With a sprint to the end, we both finished our quilt tops for the Barn project last week. So the entire thing got done in 2014! We are so proud of ourselves. The twelve blocks were sewn together in four rows of three blocks with the barns and silos … [Continue reading] about Barn quilt tops are done in 2014
For my third year of this challenge, I managed to repeat last year's Mt. Ararat, but it required some heavy-duty climbing at the end, because once again, I was distracted during the year by new books and library books, and didn't work on the stuff on … [Continue reading] about 2014 Mount TBR wrap-up
I did the Monthly Key Words in 2013, but the host offered this new challenge and I like it! A really fun challenge to come up with something for each month and I completed it early in December! MONTHLY MOTIFS: … [Continue reading] about 2014 Monthly Motifs wrap-up
I decided to join this challenge to jumpstart my perpetual challenge of reading all the winners. My goal was the L'Engle level: 15-29 points, and although I thought I would just make the lower threshold, I actually hit the top of the first … [Continue reading] about Newbery Challenge 2014 wrap-up
Today was Decorating Day for Festival of Trees so the Carey family decorated our 15th consecutive tree in honor of Scott's brother, Paul. He was an Air Force pilot killed in 1995 in Alabama, leaving a wife and three young children. … [Continue reading] about Festival of Trees 2014