Home from the hospital!

We have great news! Kevin's dad got to go home from the hospital yesterday! He had open heart surgery on Sunday and went home on Wednesday. I don't think I have ever heard of someone going home that soon. So that is a praise!

What is going on around here this week? Well, Sarah is feeling much better, Becca had a bit of something when we were in Joplin and she is doing better. When I gave her cough med before bed last night I told her that was probably her last night of that stuff (of which she was very happy~ doesn't taste good!), Josh started with the yuck yesterday, now. Sarah has a babysitting job tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night! She will be wiped out, but she is raising $ for a trip to Teen Pact National Convention.

After Christmas break Becca was able to get back on our normal school routine which is 3 weeks of school and one week off. So this week she has off of school. Because of the move last summer and not getting books on time Sarah and Zach will not be able to get on that schedule. It looks right now like the only week that they will get "off" will be the week that the 3 of us spend at Teen Pact. So it really isn't a week "off" ! Hopefully we will be able to get back on the 3 weeks on, 1 week off schedule during the summer and then next year. I look forward to that week off as much or more than the kids do! :)

I would like to start on a new quilt I am going to make. It is a "whole cloth" quilt for our bed, so it will be queen size. It is such a HUGE project that I keep putting it off. But I need to start. If I could only get myself to start it I would be over the hardest part. But I have to draw the whole pattern on by hand and I have never done that before. So maybe if I tell all of you I might be shamed into starting it!

Sarah has had the sewing bug lately and is almost done with a new skirt. I will post pics when she gets it done. And while we were in Joplin she sewed a new doll quilt for a little girl that she babysits for. She just had her 3rd birthday so she will take it to her when she babysits tomorrow.
Not much else going on around here right now. Very cold out and just a bit of snow on the ground. I think it was 25` out this morning and it is sad to say that feels warm! It was 6` yesterday at the same time! But it is supposed to hit at least the 50's on Saturday so the snow should all be gone.

This pic is of some wheat grass that I planted last week. I was shocked ~ it was only about 1/2 inch tall when we left for Joplin and 4 1/2 days later it looked like this! I love to have green growing things around. I had never planted any of this before and it was so easy! I think I will start some more for a center piece at Easter.
Enough rambling, have a great day, ya'll!
Kathy