March update

 

This was a perfect puzzle to end our season of having

a puzzle table out and puzzle in the works!

I lost count of how many puzzles Grace put together this winter!

I finished up the scraps in my "slipper yarn" basket with these

last two pairs.  Can you tell the pair on the right was from all the 

tiny balls left?

I ended up knitting 14 pairs of slippers from scraps since January!

My other basket of "scarf and hat" yarn is still in the works,

but progress is slowing because spring is drawing me outside!

We celebrated Nathan's 15th birthday by a family outing.

We went to Erie for an afternoon of axe throwing

and a yummy meal at Quaker Steak and Lube.

Grace was not old enough to throw so us girls 

cheered the boys on.

They had a great time!

And, in fact, they are talking about building an

axe throwing target for here at home.

The next weekend, we helped the

Fish and Boat Commission stock trout

in Oil Creek ...I think this was our

10th year helping!

And after March Madness being canceled last year,

we were extra excited for our March Madness

family tradition ... all filling out brackets,

going to my mom's for the first weekend of the

tournament, watching 12+ hours of college 

basketball 4 days in a row, and eating fun food.

My bracket got busted pretty quick with Loyola beating Illinois!

And Grace and I worked on a couple special projects together this month.

The first was knitting 52 prayer squares so 

each resident at a local nursing home 

could be blessed with one.  We delivered them on Palm Sunday and

the staff was going to give them to the residents during Holy Week.

Our second project was making handmade

Easter cards to mail to a few special loved ones.

Grace used water colored pencils on the 

envelopes and cards adding a cross on the front.

Then inside, I added lyrics from a For King and 

Country Song titled "Matter".

To the One who spoke and set the sun ablaze.

To the One who stopped the storm and walked the waves.

To the One who took the tree so He could save.

YOU MATTER!

May these lyrics speak to your heart!