I want to finish what I started

When Blake was a baby, I started quilting with the sisters in Delta. I went out and bought some material for a quilt for Taylor and a quilt for Blake. I made a big part of Taylor's quilt, haven't quite started on Blake's yet :( And then we moved, and moved again, and again, and so on.... Well the other night, a couple from Cushing came over to our house to visit us and Kayla asked me if I quilted, I told her how I had started but not finished and she also had started a quilt. So we showed each other the blocks that we had done and it really got me wanting to finish Taylor's quilt, (and start and finish Blake's Broncos quilt.) So here is what I have done of Taylor's, as you can see, it is probably 3/4 way to being ready to actually put together. So I'm getting antsy to finish it. It is going to be so pretty when it is done :)

The kids love their bikes!

We have had some nice weather the last few days. It has actually been in the 60's and 70's. So Ryan decided to take the kids to the park (2 blocks from our house) and let them ride their new bikes. They loved it!

Mini-me

My kids have recently (at school) learned about Mini-Me (from the movie Austin Powers.) They have never seen the movie but they can imitate Mini-me very well. I happened to snap a couple pictures of Blake imitating him. For anyone who hasn't seen that movie, Mini-me is just a little midget. It's so cute.

Last post of this year

Wow, this year has went by SO fast! We started the year out in Clifton, Colorado. Ryan was working on the oil rigs and we lived in a LITTLE townhouse. We took a family trip to Denver in February and went to Casa Bonita and the Denver Zoo. Then Ryan quit the oil rigs and we moved to Oklahoma. We moved into the nicest house we've ever lived in, we love it! My niece, Stephanie got married in June (in Colorado). In August, Ryan and I had a brief separation. We got back together in September and things have been great since then. That's basically all that happened to us this year. My hopes for 2008 are: To get out of debt, and stay out of debt; To lose weight; To continue to get stronger in the faith; And to just do more as a family.
We had a wonderful Christmas. We spent it at Ollie and Sharon's house. The only sibling that wasn't there was Chantel. We really missed them :( Taylor got a new bike, an MP3 player (her FAVORITE gift), a sock monkey, new bedding (I'll post pics soon), new clothes, a pair of Heelys (she LOVES these, and is getting good at using them), and other small items. Blake got a new bike, a helmet, new bedding (Star Wars, I'll also post pics of his soon), a Star Wars poster, a talking Parrot, Pajamas, and other small items. I got Ryan a telescope,and he loves it. I had found an amazing deal on it! And I got a new pair of Clarks shoes, clothing and my favorite show's 1st season on DVD. We had a great time.
Then the day after Christmas I went to Oklahoma City to get my niece, Savanna. I take any chance to get to hang out with family. She came up and spent a couple days with us and then I took her back to OKC. I enjoyed having her. The kids basically had a 2nd Christmas when we brought her up here. My sister, Sue, had sent a bunch of presents and Steph and Vanna had also gotten them presents. Savanna works at JCPenneys and got a lot of clothing or them ;) Oh, and my other sister,Peg, had gotten them this set of Fairy Tales on DVD, plus Wal Mart gift cards. So they absolutely had a great Christmas!!!

They were all so cute!!! I loved Samuel's face in this picture ;)

Stormie and Taylor wearing their BEST FRIENDS necklaces

Merry Christmas

I will be leaving to go to Ollie and Sharon's for Christmas, so I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

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