Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

Friday, July 13, 2012

Holy Toledo....well, really it was Perrysburg

Me and Emilia took a trip to visit my friend, Kelly. She lives in Perrysburg, Ohio, which is just outside Toledo, Ohio. Me and Emilia laughed that you can't say or think of Toledo without at least thinking of the phrase "Holy Toledo". 
I dare you to try!

We had quite the adventure getting there. We took the red eye flight to Detroit.
HATE the red eye.
Then rented a car and drove an hour.

Perrysburg is the cutest town.
Very Americana.
I loved it there.
But I'm sure the unseasonably mild temperatures helped my love of Ohio that week.

It was so wonderful to see my friend, Kelly!
JOY!






Emilia was such a treasure to bring along. She took Kelly's kids every day for an adventure. They went to a movie, swimming, kids museum, playing in the park, out for ice cream and clothes shopping! I know Kelly appreciated that the kids had some time out of the house to run and do some fun things. I took the kids to the library one afternoon while Emilia napped and we all went out to breakfast one day and lunch in the park on our last day. 
Kelly and I had some time together while the kids were out. One day we got some iced chai and sat by the river. We did a little shopping here and there....I loved every place we went. Even the small town hardware store that we both found many treasures. 
Kelly and Kevin have a beautiful house with a great piece of property. Kevin got the go-cart out for Emilia to take the kids out riding. He made some paths in the overgrown grass at the back of their property. Emilia and the girls had a blast riding. 



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 On the path in the field.

Emilia's itchy back after lots of go-cart riding. 
I guess the combination of grasses, bugs and go-cart friction caused quite the rash.









Saturday, May 5, 2012

Sewing Buddy



As I'm taking a break from sewing this afternoon I remembered that I wanted to share these pictures of my good friend, Monica. She is a midwife that I've known for a long time. We have become better friends these last couple years, but especially in the last year as we've taken a series of sewing classes together. It's been fun to share our sewing progress together and watch each other gain confidence with our sewing skills.

Monica left this last week for her hometown of Los Angeles. She will be working at a birth center there and I'm so happy for her opportunity to move near her family. I'm going to miss her a lot, but I'm looking forward to visiting her (and the SUN) in the near future!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Kelly's Quilt

Estrella
Savannah, Estrella and Tracy

Melissa and Jesica

Miki, Carol, Amanda and Lori




Maddy
Lori and Miki

Aila and Jennifer

Laying the squares out and planning the pattern
Snipping the seams



Finished!





My dear friend Kelly has been diagnosed with a serious illness. I hate the feeling when someone you love is far away and there is nothing you can do to help them. I decided to gather some of her Portland friends together to put together a quilt for her. Friends decorated quilt squares and I put them together in this rag quilt. It felt really fulfilling to work on this project and think about our love being combined and sent to Kelly in this way. And it was beautiful to see how each square was different and amazing!