Just For Fun....

My dear friend's little girl turned 1 a few weeks ago and I knew I wanted to make her something. Usually at this age, they're more interested in the box the toy came in instead of the toy inside so I tried to channel my inner child and, luckily, my toy was a hit.

Happy Birthday Cutie-Pie!!

A Long Snow Weekend

For our 12th anniversary, the husband and I stayed 4 nights at our friends cabin in Volcano, Ca. You'll see I mentioned this place just a few posts ago. I was so happy to go back and bring Chris this time!

We tried cross country skiing and snowshoeing for the first time. Cross country skiing was a lot harder than I thought....I wasn't able to move as fast as I wanted and it was such a workout for how little I progressed forward. Snowshoeing was just awesome and I really want to do it again. I tried snowboarding again (after 10 years) to try to overcome my fear. Bad bad idea. I left with a badly bruised tailbone and a badly bruised ego to boot!

We also visited Sutter Creek, part of the California Gold Country off of Hwy 49 (we travelled around the gold country on our honeymoon) and then Indian Grinding Rock State Park. You can see all these grinding holes in the bedrock there made by the Miwok Indians. They would grind acorns there to make meal. It was really beautiful and I imagine it's exactly how it looked when the Native Americans were hanging out there.

Weekend at the Cabin

Back in November a bunch of us had a crafty weekend at my friend (and co-workers') cabin in Volcano up in the Sierra Foothills. My co-worker Ann taught us how to do rug hooking and we all got busy working on something. Oh, and eating

It was heaven.