July 2016

Where has the month gone? 

I did not get much of anything finished in the manner of quilting this month. 

And I had such good intentions. 

I stitched

             a bit of Morrell
                      

    and a bit of 1857

However,

On July 3rd I got a phone call from our daughter in New Brunswick saying they decided to go on an "adventure." That meant only one thing. They were loading the van with babies and diaper bags and overnight bags and getting a cat sitter so they could do the 16 hour drive to the Farm here in Ontario. It took them 21 hours, but what do you do with a 2 year old at midnight who gets to the top of the slide in McDonald's play place and won't come down? They spent a couple of days at the Farm and a couple of days at his parent's then he drove home . . . Alone. She had the flight details for my planned trip to visit her on her birthday so, called Air Canada, bought herself and Jonathan a ticket, arranged to have Baby David on my ticket and so we all flew off to New Brunswick together. It was great. So, instead of doing all the stitching I had planned, I snuggled little boys, wiped noses, change many dirty diapers and had wonderful time and the little girls even came to visit. 

pedicures

um . . . how do you drive this thing?

3 year old Devan teaching 2 year old Jonathan how to drive

eating Popsicles

4 year old Elly helping with laundry

Grampa's little helpers

putting on David's shoes 

need a bit of help

Will Gramma's giant shoe horn work?

feeding chickens

watering flowers

kicking the ball

feeding babies

baby on grass

and Baby David started on solids

picking raspberries

picking more raspberries

And now July is in the archives and my heart is really full. 

Blessings, 

Gramma Chris