16 June 2013

Here's a photo of the finished quilt Becky and Abe made for his school teacher.  It is a true patchwork quilt.  Except for the pink strips and the back of the quilt (pink with white polka dots) all the fabric came from scraps.  Most of the scraps came from Sarah.  Thanks, Sarah!  We like to imagine a little girl playing I spy with this quilt in a few years.  Will she find the rabbit holding a balloon? The frogs holding hands?  The girl asleep in a hammock?

 Helen made a book as a gift for her teacher.  She drew lots of pictures and sewed covers for the book out of felt.

 Here is her finished book.

 Tuesday was the last day of school.  All the kids came home with big smiles!

 Here's a photo of Gib, Abe and Helen at the bus stop after school.

On Friday we hiked up to the Bigfoot Trap.  It truly is THE Bigfoot Trap, not A Bigfoot Trap, because there is only one in the world.  The trap was built in the 1970s by the North American Wildlife Research Team (don't you love how scientific the name sounds?) who kept it baited with carcasses for 6 years in an attempt to catch Bigfoot.  They only caught bears.  The trap is now bolted open and is a popular hiking destination in a very pretty location. 

Brandan took Abe and Gibson to the father/son campout Friday night.  They had lots of crazy late night fun on Friday and then explored a fish hatchery and nearby park on Saturday.  Here is a picture of Abe and Gib at the park.

Sofi spent the weekend at Youth Conference, so Becky and Helen were home alone.  They went to dinner and a movie Friday night.  Saturday morning they helped make lunch at a soup kitchen.  One of Helen's jobs was laying out doughnuts for the early patrons.

 Abe has been building domino trains today.  This one snaked down the hallway into the kitchen.

 Here go the dominoes!