I have not written since my Birthday on Nov 27. I get busy and forget that I need to write. Alot has happened in the past 6 weeks. The holidays were wonderful and on January 2nd we took James to the Missionary Training Center in Provo Utah to begin his two year mission for the Lord. He was so excited to be finally leaving. We are so proud of him and know that he will do well. He will be in Provo for 3 weeks and then goes to the MTC in the Dominican Republic for 6 weeks of training before he goes to Puerto Rico for the rest of the two years.
Josh has made the 8th grade basketball team and is so excited about that. He is now 1/4 inch from being 6 feet tall and he is still growing-- he wrote a letter to his brother last night and signed it "your little brother-- no I mean your younger brother". He is enjoying having his own room and we have discovered that he is a neat nick about his room when he is not sharing.I am busy making quilts as usual. I have most of the quilt for the Collie Club of America National done and am working on the lettering this week. The theme this year is something about a circus-- the show is being held in LaCrosse Wisconsin where one of the circuses winters over-- so I have used 16 inch bright blocks in all primary colors. I am also working on t shirt quilts for Wendy, Andrea, Michael and Sarah. Two of the quilt tops are finished and the other two are just about ready for the borders.
So much has happened in the Family History area the past few weeks-- we are Beta Testing several things that will make genealogical research on the internet so much easier. We are also indexing all the East Idaho Death Records-- it is a big project and many of us have put our own research on hold in order to help with this huge project.
My kitchen is finally done-- at least the painting and the floor is next. We have the tile and just need the backer board and the glue and the big item-TIME. The breakfast room will have to wait for awhile as we are going to put random width old pine plank flooring in there. I grew up in old New England homes with pine floors and am excited about reproducing them here in parts of this house.I am beginning to plan for this years garden-- we will have tomatoes, peppers, onions, corn, peas and a few other things. The garden will be much smaller this year until we see how my back reacts to gardening after last years injury. I have missed the peace and solitude of spending my summer mornings in the veggie garden and look forward to being able to garden again. Judie
