Scrappy Churndash

January and February blocks for do.Good Stitches were large churn-dash blocks.  One block needed a light churn dash and the other a dark churn dash.  You could choose the scrappy color for the background. I chose red and green.   

 

MTC Memories

Twenty-five years ago yesterday I entered the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.  This sweet, little baby had no idea what she was getting into, but it ended up being one the most fundamentally changing experiences of my life.  

I was in a native-Spanish speaking district.  My 2 companions (Hermana Garcia & Hermana Lopez) were from Los Angeles, and the elders were from all over Latin America.  On our first day the Elders were no where to be found in the classroom.  We found them outside playing, because it was the first time any of them had seen snow.  We were only together for 3 weeks before I flew to the Spain CCM, and my companions went to Guatemala, but I still love them to pieces.  The time spent at the MTC was really special.

One of my favorite memories from the MTC was when my brother brought us pizza and cheesecake.  We met him in the parking lot between the MTC and the temple and snuck the food back in.  We ate it in the laundry room.  The Elders had never had pizza or cheesecake before and loved it so much.  They were blessing my brother in their prayers for days after that. It was so fun watching them discover the US for the first time.  All of them went to missions in the United States.  Many of them wrote to me their whole missions, and it was so fun to see them able to write fluently in English by the end.

Girl's Night

Melissa, Little Lady, and I went to go see one of my students in their high school production of Grease.  We decided to make it a full night and go out for dinner beforehand.  We went to Desi Bites, and it was absolutely delicious.  They had Indian street food that we had never tried before.  We were the only people there who weren't Indian, so I knew it was going to be fabulous food.  

The production was one of the best high school shows I've seen.  I was impressed with their depth of talent.  I'm a little surprised you can get away with this show in 2026, but they pulled it off.  On the way out Little Lady commented, "The moral of the story is you should lower your standards to fit in." It made me laugh, because she's not wrong.  That's the message of Grease.  
 

Starry Night

I finished this do.Good Stitches quilt while we watched Lord of the Rings.  I chose loopy lines with stars for the quilting.  I like how the quilt turned out.

Bible

 Little Guy is loving his new Adventure Bible (NIRV).  He asked for marking pencils.  

Snowball

The boys are missing baseball.  They tried playing baseball with the snow.  The results were questionable, but at least it kept them occupied for a while.

No Church

We had a snow storm blow through this weekend.  All activities got cancelled for Saturday, and church was cancelled today.  Poor Joel still had to go into the hospital while the rest of us hunkered in.  We played our new game from Christmas.  It's definitely a good one.  It's kind of a combination of Jaipur and Splendor.  

We also started a Lord of the Rings Trilogy Marathon.

Honors Orchestra

Little Lady had the opportunity to participate in an Honors Orchestra for the school district.  It was fun to hear her play on this very frigid evening.