Pumpkins at the Mining Museum

Who'd 'a' thought the Western Museum of Mining and Industry (just down the street from us) would have a pumpkin patch?! And a pretty fun one at that! All the photos are here.

Apple cider press

Our newest Quilter: Matteo

Matteo joined the ranks of the Compound Quilters over the last couple days! He wanted to make a quilt for someone (shhhhhh, it's a surprise), so he got Lynn to teach him some new skills... Railroad theme, of course.

Update: Nana, "Matteo's teacher just had a baby and Matteo wanted to make a quilt for her. He went through my stash, picked a train theme, picked a pattern, and made his first quilt! He was a great student, he worked carefully, followed instructions, and never gave up! My fantastic quilting friend quilted it with a train pattern!"

Laying it up.

Sewing it up.

Holding it up.

Here and There

A plethora of moments recently...

Go Dog Go

This is where Tracy parked after deciding not to park in the
handicap spot without Jonny.

Nana, "Oh, was I watching Lexi?"

Snow on the lounge chairs at the pool.

David and AJ go at it using the Revolutionary War chess set, which we
generally refer to as the Hamilton chess set. AJ's beaten Papa a few times now.

Seen between the Broadmoor hotel and the Golden Bee.

One morning before school.

When Fall and Winter overlap

Anne of Green Gables production shots

Here are some production photos of Anne of Green Gables, the Musical. Photos by Ted Mehl of A Better Image Photography.

Anne of Green Gables, the Musical
October 5-7, 2018
Produced by Elevate Productions
Directed by Bethanny Jorenby
Jamie: Matthew Cuthbert
Matt: Cecil, the Farmer
Serafina: Mattie Andrews,
                understudy Diana Barry
Matteo: Schoolboy, youth dancer
AJ: Schoolboy, youth dancer
Lynn and Tracy: Set Design