It was a lovely day for a wedding last Saturday, when my grandson Easton and his fiancé Madalyn got married up in Logan, Utah. Behind them for all of us to enjoy was an expansive view of the very green Cache Valley. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect, because it rained for the following three days afterward. But by then the newlyweds were jetting their way to a honeymoon in Italy!
It was a semi-formal wedding with a sit-down dinner for about 75 people. There were outdoor games for the kids and good music and dancing after the dinner and cake. We didn’t stay after the dinner part, and ended up driving the two hours back home rather than staying in a hotel.
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| Madalyn and Easton |
It was so beautiful! But my poor son Ryan and daughter-in-law Kim (parents of the groom); their daughter Lauren graduated from Utah State University this week (Thursday) with her BA in Landscape Architecture. I imagine Ryan and Kim (and their wallets) will need a good vacation this month! But everything has been so happy and joyous!
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In sewing news, the week kicked off with the delivery of some new Accuquilt dies. They had a great sale, and I picked up these three kid-appropriate dies to use for Quilts for Kids. I haven’t used them yet, but I will soon enough!
I did finish up some crumb blocks and four Hollow Nines in April’s color, Pink, for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
Seven crumb blocks at 6.5” unfinished. I added them to the 8 I had from last year.
Then I was able to sort and cut out all the pieces for my planned blocks for Orange May in the RSC. It was natural to continue on with more Hollow Nines in Orange, and I sewed six of those.
It should be a fairly relaxing weekend. We do plan to run to Lowe’s or Home Depot (big box hardware stores) and get some flowers for a couple of my Talavera patio pots. I always provide the pots and flowers to the HOA to use at our Cinco de Mayo party. I may get some annuals for my vertical planter this year, too, as well as some groundcover. We’re in a drought, though, and my courtyard planting will be very limited as we begin our water restrictions. Oh, and while we’re at the store, we hope to purchase a new patio dining set.
The closing on the sale of my brother’s home in Colorado is set for Friday. I will be able to sign documents electronically. This week I’ll also begin my pre-op visits and labs for my May 18 knee replacement surgery (left knee this time) on May 18. Let the preparations begin!
Have a great week!
7 comments:
Wow. . what a wedding! Great progress made on your RSC blocs. Loved seeing all those oranges!
Looks like a wonderful event! Happy sewing this week.
sounds like you have a lot going one, when is the knee surgery? it sounds like most everything to keep you busy will be done by time that happens.
I love the outdoor weddings and that is nice that the rain held off until afterwards. I love all of the pink crumb blocks. Some little one is going to like the resulting quilt. We had been in a moderate drought area but we had a nice wet April for a change. We've had 3 years of low rainfall and hardly any snow.
I'm glad that you are looking forward to a relaxing week, because it seems that this past one or more have been busy, and then knee surgery coming up. Nice pink and orange blocks.
Congratulations to the happy couple! Best of luck to you on your upcoming surgery. Nice finish to pink month and a good start to ORANGE month, Cathy!
You've got a lot going on. Your grandsons wedding looks so nice. I hope the house sale goes smoothly, you have been so heavily involved with your late brother's affairs. And now you have surgery coming up fast, hope all goes well for you.
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