Grams

Apr 17, 2010

WE LOVE CAMOUFLAGE

A couple of years ago, we went on a trip to Southern California with these guys…

It was right after Christmas and this guy…

had gotten new underwear for Christmas and it was camouflage. We kept teasing him and asking him why he wasn’t wearing any underwear. He’d say, “I AM!!!” and we’d say, “ but we can’t see it because it’s camouflage.”

Anyway… when you have lots of little grandsons and it’s Easter, you can’t very well make them frilly dresses, and when you have as many as I do you kind of have to watch the budget.

Soooo, this is what I did…

See how fun these look…

Won’t they be excited?

We looove camo (and rock hard Peeps)…

And zippers…

And wallets!!

And money to go in Wallets…

I made some for the girls as well…

That was all the Easter I could handle this year.

They liked them.

Apr 12, 2010

GRAMS SEWING SCHOOL

My sweet Hailey tuned 10 so I got her a sewing machine for her birthday. The grand daughters are always in my sewing room making things with my machines which thrills me no end so I decided to really encourage it.
I had her for a sleep-over and we got busy.

We started out by learning how to wind the bobbin and thread the machine.

Sewing a straight line was not a problem.

The first thing we made was a pillowcase.

Then we moved on to a basic elastic waist skirt.

So proud. (Both of us.)

And a headband to match.

Then a dress…

And last of all a drawstring bag.

We had so much fun!

Apr 6, 2010

EASTER AT OUR HOUSE

As usual, lots of food and fun…

The kids table…..

Lots of cousinly fun….

The big kids table….

The good old “sit on the coffee table”…..

Lots of food… (We went through 2 hams, 4 dozen rolls, 2 dozen deviled eggs, 2 cantaloupes, 4 lbs strawberries, 1 pineapple, 2 pans of potatoes, a huge bowls of tomato cucumber salad and a partridge in a pear tree).

All by myself…

Special artwork for me…

It was a great time.

Mar 24, 2010

MY NEW OLD LIFE

Here’s a hint….

Since it is REDNESDAY at It's a Very Cherry World I thought I would share some old and new REDS.(and blues and greens.)
28 years ago this happened…

See the RED eyes and patches. Then 4 years later, this happened to him…

Ahhh, lots of RED. This happened at the same time…

And in between, these two happened…

I couldn’t find pictures of them in their uniforms but this suits them better anyway and there is RED in this picture.
They were faithful SCOUTS…

See the “Boys Life” magazine. Josh’s shirt used to be RED. (Note the bottle between the cushions. The youngest “scout” must have been sleeping.)
Then… 16 years ago, this happened…

RED beads and patches.
Now they are all grown and gone with little “scouts” of their own and now it’s my turn.
Yup, you guessed it. I am the new WEBELOS leader in our ward and I will be wearing lots of RED…