APRIL!!!

Well, April is here already. Last month we saw both our kids. Reid flew out to spend spring break and we took a couple of days and went to Arizona to see Ashley. We had a great time. Reid spent most of the rest of his visit jeeping. I think he really enjoyed doing it. He also made us dinner one night (lasagna) and breakfast the next morning (french toast).

This month is going to be busy. Besides Easter, the month starts off with Jeep Safari here in Moab. It runs from the 4th to the 12th. Rick and I are both helping at registration. In case you don't know about Jeep Safari, it's a lot like Sturgis for the Harley Davidson group. We have people from all over the country and beyond come into town for the week of jeeping. On the last Sat. they do 30 trails! Of course, you have to pick the one you want to go on but you can see we have a lot of great jeeping trails around Moab. What you don't want to do is have to go to the grocery store during the week.

Also this month, Annette is coming out for 10 days. I can hardly wait. We are going to quilt and knit and just have a great time being together again. We are taking a class at the quilt store that should be lots of fun. We are going to make tableclothes. Plus, I get to go up so Scott and Cara's to pick her up and drop her off for her flights. When I pick her up, Cara is going to go with us on a quilt shop hop. What fun. And when I drop her off, I get to go back to Scott and Cara's and there is a good chance I'll get to see Don, Janna and Raelena!

What a great month this is going to be!

Wolcott Update from March

I can now post the pictures of the V-Dub quilt I made for Ashley. I was going to send it to her for Christmas but decided I really wanted to see her face when she opened it. So...when we went to Arizona with Reid I took the quilt. You can see the pictures Reid took of her opening it on his blog. Yes, she loved it. This pic shows the front and the back. Ashley had helped me pick out the backing, the smiley faces and some of the "bug" material. I really had a lot of fun putting it together.

The original pattern just called for 9 "bugs" and the squares were to be butted up against each other. But I wanted a lap quilt rather than a wall hanging for Ashley so I added the sashings and 3 more "bugs". As you can see, four have scenic backgrounds and the rest sky material. We have the beach, where we lived and played while in Washington. Then there is the Arizona sunset, where Ashley now lives. We have the tree background like where we lived in Washington and of course, the rock and canyon background, somewhat like where we live now.

Here's Ashley rubbing Ricks foot. She is a great massage therapist! And I just love her hair! She looks really great. We really enjoyed going down to Scottsdale to see her.

We were so glad Reid came out for his spring break! But sorry Melissa couldn't come with him. He hates having his picture taken so don't expect great smiles from him. Both the pictures of the kids were taken in our hotel room in Scottsdale. Ashley was able to get us in at the Hyatt Place. We had a terrific room. A king size bed and a sitting room with a sofa/sleeper. It was so nice having time with both of our kids.