Red Hat Mardi Gras Party

We had a belated Mardi Gras party at Red Hats last week.

Once again, a good time was had by all!
PS
Meisje ate my mask!!!
Bad kitty!

Paul's Birthday Dinner at Tepanyaki

We celebrated Paul's birthday last night
at Tepanyaki Japanese Steakhouse.
The food was outstanding!

Kade loves to watch the high flames on the grill,
Addi not so sure.
It was Macey's (2 1/2 years old) first time
to this restaurant; she made the
funniest faces when the
flames shot up!
Sorry we don't have any pictures of her cute little
expressions.

Thank you to Natalie, Ethan, Kade, Addi,
Eric, Jackie, Brandon,
Becca, Micah and Macey for coming.
So sorry that Troy, Caleb and Jewelia were sick
and couldn't come. :(

We finished off dinner with an ice cream cake,
YUM!

Happy Birthday, Paul!!!

Today is Paul's birthday!

Thank you for being such a
wonderful husband,
Dad, stepdad, and grandpop!

Happy Birthday Sweetie,
I love you!

Valentine Roses

Thank you Paulie
for the beautiful Valentine Roses!!!!
I love you!!!

Happy Birthday, Brian!!!

Happy Birthday,
Brian!!!

You were and still are a handsome and wonderful guy

I've been Sew Busy for the Twins!

Above are the two infant seat covers.
They attach to the handles of the infant seat

Brian asked me to make square sheets
so the twins can be swaddled.

Flannel burp clothes. I decided
to try making them out of flannel on each
each side with a light weight batting inside.
My new serger came in very handy
to sew the sides together.

Flannel square sheets for warm swaddling

Extra absorbent bibs.

Meisje likes them!

Fabric books.
Sure hope the boys like everything!
I've had a grand old time sewing.

I am sad that I live so far away from
Brian and Rachel,
sewing for the new babies is
my way of showing how much
I love them!
See you soon Boys!!!

Clyde Drissel, never a bad day....

My Dad's brother, Clyde Drissel, (on the right)
died on Thursday, he was 95 years old.
Clyde was 10 years older than my dad, Sam.
In his 70's Clyde never had a bad day.
As he got into his 90's, his days were "so-so".
Clyde was the Drissel family historian,
he had many of the old Drissel pictures and
family stories.
We loved to visit with Clyde and enjoyed his
sense of humor. Even on our last visit to see him
in Oct he joked with us.
Farewell, Clyde.
You will be missed.