Ravelry

because I love to knit.
I now have a profile on Ravelry.com

http://www.ravelry.com/people/leachristine

problem is this is one more reason for the computer to distract me from my knitting.

Grammie had 5 daughters, 15 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.

She was and still is a great influence in all of our lives.

(this photo includes her sister, brother in law & brother as well as all the spouses and is missing one grandchild and all of the great grandchildren)

Grammie Toney Memorial Service Today

Psalm 100

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.


Nehemiah 8:10b

the joy of the Lord is your strength.


Grammie was such a strong example of how to live filled with His joy.
I hope to empart that on my son and future generations of my family.

Just News!

So its been about a month and the family is doing good.

Joshua has been working for just over a month at Microsoft as a contractor in the Games Department. This fits him well, but it isnt all games, as this is the support area for all the developers.

Lea has been busy with the toddler as he approaches his 2nd birthday this summer. Following after his daddy who posed him for this picture.

the little dude is gettin big! he surprises me everyday with the new things he is learning. he says "ready, set, go!" and loves to "run" and "throw" and "hug".

Tribble Gathering

Here are some photos of our latest Tribble Gathering.

Just about everyone (missing dear nephew Isaac) was there including

Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Tribble and Great Uncle David,

and of course the Matthews.

Easter

Easter was great this year. It's soo much fun to celebrate with a little one where everything can be new and exciting. Rion loved the egg hunts and Easter baskets full of goodies... maybe next year he won't be so afraid of the Easter Bunny.

first of many... hopefully

Here are a couple photos from the hike we took on Saturday.

We went out to a trail off of Paradise Lake Road.

Rion loves being 'outside'.

I hope that this will be the first of many we take as the weather gets nicer.

knitting

I am sure most who know me, know that I knit.

Here are some photos of the most recent things I have knit.

A teddy for Miss Molly

(first attempt with this pattern)

Gabe's Hat for his 2nd Birthday (modeled by a friend)



'A' initial Blanket for Anthony's 1st Birthday

Hat for Joshua
(I made a matching one for Rion but it is difficult for me to

get him to wear it long enough to get a decent photo of it.)

Hat for Mason

Booties for Mason

(I made booties for Sienna too, just white instead of red)

Teddy for Mason
(I made a teddy for Sienna too, the same yarn, just a gold bow instead of green.)

Blanket for Sienna

(this square pattern is one of my favorites,

I made a blue one for Gabe and red for Rion when they were born.)

Of course there are more hats, blankets, bears, and scarves that have been completed, but there is a sampling. Currently I am working on my first sweater (brown, for Rion) and will then start on another blanket (black, polka dot pattern) and some more hats ;)

I just love having close friends and family to knit for!