Projects

Here are a couple of projects I've been working on..the 4 squares below are part of the Block of the Month quilt club..16 tulip squares, and 52 of the others..these make up the center of the quilt I'm making....I'll post more as it comes together..

The flooring is almost finished in my new craft room! After the floor comes the moulding and boxing in the window!! I'm excited to have my own space!!

This is a table runner I made in a 3 session class I took back in March..Today I pinned it together with the back and batting..

Catching Up

It has been a long time since my last update..It may be redundant to post here and on Facebook, but..so what! :)

My sister and I embarked on a Memory Lane roadtrip. Through Facebook we have reconnected with our Morrison cousins..our Mom's side..I hadn't seen them since 1974 and it was even longer for Debbie. So, our trip evolved. We went to the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa..Schultz is the Peanuts creator and our Dad was a huge fan! The museum was great..afterwards we headed south and went through San Francisco to Palo Alto where we had lived from 1963-1967..we found our houses there..From there we went to Bakersfield for our reunion with our Morrison cousins..from there to Los Angeles..we visited our Grandparents gravesites, their homes, our homes and got together with our Hagopian cousins! We shared lots of tears and lots of laughter as we traced our California lives. Our trip ended in Anaheim where Debbie headed back to Oregon...The second part of my trip was about to begin.

About 2 hours after Debbie left, Reg and our friends Gary and Doras Cronce arrived for our Disneyland adventure. We stayed at the Cronce's timeshare and spent the next 3 days at Disneyland and California adventure! We had so much fun.

We arrived home Saturday March 14th and woke up to snow the very next day!!! We had such a fun time..there tons of pictures and you can see them here

Weekend

Tillie and me listening to the tunes on my Ipod! She loves music!! Yea!! She can carry a tune, though still needs to get a bit more verbal to get the words with the music..and she loves the drums too...Notice her hair? She had her first (attempted) haircut on Friday the 20th..Joy, the stylist and good friend of Emily's got one cut in before Tillie went ballistic..I only heard this from Emily and Joy..sure wish I could have been there! But enough of the bangs got cut, so hopefully they will stay out of her face..(sounds like a grandma, eh?)

Here's a picture before the haircut..

The video is Tillie's animal sounds..longtime family joke..When Emily was Tillie's age, her sisters taught her the animal sounds wrong..on purpose!!! Anyway, the last of Tillie sounds is the best!!

Mamma Mia! Here I go again, my my.......

Last night I had a "Mamma Mia" party! We had a blast! This outfit of mine is straight from Goodwill. I learned something..Goodwill can be expensive! The blue eyeshadow is from Emily!

Dancing Queen!

Diane Teague's pant legs..they were awesome!!
Here's Diane's whole outfit. She added a feather boa later!

Tillie got into the act too, but she did have to go to bed before the movie!!

Singing and dancing!!

more silliness!!

Melody and Tracy..

Mrs. Candido..aka JoyMarie

Faith is wearing the slip from my wedding dress..She was a Mamma Mia rookie!

We had fun singing and dancing and being silly! Good for the endorphins!

The Weekend

This past weekend I got together with others from Clover Park High School's class of 1976. We didn't have a 30th reunion and are planning an informal gathering in August. It's being billed as the 33 1/3. This will hopefully springboard into a more formal 35th...

On Friday Reg officiated at the memorial service for our good friend, Hollister (Holly) Young. Holly passed away Dec. 12th. He asked that Reg officiate, but did not want a religious service. Reg shared just a little bit about the Lord as Holly would have wanted that.
The memorial was held at Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo. It is such a beautiful place.

This is looking up!

The view outside.

My first completed quilt

I have finally completed my first quilt! Whew..This was my present to my sister, Debbie. This is the same quilt we made for our Mom last Christmas. When Mom died, Debbie had me take the quilt, so I thought Debbie needed one too..The only difference is that this quilt is all flannel..it is sooo comfy!

Here's Debbie opening her gift!!
This is how I put the whole thing together, using the floor in my bathroom..and lots of painters tape!

I have 2 more completed quilt tops that need finishing and many more projects to work on!!!

