Happy New Year!

View from the top of Green Mountain, Dec. 23, 2011

Bringing in the new year with an MI-5 (aka Spooks) marathon and doing some crafting. A pair of new socks on the needles and a quilt sandwich (yummy yummy) in the process of being hand quilted.

Zoo Friends

My Zoo Friends quilt for baby Cian in Ireland. It's a pretty basic log cabin type of pattern and I followed directions from Modern Log Cabin Quilting for the construction. Now onto the next project. : )

T. rex lives

We spent another awesome weekend in the desert, Indian Creek to be specific. My leg is tons better, but sticking it in a crack and torquing it wasn't in the cards. Instead I had fun hiking around in my T. rex costume and hanging out with friends.

Nicole (aka 5 year old super hero) and Aaron (Capt. Kirk) getting ready to go climbing on Saturday. It was noted that my T. rex also resembled the Gorn and later in the day there was an epic recreation of the Kirk vs Gorn battle in the desert. I think Nicole has photographic evidence. : )

Little Jon (aka Bat Boy) and Jaro (aka young papa smurf). Jon's costume was made of an umbrella cut in half and sewn to a black shirt. Super creative.

We even managed to get in a little climbing on Sunday after all the Halloween festivities on Saturday and the longest approach I've ever done at the creek.

All in all a great weekend.

99%

Been reading the 99% blog. The amount of student debt is staggering. I feel very lucky to have not had any student debt.

Happy Birthday Adam!

Happy Birthday Zane!

My nephew Zane turns the big 11 on Sunday! Happy Birthday to my favorite oldest nephew!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Chocolate Lover

Goofball

Lego Master

Awesome Big Brother

Summer Fun Partaker

Baker Supreme

And last but not least... eleven year old 5th grader!!!

Cotton Hat

My coline knit in Rowan All Seasons Cotton. This yarn was part of my free Rowan International Membership gift ages ago. This pattern worked ok with this yarn, but I definitely think I'll make another in wool.