finish the binding.

If you look really hard, you can see Gelder William Lewis with a heart.

I love it!  Quilted with overlapping circles to represent Eternity.

Ready to deliver.

I always knew that I would be making a quilt for Dr. M.  Bill and I had even talked about it.  I just couldn't wrap my brain around it for the longest time.  One day I stumbled onto the perfect fabric for Bill.  Moda's "Reunion" featured fabric that looked like checkered flags, and then banners that looked like what you would see at a race.  Perfect for Bill.  Then I added some red to represent "the heart" for Dr. M.  He was Bill's cardiologist.  I finally finished it this morning.  As luck would have it, son-in-law Josh works at IMC on the very same floor as this wonderful man.  He checked his schedule for us, and found out we could come today before 12:30 or tomorrow after 12:30.  We decided today would be best, but I had to hurry.  It was a mad dash, but it all worked out and we were on the road by 11:30.  He was thrilled to get it.  He loved it.  He kept marveling at how perfect the stitches were on the quilting, and so I had to explain it had been machine quilted.  All of the rest was cut, pieced, and bound with love by hand especially for him. We wanted it to represent the great gratitude and appreciation that we have for him as he helped us through this most difficult time.  The word, "gratitude" kept going through my head all morning, and I know it was Bill making sure that was what he wanted expressed.  So I told him how much we loved and appreciated him.  While we were there, someone in his office said, "It's his birthday today!".  We had no idea, but all the more fun.  He said that it was his first present, and he loved it!

Handsome Men

We are enjoying a visit from Spencer and Tracie.