Friday, November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving & Chocolate

First, we had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner.









Our afternoon project was dipping chocolates. Each family brought a batch of fondant. We had almond-coconut, strawberry, peppermint, chocolate, and of course peanut butter balls. We dipped nuts and Chinese noodles and marshmallows and anything that tastes good covered in chocolate. Peggy was our teacher but we all had a turn. It was really fun and when we were finished we had homemade chocolates to show for all our effort.

That's a lot of candy!

Then it was time for games.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving

Happy turkey day!
I am thankful for many, many things because I have much and am very blessed.
I am thankful for Thanksgiving Day because I can be around family all day!
Have a happy one.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Our floor is done!

Our amazing team of floor installers did it all in one day!



Tuesday, November 18, 2008

7 Weird and Random Facts (Eva)

I've been tagged by my favorite sister-in-law, Tammy.

So here goes:
▪ I played the accordian when I was a child. Now I work with a man who is an accomplished accordian player. He has his own band. I wish I could join him, but I've forgotten most of what I learned and I don't have an accordian.
▪ I love artichokes dipped in melted butter but I hate all legumes.
▪ I have had the same job for 31 years and still love it (most days).
▪ When I was 9 years old I fell 25' out of a tree and broke my back--the lower 6 vertebraes. I was rushing down to catch up to my brother. The doctor said I was lucky to be able to walk. It never stunted my growth at all. I am 5'9".
▪ Speaking of broken bones, I fell off the top of our swingset slide and broke my arm.
▪ No more broken bones until age 24. I went skydiving with Rob and Lisa. It was wonderful, so we took a second jump. This time I was off target and was not prepared for the landing. I broke my right ankle and was in a cast up past my knee.
▪ I love quilting. My first quilt was my senior project in high school. I have made over 30 quilts since then.
Millie, I tag you. And Cherrie, I tag you; are you there?