Austin & Family Come to Kona

Austin, his mother Trina, her fiance Tony and Austin's step-brother Chance all came to Kona this weekend so that Chance could participate in a basketball tournament held at one of the local high schools. Chance's team was excellent, winning all three of their qualifying games and playing in the championship game on Sunday evening. The local Kona team was the only one who even got close to beating this team but they did by a very close score. Chance and his teammates did a great job, though. The family stayed with other team families in a house just down the street from us so they've been neighbors for the weekend. (The picture at the top of the page is of Chance and his teammates and coaches doing goofy poses for the official team goofy picture. Chance is at the far right in the front row.)

Shower for Baby Cletus

NO! His name isn't Cletus but Alli says that's what Julia guessed and I kinda like it (in a silly sort of way) and decided to use it on the blog for all the world to see :>)Today the girls and I had the pleasure of showering Alli along with the women from Ben and Alli's community group from church. Stephanie opened her home to all of 10 of us. We ate, made Alli play a guessing game involving various baby paraphernalia and then Alli opened some great presents. Picture #1 is Joanna and Alli, #2 is Susan's gift to Alli of a "Parent Survival Kit" with all those neat little things you don't think to buy #3 is the darling elephant her friend Kristi made with the baby's initial "C" (hence Cletus), it came with a matching handmade blanket, #4 is Alli holding the hooded baby blanket I knit for Cletus, #5 #6 Alli's reading the Blessing/Encouragement book her friends wrote for her to read during those midnight feedings or times she may think, "What was I thinking, this parenting stuff is way harder than I thought?" #7 is the cousin shot. I think Alli got pics of her friends and maybe the food table. Stephanie's centerpiece was a three-tiered display of disposable baby diapers decorated with pretty ribbon, multiple binkies and baby tennis shoes on the top. Really cute, sorry I didn't get my lazy bottom up to take a pic!

Quilt Camp 2

I went to Quilt Camp at Country Manor again this weekend. It's a house in the country where they wait on me and I just love it. While eating lunch the peacocks entertained us. This was taken from my seat and through a window!

This is a picture of the two owners and my friend Shirley working on my quilt! No wonder I love it there. They were so helpful. The woman on the left is Barbara whose parents were founding members of the Walnut Creek Evangelical Free Church. She attended Trinity Western in the mid 60's when it was really small! It was a quirk that the topic even came up when we were together! Talk about a small world!

If y'all don't start blogging again I'm going to put more quilting pictures on soon!

Grandson at the waterpark!

You can never see too many pictures of Allison pregnant. Her son is an active little guy. We tell her that "Sprout" is having fun at the waterpark!

Here's a picture of the girls taken before the shower in February.