Quilting Retreat 2

We enjoyed attending our second quilting retreat and did lots of sewing.

Hannah enjoyed sewing with Leslie, a family friend from Modesto.

 Mary finished her quilt top and did the quilting herself. I was able to finish the project I started at the first quilting retreat too.

George's Falls Adventure

We decided to hike to George's Falls for a picnic lunch. Even though we had heard there was a lot of debris in Sherwood after the big snow storm, it was pretty shocking to see all the branches and trees down.

As expected, there were also trees and branches down over the trail.

We climbed over, under, and around a number of trees.

It was quite the adventure. David lead the way through most of the time, and the kids had fun trying to figure out how to navigate each obstacle. 

Eventually we decided it was taking too long, so we didn't go all the way to the falls.

 We found a pleasant spot by the river and enjoyed our picnic and wading there.

Fun in March

David and Mary both lost a tooth in the same week.

Dad and Mom kicked off the celebration by coming up for a visit the day before my birthday.

Joshua smoked meat, so we had a feast for birthday dinner.

Abby made Hannah a crown after church.

Hannah's clavicle fully healed, so no more brace or restrictions.

Mary lost another tooth, so now she and David are missing the same front tooth.

The kids found a bare spot of ground under their pile of leaves and decided to plant a garden there.

A Full House

The kids and I went to visit Dad and Mom while Joshua was at the CCCA conference, and the Trevino kids were staying with them too while Jonah and Michelle were at a different conference. Mom had quite the group for a bedtime story.

Mary enjoyed doing her school at this little desk in the sewing room with Emery.

We helped Dad pick up wood from his neighbor's house and stack firewood.