Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Apr 25, 2022

Family Time

 I wasn't able to do any sewing last week, but had a wonderful time with family.  We had five children and some of their families together at one time.  It was heavenly!  My brother came to visit as well, this was his welcoming committee.  My brother Wayne is the third from the left with the blue shirt and brown pants. 

Here's a photo of me with my brother Wayne and my son Addison photobombing us in the back.  That's what he loves to do, lol!


Thanks for following, hope you all have a great week :)

May 24, 2016

Taylor's Blessing Day

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Introducing Taylor Evans, she's 3 months old and it's her special day!


She's such a happy baby :)


I finished Taylor's bonnet on the drive to Utah, and forgot to get a detailed photograph of it.
It sure makes her look like an old fashioned baby.
The bonnet is smocked, and I attached silk satin ribbon and embroidered a buillon rose on each side where the ribbon attaches to the bonnet.



We went to our son's home early so we could dress Taylor and take lots of photos :)


Taylor is our twelfth grandchild :)


My husband and I with Taylor's two older sisters.
Reagan is 5 l/2 and Paisley just turned 2.


Our son Jordan and our daughter in law Kimalee and their three beautiful daughters.


My husband Ricky and I, and our 13 grandchildren!
Our daughter Rebecca is in the photo, holding Jacob, our newest grandson.
He was born 8 weeks early, and was in the hospital for 5 weeks.
He just came home and is swaddled in the purple wrap.


This is our whole family, minus our daughter and her husband who live in Tampa.
Pictured are 5 of our children and their spouses.  
Our youngest son Sean (middle row on the right) isn't married yet, but he's engaged to Kari, a beautiful young lady from Costa Rica.


These 4 little girls were all born within a 7 month period.
That was so much fun!!!
On the left is Reagan, she will be 6 in November.
Next, is Charlotte, she just turned 6 in April.
Neo is in the lavender top, she will be 6 in October.
On the right is Maisie, she will be 6 in July.
You can see all of their blessing gowns and photos of babies in my previous post :)


We had a wonderful time with our family, we were able to spend some time with all of them (except Vanessa in Tampa), there's nothing I enjoy more!!!
I'll have some sewing to show you next week :)

May 5, 2014

Spending time with Family


We have the most wonderful week planned!
I will be spending a whole week with these little guys by the swimming pool, as well as all 6 of our adult children and their spouses.

Bridger is 8, Kennedy is 6, Charlotte is 4 and 
Lucy Jane is 8 months old.


Maisie is 3 l/2.


Maisie's little brother Benjamin is 18 months old.


Reagan is 3 l/2 and her baby sister is due in 2 weeks!


Neo is 3 l/2 and her little sister Kylie is 15 months old.
That's also my son Addison and his wife 
Mabulane (pronounced: ma-boo-lah-nee).

My daughter Vanessa (with Maisie ) is married, but doesn't have any children yet.


... and of course Sean, who has just returned from Brazil.
We are drinking chimarrao :)


This will be the first time we will all have been together for over 2 years.
We will be taking family photos, which I'm very excited about!
We have a talent show planned, a Brazil night, Family Home Evening, lots of games and laughing and good food!
We will be making lots of memories :)
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Jan 4, 2013

A New Grandchild


My son and daughter in law just had a new baby and I am staying with them to help with the transition.  I am helping look after 2 year old Neo and also helping with the household chores.


Neo has the most beautiful hair, little tight ringlets all over her head.


When it is wet, you can see that it's really long!


Neo's new sister was born this morning, so we went to the hospital so that they could meet each other for the first time :)
It's a beautiful thing when a child sees their new sibling for the first time!


Neo was happy to see her mom too..... I love this photo, because it shows the bond that Neo and her mom Mabulane have with each other.  In the forefront is Neo's new little sister who she will have to begin sharing her mom with.


Yes, mother and daughter missed each other after spending their first night apart from each other.


Mabulane had a wonderful birthing experience, I was so happy for her!  


My son Addison and his daughters, a magical moment.....


Kylie Violet
7 lbs. 4 oz.
21" long
A sleeping angel, and look at her hair!!!



Nov 26, 2012

I Am Thankful

We had a wonderful time at Thanksgiving, I thought I would share....My daughter Lindsay and her husband Jeremy and their three sweet little children (our grandchildren) spent a week with us over the Thanksgiving holidays.
We went to a mandarin orange grove and tasted orange treats.
We played at the playground multiple times, playing tag and chasing and laughing!
We watched "Rise of the Guardians" and munched on popcorn.
We visited Grandpa's office and got treats from his assistant.
We had a tour of the local fire station, where Bridger and Kennedy dressed up in miniature fire suits!
We had pizza at our favorite pizza joint.
We played Dominoes and nibbled on treats.
We played hide and go seek in the house at night, with all the lights off.......
We made some crafts, visited, played, ate and laughed some more.


Kennedy loves playing with the Barbies I had when I was a little girl.  I have a big box of them along with lots of clothes, some of them were made by my mother.
There was some silky green moss growing under the fir trees in the backyard.  Kennedy thought that some fairies might live there so she built them a home.  I gave her an old shoe box and with the help of her mother, she cut a door and arranged some pretty red, orange and gold leaves along with some berries and little stones.  The next morning, there was shimmer in the box and she knew that the fairies had been there!


Lindsay and Kennedy found the fairy glitter.  It really does look like a magical fairy forest.


Bridger can hardly wait to play with Jordan, Addison and Sean's Lego.  He is constantly building things, Lego is his favorite toy.  For the Reflections contest at school, he reenacted a construction worker throwing him a tootsie roll from his backhoe, out of Lego!  He won first place and will be going on to the state competition.
Since Bridger is old enough to read chapter books, I introduced him to Tintin books, another childhood memory of mine.


Charlotte loves her panda pillow that she has taken all the stuffing out of.  She also loves her pink Ruff, a pink stuffed dog.  When she is around them, she can't do anything else but suck her thumb.
Charlotte is so busy!  Busy finding the gum in my sewing room desk drawer, busy finding treats in the pantry, busy trying to sneak Mom's iphone away from her, busy unrolling all of the toilet paper in the bathroom, busy taunting her older brother and sister,  busy keeping us laughing all the time!


This is our Thanksgiving feast.


Green beans with toasted almonds, homemade cranberry sauce with some orange zest, and the turkey of course!


Ruth Chris sweet potato recipe (it is dessert!!!), stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy.


We served almost everything that is pictured in my Thanksgiving Dinner Quilt.  It hung right beside us as we ate.  I don't have a Christmas quilt yet, so I keep the Thanksgiving one up through the Christmas holidays.


I can't forget the mushroom turnovers, it has become a family tradition.  I got the recipe from a Good Housekeeping magazine in the early 80's.  Jeremy said that when he and Lindsay were spending their first Thanksgiving together as a married couple, that Lindsay told him they had to have mushroom turnovers.  He thought that was a strange request until he tried them and then he understood!


I wrote the recipe on the Thanksgiving Dinner quilt.


Here we are at our Thanksgiving table with so much to be thankful for.  We gave thanks for the rest of our family who was not with us, and especially for our son Sean who is serving a two year mission in  Porto Alegre South, Brazil.  


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