Happy Birthday John 2010

Happy Birthday John 2010 from Jenni G on Vimeo.

One of John's birthday presents every year is a recap of what we've been up to since his last birthday. Here's this year's installment, with about 7 months worth of content I have not yet blogged. Happy Birthday John. No move planned for this upcoming year. YEAH!

Previous slide shows can be found here, here, and here.

Hailey Picking Apples, Oct 2010

Still going through photos for a mega blog post. Here's this one now.

A good thing about Connecticut:

The view from my back door. More to come.

Quilt 1985

[Anna, Jenni, & Emily]

This is the first I have to post of my pre-move summer quilting blitz. More to come. And you can see Quilt 1984 on Anna's blog.

Still here. . .

[Hailey sleeping on the floor the night we moved in and minutes before she threw up her mac and cheese all over everything.]

Well, we're here in Connecticut and all is well. We are s_l_o_w_l_y unpacking and starting to know the area.

Settling in.

and busy.

nevertheless, I will try to catch up and update soon.

we are alive.

They're getting tired of swinging. . .

. . .so I thought I'd put something else up.



Also, a peek at a finished project. see you after the move!

What afternoons look like

It might need a second to download.

Quilt 1983

done. 26 to go.

Quilt 1982

can be seen here.

What Charlie's Up To

Peek a boo from Jenni G on Vimeo.

Raspberries from Jenni G on Vimeo.

Hailey + Blossoms

Quilt 1981

Next Quilt is finished! See it on Anna's blog.

Two more for fun

Someone's Six Months Old Today

no foolin'.

Quilt 1980

Jenni & Anna 1980

First quilt finished. . .



. . .and a big thanks to my activities days girls for helping tie it!

29 to go.

Under Construction

"Keep Out. Under Construction"

This morning Hailey informed me that the concrete in our kitchen was cracking and that new concrete would have to be laid immediately. I hate it when that happens.

Hailey got right to work and spent over an hour making construction cones to put around the site.

And three minutes laying the new concrete.

Luckily it was quick drying concrete and I was able to get in there in time to make lunch.

and the cake.

She gasped when she saw what she wanted: a 28 layer rainbow cake from a picture off a some blog I was looking at. I tried talking her out of it, but I was kind of intrigued by the idea myself. It was pretty straight-forward to make, and we cut the layers down to only 12. The only issue is that I did not anticipate that it would take three batches of frosting to frost it.








Only for you Hailey.

She is six.

I have a six year old? I cannot say how delighted and honored I am to be entrusted to raise Hailey. She is beyond her years in maturity, vocabulary, and height. She goes through reams of paper plastering our house with love notes, cards, pictures from stories in her head; crayon glimpses into her amazing mind and heart. Over the last year she has turned into my second pair of hands and feet and has a budding mother's heart. She cares for her little brother and sister and makes sure our house is full of happiness at [almost] all times.

Happy Birthday Hailey!



(Nora had a hard birthday week.)



Hailey had a Rainbow Birthday Party with her friends and loved every second of it.



We played "Pin the Cloud on the Rainbow."







John and Charlie enjoying the party.



Hailey: Proof that your Dad loves you. He spend over three hours making that pinata



which was a huge success.



We painted popcorn with edible paint.



(food colored sweetened condensed milk.)



We love you Hailey!!

Three. of. them.

President McKinley lived here

And thanks for that, President McKinley. Because you lived in Canton, we now have the McKinley Monument.



(impressive {for canton} even in the snow.)







And the McKinley Museum.



Complete with Alice the Automated Dinosaur.



Which Nora would not go near.



Nora's favorite was the dollhouse exhibit.