Quilting projects in 2022

These are a set of memory quilts made from the shirts of a precious man of God who has gone on to heaven.

I actually made this one in January 2023, but it goes with the set of memory quilts. It is for a baby due in March.

 

I made more winter time placemats so there were enough when Randy's family was here for Christmas.

Stack of winter placemats 

I made my mother strawberry placemats and a baking potato bag for Christmas.

I made two neutral nativity table runners for Christmas. This short one for Jason and Karen, and a long one for Randy and Joy.

These two baby blankets were for 2 GBS staff families. They both turned out to be girls, though one was known beforehand and the other was a surprise. I got the heart flannel on our vacation trip to Shipshewana, Indiana.

These are doll blankets I made for my two youngest granddaughters.

I made this baby blanket for a dear friend who had a baby boy in November.

These are dresser scarves for our purple loving daughter in law, Lesa.

These were the table runners I made before Christmas. The red nativity one went to Brenda and Tim.  One fall one went to Joy and Randy.  I think I still have the short fall one.

My favorite project in 2022 was this bookshelf quilt made for a dear friend who loves books.

It was a lot of fun to make.

I quilted this table runner for a friend whose mother in the nursing home planned the pieces. She sewed it for her mom and asked me to quilt it. Planning out the rows was a special time for this lady who had memory loss, but somehow knew she used to make quilts. She has since gone on to heaven.

I made this quilt with leftover blocks from other years' quilts as a practice run on the pattern "Scattered" that I used for 3 of the memory quilts above. I gave it to our friend Natalie, who graduated from nursing school last May.

I only quilted this one. Our friend Retha made it. 

I'm thankful for the opportunity to do my own quilting. I really enjoy it!

 

Guests throughout 2022

We love having guests in our home for Sunday dinners, other meals, or overnight stays. We were blessed this year to have so many friends, both old and new, join us in our home. Most of them are pictured below.

Jan. 9 - Sunday dinner guests: Jimmy and Danette Garcia and Autumn Stevens

Jan. 23 - Sunday dinner guests: Felicia Staley, Jimmy and Danette Garcia

Jan. 30 - Sunday dinner guests: Janaye Byers, Rebecca Bennett, Felicia Staley, Caleb and Emily King

Feb. 6 - Sunday dinner guests: the Kyle and Amy Miles family

Feb. 12 - Emily watched the Harms kids in our home.

Feb. 13 - Sunday dinner guests: Janaye Byers, Jenna Walter, Ms. Jess Smith, Kristy and Rebecca Bennett

Feb. 20 - Sunday dinner guests: the Sankeys

March 5 - Elizabeth was home briefly. She gave Emily some early bday presents.

March 13 - Sunday dinner guests: the Garcias and Nikita Black

March 14-20 Rebecca Bennett spent Spring break with us after she and Emily got back from traveling on SWSE tour.

March 16 - Autumn Stevens came over for supper and the evening to study with Rebecca and Emily.

March 27 - Sunday dinner guests: Tim Sedlacek and the Soderna family

April 1 - Sunday dinner guests: Anthony Paulus and Ruth Anthony, Brittney Ewald, and the Bennett sisters.

April 8 - Janet's sister Marlene, Elizabeth, and our adopted daughter Joanna got to come for Easter weekend. Marlene also went to IHC in TN with Janet and Elizabeth.

April 10 - Sunday dinner guests: Autumn Stevens, Brittany Stamper, Janaye Byers, and Joanna Johnston

April 24 - Sunday dinner guests: Jenna Walter, Kristy Bennett, the Garcias, Lonnie and Leta Witt, but we forgot to get a picture.
April 27 - Lori Owens and her friend Ann Probst stayed overnight.

May 1 - Sunday dinner guests: Janaye Byers, Jenna Walter, Brittney Ewald, Kristy and Rebecca Bennett

May 4 - Cara Brown flew in from CO, ate supper with us then was on her way to visit her daughter Hope, at Asbury.

May 8 - Mother's Day guests: Jason and Karen, Elizabeth, and Randy (4 out of 6 of our children together)

May 15 - Sunday dinner guests: Janaye Byers, Brittney Ewald, and Jenna Walter

May 19 - Emily's college friends Melanie Hilling and Jenny DeLeon spent the night then went out for a special end-of-their-college-time-together breakfast.

