My first quilt

I have a friend, Heather, who makes beautiful quilts. I"ve mentioned her before. She had a quilt that she was going to sell, but then decided to keep it for her little daughter. I told her that I would like to buy a quilt from her and she said that she could teach me how to make one. So I finally got some fabric and she showed me how to start. I was up until 2:00 am last night sewing together some little strips. It was so fun, I can't wait to start again today. I may have found yet another addiction....

Camping...Barrett style...

As I mentioned before, we went camping at Howard Prairie, outside of Ashland OR. The weather was not so good when we got there but eventually the sun showed up. Our very best friends, the Pesta's drove forever and a day to "surprise" us for our birthdays.


Sarah and her rock...

My best friend Amy and I...

The brothers.....

Grandpa and Sarah and watermelon...

Mackenzie and her very first catch and Aunt Jamie...

Mom and dad and our grandparents rented us a schooner (permanently stationed camp trailer) as a birthday present. The first night there was such a strong smell of propane that we didn't dare turn the heater on. The next morning, the maintenance crew moved us to a different one and helped us move our tent...

This was such a blessed birthday weekend...

31

Well, I'm 31 today and trying to figure out when that happened. I don't think we're doing much. We are getting ready to go camping this weekend at Howard Prairie. The weather isn't expected to be great, but I say that camping in the rain creates memories...wet and muddy ones. Looking forward to it!!

A few of hundreds...

It's so hard to just pick a few pictures to post. I could look through these photos for hours and keep finding favorites. So I just started uploading and apparantly I could only post 5. What's up with that?? I guess I should look at that limitation as just plain helpful :)





Papa and Grandma with all the kids!
















Grandma and Sarah getting all pretty














Daddy and Sarah taking a break at Mickey's house












Sarah on Heimlich's chew chew train

Back to Reality

Well, we are home and I am happy to report that we had a WONDERFUL time. Did I mention it was wonderful???? Our whole trip was so blessed. The 17 hour car ride there and back was even wonderful. The kids got along so good and Sarah didn't even seem to mind being stuck in a car seat for that long. God certainly had His hand on this vacation. We got to visit with my family that I lived with for 7 years before I moved to Crescent City. The girls had fun with grandma making aprons and all the kids (except for Sarah) got to learn how to make candlesticks with Papa.

As soon as I can narrow my favorite pictures down to just a few (yeah right) I will post some. I recently got a new camera (one that I've wanted for quite some time now) and the pictures are fantastic.

First Barrett family vacation...

Things have been very hectic around our household. Originally we had a vacation planned for July but we moved it up to TOMORROW. We are leaving tomorrow after Daryl gets off work for Southern California. My wonderful grandma Packer lives in Vista which is right outside of San Diego. We get to stay for 7 days. This is the first Barrett family vacation. I'm so excited for more of my family to meet Daryl, Sarah and Spencer. I will be sure to post some pics and write about our time together when we get back.

Pray for a safe drive and good times.....

Baby Powder

Last night Sarah found a bottle of baby powder I didn't know I had. She thought it was great and even though there was a big mess, I thought it was pretty funny. At first I was unsure of what had happened because she was nowhere to be found. Then I found her footprint in the powder.