Christmas..beware, lots of pictures

In the 35 years I've lived in Washington, I got to experience my first White Christmas! It certainly makes the holiday magical, but it can go away now! Really...This is our house on Christmas Day!

Christmas Day was a quiet day for Reg, David and me. Emily and family stayed home because of the weather. Emily is suffering from morning sickness (translated, all day), and was not having a happy day. Christmas Eve services were cancelled, but we had Ken and Deb Nielsen, who pastor the Foursquare Church, and our other friends, Gary and Doras Cronce over for a yummy prime rib dinner..Christmas Day dinner was leftovers..mmmmmm!!

Saturday, December 27th was the Hearn Christmas party at Melony's house in Seattle. Here are Don and Linda, Reg's folks. Still so much in love. They've been married for 61 years!!
Ok..there will be lots of pictures of Tillie...That's a grandparent thing..Next year will be fun with the new baby!!! Tillie got a doll from her Aunties...She wasn't too sure about it, but it will be a good learning tool for a new baby!


Here's our Santa Baby..well, she's not a baby anymore!!

David was our Santa this year!
Reg and Kathryn..


Reading a new book..

Melony has a great view of Seattle..This is my failed attempt of taking a nightime picture looking at Qwest Field.

Our nephew, Seth..our chef for the night! Good job Seth! Dinner was wonderful!!

Me and my Tillie Girl! She is growing up so fast!!

Another picture of Tillie with her Mama in the background!!

Meredith, Kathryn and Melony..Notice Kathryn's new pressure cooker?? Can't wait for a dinner cooked in it Kathryn!

Uncle Levi and Tillie..they always have fun together!!

Linda and our son-in-law, Albert

Tillie's wearing Uncle Levi's hat..

Kathryn and Albert..

Here's Tillie again!!

Eliza and David

Eliza and her Momma, Jo

Tillie was doing something cut here and you can see all the cameras going! Gotta love a 2 year old at Christmas!!

Here's our goofy girl!

This is a pottery piece we got Eliza on our roadtrip to Mt. Rushmore..

Christmas 2008 marked my first Christmas since my parent's death. My sister and I talked and cried together..I posted a blog entry on my other blog here

I hope each of you had as wonderful Christmas as our family did. Happy New Year to all who read this!!!!

Update

HI,
I decided to post here instead of answering on Facebook one by one..that's one thing MySpace has going for it..I can blog it there or do a bulletin..

ANYWAY...the news was mostly good. The lump was pre-cancerous. The surgeon got all of the affected tissue out..

The next part is where it gets difficult..Traditional medicine says 6 weeks of radiation, or mastectomy..those 2 options are not at all what I want to do. Most disease comes from environmental causes and my biggest issue in life is nutrition and exercise..I am trying to make better choices and am supplementing with good, healthy supplements, but have a ways to go..at this point, I believe that's how I will choose to keep this at bay, but will look at all sides..

Thanks for all your prayers and support..

Love you all,
Carolyn

Fun with Anne and Sara

Today I got together with longtime friends, Anne and Sara..We all went to high school together..Anne now lives in Virginia, Sara in Kent and me..well..Shelton, but you all knew that..

Here we are at Jared's picking out my new wedding ring..My Mom left me my Grandmother's ring, so I'm using the diamond from that.

Here is the ring I'm getting..I'm excited..I have Reg's blessing to make this change. I am thinking of having a pendant made with my original diamond to give to Tillie when she is older..I'm not sure yet what I'll do..
From Jared's we drove up to Kent to where Sara gets pedicures and she treated us all to pedicures..It was fun!! It should be added that this year all 3 of us turned 50..So, this was an especially fun visit..
Our pretty toes!!
From pedicures we wandered the shops at Kent Station and ended up at Dukes for a drink and some hors d' oerves..
We headed back to Lakewood..that's where Reg visited with Anne's husband Steve..they can talk for hours. Emily and Tillie went to Chuckee Cheese with Anne's kids..(kids..they're 26, 24, 20, etc....)

It was a wonderful visit!!