Extraordinary Weekend

What an extraordinary weekend! It was all about family. Ray drove in from Jacksonville so Mom had to cook all his favorite things - fried chicken, soup beans, corn bread, fried cabbage, swiss steak, baked garlic potatoes, and all the fixins'.
All the sisters came over on Saturday and Sunday. We laughed, we reminisced, we made plans. It was wonderful.
Jake and Em's day care was closed Monday for MLK Day so I went to Wilmore to babysit. Ray went as well so they got to know their Unkie Ray. It was so much fun to play on Em's stove and with her baby dolls. To watch them dance, to listen to Jake begin to learn to add, to watch Ray and John interact.
All that made my heart swell with pride. I knew Ivan was there with me in spirit taking pride in what we had left for the world to enjoy.

I finished John's looooooong lap quilt - it is ready to wash and then I'll take a picture. It is made of batiks so there isn't much coordinating in it.

I am binding my Valentine wall hanging. I started a lightning quilt for myself. Pictures when they are finished.

It is soooooooo cold but at 7 degrees the dogs still got to go to Pendery this morning. We were as cold as the Obama's were yesterday. My prayer is that they can make a better world so things will be more secure in the future - for me, for you, for my sons, for my grandchildren.