First Soccer Game

 Carsten and Grant are playing soccer for the first time. Their team is in white and Grant is on the right with the red sleeves and Carsten is right next to him. It was a very cold day and the other team whipped them but they had a GREAT time.

 Grant is the youngest on the team and had a hard time figuring out what to do. They play with only 4 kids on each team which is much better than the chaos of more kids on the field at this age.

 Carsten is the oldest player and he played most of the game because some of the other kids got tired or just didn't want to play...too funny. Carsten was a little too gentle around the girls. What a sweet boy.

And Carsten does a side kick. It was a pleasure getting to see our grandsons play! We hope to see many more games if they quit getting cancelled because of snow...

Quilt Retreat in the Rocky Mountains

 The picture above shows my sewing area in the retreat work-room. My sewing machine is the one in front of the door. I had my back to the windows but it was nice to have the light behind me while sewing. This is the 3rd retreat I have been on since moving here. They are SO much fun!!

 Here is the other side of the work-room. (Notice the snack table in the middle.) There were 32 of us that attended but we had plenty or room and beautiful views.

 It snowed most of the day on Saturday. This was the view out the window behind my work area.

 Looking the other direction.

I ventured out for a walk when it stopped snowing and this is some of the scenery. Beautiful!!

Road to California

 We had a wonderful trip to California in January. The only bummer was that it rained the first couple of days...just when we thought we were going to get some nice weather. My favorite thing was attending the Road to California Quilt Show. The picture above is me with my friend Debbie Warner, sister-in-law Karen Dunivent and my mom with the quilts we started at a class we took together. It was SO much fun being together and sharing our love of quilting!

 My other favorite thing was being in San Diego for a Thompson family get-together. It was wonderful being in Colleen and Skips home again with 6 of the Thompson siblings.

 Here I am enjoying the sunshine at my brother-in-law's John's house where we spent 2 nights. Other highlights of the trip were getting to see our friends Donna and Ed's new beach house and spending a night with them. We had dinner with friends Shawn and Jane at their new home in Cota de Casa--what a great place! We had breakfast with our old neighbors Stan, Margaret and Miriam Marlow. It was strange seeing our old house where we lived for 30 years. It made us miss our neighbors but not our house. We also got to spend a night with Debbie and Gary Warner and Debbie and I even did some sewing together. Thank you to everyone who shared their homes and hospitality and even took time off work to spend time with us.

Even though we had such a great time, heading back to Colorado felt right. The drive back was beautiful and it was fun seeing the ski resorts in full operation and the parking lots packed. Below is the alcohol loot we came home with thanks to stops at Costco, gifts from the Warner's and a 2-buck Chuck that mom left behind and we ended up with.