May 24 - Autumn Stevens spent part of the week with us after school finished before heading home for the summer.

May 27 - our friend Dessi took us out to eat then visited in our home for awhile. Here, she's saying goodbye to Emily because a few days later Emily went to TN for her summer internship.

May 30 - Memorial Day guests: Jason and Karen, Ron and Becky Profitt

June 5 - Sunday dinner guests: Kyle Johnstone and Ariana Gattone, Abi Johnstone, and the Garcias

June 6 - the Strouds came over to visit and pray with us for Janet's surgery on the 7th. The rest of that week many church friends so sweetly brought meals for us.
June 11 - the Stetlers came to visit and check on Janet.
June 17 - Emily came home from her internship in TN for Father's Day weekend.
Elizabeth also spent June 12-18 at home to help  (Janet's post-surgery) when Rowen had to go back to work.

June 17 - Elizabeth and Emily were thankful to get to spend a little time catching up with Brittany over ice-cream, then supper at our house (not pictured).

June 26 - Sunday dinner guests: Caleb and Emily King, and the Kelley family

July 3 - Sunday dinner guests: the Harms family and George Gardei

July 4-7 - Judy Steffens stayed with us. She bikes all over the USA. She biked from Wisconsin to KY and went to the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter while she was with us. She took us out to eat the last evening at Bob Evans.

July 17 - Sunday dinner guests: Danette and Jimmy Garcia and the Stetlers

July 31 - Anthony and Ruth came for Sunday dinner.

Aug. 14 - Sunday dinner guests: the Melton family

Aug. 28 - Sunday dinner guests: Sarah Pelton, Kayley and Tristan Austin, Jimmy and Danette Garcia, Jennifer Scott, Michaela Schaub, Kristy and Rebecca Bennett, and Jeffrey and Lesa.

Jeffrey and Lesa came to visit for a whole week and helped Rowen remodel one of our little bathrooms.

Sept. 5 - we had the Gary and Tracey Hayes family over for supper and games.

Sept. 6 - Travis and Ivanna Miller stayed overnight on their way traveling through.

Sept. 18 - our Sunday dinner guests were Mike, Pat, Hadlee, and Ivory Yeary, and Lonnie and Leta Witt, but we forgot to take a picture.
Sept. 20 - our friend from CO who's been in college in OH, Natalie Heppner, came to visit.

Sept. 25 - Sunday dinner guests: the Stroud family and Elizabeth for E's birthday.

Sept. 28-Oct. 1 - Lori Owens and Ann Probst came for a few days again to visit the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter.

Oct. 2 - Sunday dinner guests: Melissa Crosley, Kendrick Melton, Kyle Johnstone and Ariana Gattone

Oct. 4-7 - the Mathew and Nicole Hinkle family came to visit from WY.

Oct. 9 - Sunday dinner guests: Jenna Walter and Anthony and Ruth Paulus

Oct. 12 - Elizabeth came to train Rowen as he started part-time working for Shepherds Global Classroom.

Oct. 16 - Sunday dinner guests: Scott, Kate, and Charlotte Loper

Oct. 22 - our dear friends from CO, Drs. Matt and Cara Brown and Lincoln, came for supper before going on to see their daughter at Asbury.

Oct. 23 - Sunday dinner guests: Mary Matias, the Stetlers, Bro. Joseph Smith, Evan Beach, Chandler Witter, and Melissa Crosley

Oct. 30 - Sunday dinner guests: Felicia Staley, the David and Bekah Mahin family, and Hannah Donovan

Nov. 6 - Sunday dinner guests: the Lyle and Michelle Witt family

Nov. 13 - Sunday dinner guests: Rebecca and Kristy Bennett, Doug and Joan Hodnett, and Jenna Walter

Nov. 20 - Sunday dinner guests: Kristy Bennett, Jenna Walter, Richard and Brenda Miles, and Rebecca Pohl

Nov. 24 - Thanksgiving Day guests: Lonnie and Leta Witt, Janaye Byers and Grace Burkhart
(Elizabeth and Emily were in MO)

Dec. 18 - Sunday dinner guests: Evan Beach and Junior Yeary.  Dessi was also there for dinner, but had already left before the picture.