Thank you card

I made a Thank You card for my cousin, Merlene.

(Tam! I used some of the paper you shipped to me, thank you!)

Merlene hosted our annual Simon Family Reunion at Cottage Grove, OR in June. Was good seeing some of the family, oldest living relative (that  I know of) was there, my Uncle Vic, he’ll be 94 soon!

It rained most of the time, but everyone made the most of it.

Every year, fewer relatives attend. Hoping to be able to keep it going, we’ve been having them since the 1960’s. It used to be always held in Corning, CA, but in the 1990’s we decided to have it in Oregon sometimes, that way the ones that live not in California had less of a drive. (We’ve held it at  Anderson, CA – Lake Wallowa, OR – Westwood, CA – Grants Pass, OR a couple times – Lake Siskiyou,CA -  R-Ranch, CA).  Hope I’ve not forgotten any places. Each year we try to get a different family member to host the Reunion.

When our girls were growing up, every June for vacation we took them to the Reunion. I pray every year we continue to have the Reunion.

Next year my cousins, Ina and Brenda will be hosting the Reunion, they are planning it for July of 2010 at Lake Tahoe, CA. Hope many can make it next year.

Gosh! I’ve not posted in FOREVER!

Since we got home from our vacation to NJ, we’ve been busy filling out forms, searching for Rudy’s Army buddies from Nam and getting doctor & friends to write letters for Rudy’s VA claim.

It’s brought back alot of memories from 38 years ago (Rudy and I got married a  week after he got home from doing his tour in the Army in VietNam.)

We also had our 38th anniversary on the 17th! I made Rudy an anniversary card:

Mona called and wished us a happy anniversary and told us our gift would arrive in Sept. (Rudy spotted some ferns in her yard and really liked them, so she ordered some for our present, but the company will not ship to WA until Sept.)

Gina wished us a happy anniversary from Iowa and Joe stopped by and wished us a happy anniversary too! He brought a card over that Gina had made for us: awesome job on it!

Nee’, she IM’d me early Friday morning to wish us a happy anniversary.

We had a great time in NJ with Mona, Marc, Meg, & Madi. Rudy helped Marc put their bathroom back together while we were there, most of it was completed.

We went to Jersey City to catch the ferry:

Used to be an old train station.

visited Ellis Island:

Liberty Island: Statue of Liberty

Morristown: Ford Mansion,Washington’s Headquarters:

Jockey Hollow:

Valley Forge: Meg, Rudy & Madi

Princeton (saw the bridge they show on “House”),

Atlantic City: Madi & Meg on the beach

On the Fourth of July, we had an afternoon BBQ, went to new Ice Age 3d movie, then watched fireworks from the golf course hear Mona’s house. There were so many fireworks that we could see in the sky from many locations.

Was a good trip and it’s always sad when it’s time to go home!

Paper Piecings – Birthday Card

I asked permission from simonsaysstamps.com to use their designs to make paper piecings.

This is the first one I’ve gotten done so far. It’s from their Simon Says Clear Stamps “Zoo Animal Vacation”. It’s an Exclusive Set and sells for $14.99.

http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/StoreFront

I made this Birthday card for Madi’s 9th Birthday!

Madi wants Mona to redo her bedroom in Giraffes.

Check out my Slide Show!

Birthday Card

I made this card this morning  for Mom, wanted to have it done and ready to send next month.

I’m planning ahead! This month has been a busy month for cards in our family.

More Valentine cards

I made these for the grandkids.

For the boys:

For the girls:

For a friend:

For Rudy:

February cards

We have lots of Birthdays int February.

Some more Valentine Cards

Valentines for my Grandkids!

I made all of my grandkids’ Valentines. Decided I better get them done before time flew by and I ran out of time.

I made 4 pink ones for our grand daughters:

I made 3 green ones for our grand sons:

Purse Card

I made Cami’s Birthday Card this last weekend.

I struggled with attaching the beaded handle, there must be a better way of doing it!

It took me all day Saturday trying to complete this card.

I had a hard time getting a clear pic, will try again and replace when I can.

Happy Birthday Lita!

I made this card and sent to Lita for her birthday next week. She’s turning 83!

Gosh! The way I feel these days, I don’t think I’ll make it to my 80’s.