Opps, More Shower Pictures

Sometimes when I think a post hasn't worked I find that it did after all. Here's the center piece on the buffet table at the shower.

The guest of honor, Mommy Julie and Ema

Ema and her beautiful mommy, my baby girl Brandi

Sweet Aunt Jan and a family friend Kyla Armstrong, she's in Julie's new ward in Irvine.

Julie's Baby Shower

Last Saturday was Julie's baby shower given by sweet Aunt Jan and a dear friend Marsha Clawson. It was a beautiful shower and Julie definately felt the love. Everything that both Jan and Marsha do is done so nicely, but this one was great. Everything from darling center pieces to fantastic food all making for wonderful memories. I love these ladies, they are two of my dearest friends. Aunt Ann, Grandma Wilson, Jenny, Brandi and Chelcie Wright helped with the shower too.

Her Nursery is done up in a Baby Jungle Animal theme so the shower was that too.
Aunt Jan makes the cutest "diaper cakes" as center pieces, sorry that this picture doesn't really do it justice, it was darling.

Here's a much better view of it.

Here is the blanket that Kylie made for her gift to Julie and the baby.

Here Julie has opened and is trying out one of the burp rags that Ema made for her.
We are getting so excited for this new little member of our family to join us. I think she finally feels like she has all the things she needs to have to welcome him to their home and life.

Sewing Lessons

So, this is Kylie, she's my second grand daughter and is 10. She has been very anxious to spend time with me so we can work on one of her talents, sewing. She's done a few projects with her other grandma and at Primary Activity day, but has been wanting to show me what she's learned. Since I've been sewing for Julie's baby, I had something that she could make for the baby shower that was coming up.

This picture was taken at the baby shower last Saturday.

Here is the project that she put together for her newest baby boy cousin who will be joining us very soon. It's just a little "Lovie blanket" I'm sure he'll really love it, especially because Kylie made it for him.

Here we are putting it together, and she's learning to watch the pressure foot instead of the needle.
Guiding the fabric and she was working the foot peddle.
This is my first sewing machine, purchased over 35 years ago. It's a good ol' friend and has been a great machine but is defiantly on it's last leg. The foot peddle has been broken and repaired many times first with hot glue, then super glue and tape, but it still works. I can't find a replacement one either. Now the bobbin winder has stopped working. I probably would have just replaced it but it has one built in stitch that I just love and use all the time. Some old friends are just impossible to really replace.
Here's Ema, she's 13 1/2 now. She has been working on her sewing skills for some time now. In Young Women, her first 10 hour project is learning how to sew. The first few hours of the project was done at Christmas time. She made pillow cases for Dane, Ella, Abby and herself. She's getting good at it too. In fact the sewing machine that Kylie was using is Ema's.
I guess I'm a serious seamstress, (or maybe I'm just a sewing machine collector) these are my other machine choices.
Grandma Jeanie's Viking machine by the wall, which I am trying out to see if I want to buy that kind. Then there's my serger, which I don't know how to use to it's fullest potential, and Ema's sewing machine. I need to figure out which kind I want to buy so they can have theirs back.
Ema is almost finished with her 10 hour project, she made 4 burp rags for Julie's baby shower and will finish up by making some drawstring pajamas for herself and her sisters.

He Did It Again! Another Ruby's

This morning Gene and I decided to go to Disneyland for some people watching and to get our exercise in for the day. We still have our annual passes so we thought it was a good idea. Before we left the house he said, "are we blocked out today?" I didn't think so. so we headed out that way. We made our first Del Taco stop for an egg burrito then on to the park. Well, we were blocked out. So, we decided to go check out one of his latest projects that is located pretty close to Disneyland.

He's just finishing up this Ruby's Diner in Anaheim on Lincoln Avenue, just North of the 5 Freeway. This is the back of the diner, with an outdoor patio. They were striping the parking lot today that will include roller-skating waitresses.

Every Ruby's has a theme to the decor,

this Harley Davidson is the main focal point of this location.

We just went in there to check up on the progress, but we got breakfast too, definitely not planned, but if you share I guess it's O.K. Their breakfast are really good, so go check it out some time.

This is what greets you when you walk in.

Did I Say How Cute She Looks?

We Wilson's tend to shy away for the camera, so you can imagine how hard this was to get her to pose for a full body shot . . . but we tried to assure her that she will appreciate these pictures someday!
She looks so very darling pregnant

More of her beautiful gifts

What a fun way to fill the time as she awaites the birth of their

Sweet Baby Boy Boling!!!

A Shower In Box From Utah

Because of the distance between some of our family members, we've started a tradition of sending "Baby Shower" gift boxes to our loved ones out of state. It's a fun way to show our love and excitement for the up coming event. Today Julie was the recipient of that love from her grandma and aunties in Utah. We snapped some pictures to share with everyone.

Jenny and her children were here to share in the excitement too.

A custom made diaper bag, I'm sure one of Aunt Connie's beautiful creations.

A darling burp rag, Who made it and how???
Sweet booties, made by Aunt Karie . . . I need this pattern!

And of course, coming from "Cougar-town" a BYU jacket.

When You Give A 4 Year Old A Camera . . . !

This is what you get . . . . A brother "Hangin' loose"

A cheesy Grandma!

The entry way . . .

Grandpa, just relaxing

Happy times, is what you capture!

A Beautiful Day . . . Although Rainy

Last month Kim Mitchell, Ann and Ed's daughter married Wes, her long time sweetheart in the Redlands temple. We were privilaged to be included in that beautiful ceremony and day. It started out very rainy, and I mean hard rain. A bit scarry for a somewhat lengthy trip to the temple, but of course we had our professional driver (Kevin)to get us there safely. As we pulled up to the temple this beautiful full rainbow arched over the temple grounds.

Redlands temple parking lot, with rainbow framing it, what a wonderful sign!

Brandi and Kevin Romberg, at the reception.

Jenny and Steve Stockard

Julie and Dustin Boling

It was such a great family event for the whole Wilson family. The best part for me was being able to be in the temple with our married daughters and their wonderful husbands.

We're On Baby Boy Boling Watch

We officially have 5 more weeks before baby boy Boling is supposed to make his appearance. We are all getting so excited. Julie has waited a long time for this big adventure and she is so fun to watch as this new life milestone approaches. Dustin is very excited too as expected, they are going to be such cute parents. I need to take some more pictures of Julie before she has the baby.

At her appointment this week, the Dr. explained how first time mommies usually go to 40 or even 41 weeks to term. Then she examined her, and wow, she's already dilated to 3. So she's on limited activity and if it continues she may have to go on bed rest. For now, she's still working and smiling through it all. There was a little scare with his heart rate, but that's looking better now too.

That's what we're all excited about now!!! Besides all that, I get to be the major babysitter when she finally has to go back to work some time in July. I'm so excited to meet the little fella.

March Madness

Brandi and Kevin celebrate 10 years of wedded bliss this year. (check out their blog) Unfortunately their anniversary always falls right in the middle of football season, and Kevin and Brandi and Dane are always very involved in football. This year they decided to go on a cruse for their anniversary and I was able to spend that time with their kids. It was so fun, but my respect for mommies has been renewed. It was a lot of hard work but so enjoyable. On the last full day before their mommy and daddy came home we went to the park after picking Ema and Dane up from school.

Here are some of our fun pictures.

Dane trying to have his picture taken up-side down.

My beautiful Ema.

Ella was very anxious to do the monkey bars.

Needless to say, it took me the whole next week to re-adapt to the quiet and calm around here after they all went home and we got back to our regular routines.

A Beautiful Day in Between the Rain Storms

We love the "Freeway Park"