Rag Quilts

There is something that my friends all know that I do and if the proper request is put in they soon will have a rag quilt of their own. I love making them and love it when they get married or pregnant which gives me the excuse to make one. Well up til now I had never taken pictures of them but I figured I better start. I made this one for my good friend Nicole. She is pregnant with baby boy( probably Houston) and the nursery theme is Noah's Ark. I am throwing her a shower which is Thursday so sorry Nicole you get to see the finished product on my blog :) She is due on the 26th of Sept. and we are so excited for them.

Full Shot

Close up ( isn't cute)

24th Celebration

Yearly Hike 2008

CAMPING/HIKING........

Every year Curt and all his bros ( or all that can come) hike a new mountain or two in different western states.  They have done WY, C

O, UT, NM so far. This year they went from the 16th of July to the 19th.  All of his brothers went except Craig who I posted about last post, he is in Iraq serving our country.  They hike the highest peak in Colorado Mount Elbert (14,331 feet high) and Mount Wheeler in New Mexico ( 13,100 ft high) .  They pretty much run up the mountains they finished the first by two in the afternoon on Thursday starting it Thursday morning and Friday morning starting Mount Wheeler and finishing by noon.  Its great that his brothers still get together and have these great male bonding experiences.  Thanks boys for all the planning, especially Chad :)  

All the hikes excluding the picture taker  ( Sheri and kids stayed at base camp)

Sheri and her family and Brian and Joseph

Beginning camp at the base of Mt Elbert

Nate, Joseph, Darrin, Chad

Camp under the plane, Asphalt and all!!!

Curt's camera ran out of batteries so I have a couple of pics from the beginning camp and one from the end camp  I will get more from Chad eventually thankfully he remembered to charge the camera I forgot :(  Way to go boys, we are proud!!!

Thankful For the Ones that Fight!!

Freedom............ 

is something we all enjoy and I am just as guilty as anyone about taking advantage and forgetting about those fighting for our freedoms.  Curt's brother Craig is in Iraq somewhere working for the Navy Criminal Investigative Services and volunteered for 3 4-month terms to serve his country over there.  This year is his second and we miss him and also his family (they moved to Georgia for the job) So thank you Craig and all the other soilders fighting for our freedoms in this crazy world.  This month always brings these patriotic feelings to the surface and I just wanted to publicly thank him and all the others for risking their lives for me so I can do so many great things and live in the US of A.  Here are some of his recent pics. 

            This is before he left with two out of three kids.
He called this "Iraqi home"  Wow do we have it great.
And a lake there I guess.  But doesn't it look desolate.  

Memory Lane

I saw this post on a couple of my friends blogs and decide ah what the heck, it seems like fun!!

Directions.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Dexter and his bug habits!

My dog, dexter, seems to love bugs or anything that moves birds, etc.  Here is a movie of him finding and playing with a caterpillar.

Our Week of Visitors!!

What a great week!!

My great friend Ashlee came to visit.  We had one of our great girls nights and loved every minute of her stay.  It has been a while....too long.

We love you Ashlee.

Ashlee, Me, Sophie, Jessica

Ashlee and Brielle

Ashlee left on Thursday morning and then the next shift came.....My best friend from growing up Ashlee Brueckner and her family.  They came Thursday night and we were off to Pizza Factory, the best place to eat in town, THANKS TJ.

Courtnee, Ashlee, Hudson and Jared.

We had great times while they were down and spent many hours by the pool and enjoying great watermelon and many other summer foods.  Thanks for coming down and enjoying our pool with us:)  They are moving to Boston the middle of next month so this will be the last visit for a while.  I will see them in Boston next.  :(