Catching Up with March/April Highlights!

It's been a long break from my blog, but I'm ready to begin again!  Time marches on, and the calendar says that April will soon be over.  Yikes! In Arizona that means the HOT weather is just around the corner....actually it's arrived this weekend.  (Had to put the A/C on already!)  Since my last post, so much has happened, so today's blog will be a quick recap of the highlights.  More details may be included in other posts to follow....but I'll keep you guessing!  Easter will be a separate blog, as this one is too long!

In mid-March, I enjoyed Spring Break from my work, and prepared for out-of-town guests and our parents' 60th Anniversary celebration

and Family Reunion!  It was so wonderful to see more than 100 guests at an Open House reception for Mom and Dad at their Church's Great Room.  Above is Mom and Dad at their party, and earlier photo is a gift which "traveled" from Virginia for them from Aunt Lea and family. Our out-of-town relatives traveled to Arizona from

VIRGINIA...

Here are  Aunt Lea, her daughter Debbi and Debbi's husband, Lyman, all from Williamsburg.

KANSAS....

Here are Aunt Carol (Dad's sister) and Uncle Dave from Lawrence, Kansas and Dad's youngest brother, Uncle Butch (pictured below with Aunt Carol) is from Wilson, Kansas.

NEW MEXICO...Below is Cousin Judy and my sister Terry.  Judy lives in Farmington, NM.

and TEXAS! 

Here is Cousin Sharon (Judy's sister) with her beau, Jerry, who traveled from Odessa, TX.

Last, but not least, Cousin Carol (Judy & Sharon's sister) and her husband Larry traveled all the way from the Dallas, TX area.  What a blessing it was to meet two of their children at last!

Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Burk enjoyed the celebration too...they traveled from East Mesa to join the festivities!

It was truly a blessing to see these sisters reunited again after so many years....

and it was very meaningful to see these siblings gathered together once more at a happy occasion!

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Daughter-in-law Corissa celebrated her birthday at the end of March, however, due to illness, we were not able to celebrate with her until April 1st. 

On Monday nights in April, we continued our "sewing lessons with Terry"!  We missed Corissa on a few Mondays, but the rest of us have worked on coin purses, and Alissa is making an apron on her new sewing machine. 

 Jen has taken to sewing like a duck to water! 

Alan even joined in on our "craft night" and painted his models while the sewing machines hummed along.

Thanks to my sister, Terry, for being an inspiration to all of us, and encouraging our creative spirits!