Fun with the family

Yay for family coming to visit!  This past weekend my parents, sister and brother came up to see beautiful Oregon in the Fall.  We took a trip to the coast

and also took the (long) drive up to Mount St. Helens. 

I loved having them here and wish the rest of the family could have made it.  Hopefully next time :)  On our walk out on the beach, I FINALLY found not one, not two, but three whole sanddollars!  While we were living here, it was a goal of mine to find a whole one that wasn’t broken (which has proven to be rather difficult as they become very brittle once they die).   I then placed them in our grill so they could dry out without stinking up our apartment with ocean smell.  And as luck would have it, that very night our grill was stolen.  Booooo.  I’m trying not to be too bitter about that.  I love you grill!  I will miss the frequent cooking outings that we had together. So much for yummy GRILLED chicken…Anyways, back to the fun weekend.  We also went up to Astoria and made our way up to the top of the Astoria column (awesome!). 

Here we are at Multnomah Falls

So it was a great fun weekend and I hated taking them back to the airport, especially when i know it won’t be until March when I see them again :(   I love you family!!

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While I’m doing a blog post, here’s an update on my rag quilt:  It’s all DONE!!!!  :)

  Although I did run into a few minor problems along the way (getting the wrong batting, running out of thread mid stitch making me head back to the sewing store 3 days in a row, and 3 (3!!!) broken needles) it was a pretty easy project and I have to say I am hooked on rag quilts.  They are easy and cute and excellent to snuggle up with! 

Now for my next project. Hmmmm, what will it be….