For Maria . . .

These quilts and Becky's travel bag were hand-made by me, Olivia, mom & Becky for a benefit auction and "party" for our dear friend, and my cousin, Maria Herren diagnosed just a few months ago with stage 4 cancer.  We traveled with our "goods" to Columbus, Ohio last weekend (Feb. 12&13) for the big event, which raised a total of $12,500 to help with medical expenses.  We love you, Maria.

Tara's quite happy that her Daddy bought her the travel bag.  Thanks, Mike.
I think she's planning a vacation now with her husband and 3 beautiful children!

Made by Cindy.  Her sister-in-law, Wendy was the buyer,
which made us all very happy to have it stay in our family :o)

Olivia worked so hard on this amazing quilt for the auction...Aunt Becky and Uncle Alan

knew they had to have it on their living room wall at first sight of it!

This one is mom's creation.  It was purchased by our
dear friend, Brenda Knotts, who lives in Chicago.

Cindy

Another Snowy (Quilting) Day!

It's just past 7:00 a.m. and more snow is falling quite rapidly.   Everything is white.  The cleared driveway has been hidden once again.  It's beautiful!  Especially through the windows of my nice warm kitchen.  

I'm sipping coffee and watching Alan clear a path with the snow shovel while still in his pajama pants...the family is soon to arrive for breakfast.  I had a facebook request yesterday for Aunt Becky's French Toast!  We'll have our breakfast and lots of laughs as the fireplace glows in the dining room before they all head out into their own weekend.  

Then I'm heading to my little quilting studio in the corner of our house to stay for the remainder of the day.  I will quite contentedly watch the snow fall through those windows.

Happy Snow Day!

Becky