Percy Sings with Christian's trumpet

Percy, Rebekah's puppy, loves to howl. If all of the family gathers around and howls (like pretend wolves), he will put his little snout up in the air and howl his little heart out.

When Christian began to play the trumpet, we discovered that Percy especially loved to sing with him. We thought maybe it hurt his ears, but we don't think so now. If Christian is in the back of the house when he starts to play, Percy will hunt him down and go join him. Enjoy!
Here is a picture of Christian taking his first trumpet lesson. Thanks to Klaus, he already knew quite a bit and had practiced 'buzzing'. He was so excited to be able to play music after only a couple of lessons!

And Another New Grandchild!

Welcome Baby Lena Marie Rodgers! Born February 5th at around 9:45a.m She weighed 7lb.4oz and was 20" long. (More pictures to come!)

Beautiful mommy, Elisabeth Marie Rodgers, and her daughter, Lena Marie.... like Mommy like daughter! Can you tell Lena adores her mommy??And proud Daddy Andrew--- I guess that's obvious-Ha!

And I'm sure you can tell that I am a thrilled and very happy Grandma!

Aunt Rebekah stole my grandbaby...but I can't blame her! I guess we can share. :o)

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Logos Speech and Debate Banner

The kids are members of Logos Speech and Debate club. Recently, all of the clubs in their region were encouraged to make banners representing their club. The kids designed the banner and then I sewed it for them.

Yo-Yo Flowers

Sunbonnet Sue Quilt with embellishments

This quilt is made with 100% scraps which for those of you who know me, know makes the project especially satisfying. I pride myself on being a 'frugal' artist. However, some things do cost money, and the embellishments on this quilt are not cheap. Total cost for lace, buttons, and applique was close to $30.00. However, that is a cheap price for a beautiful 'heirloom' baby quilt. My new daughter-in-law, Elisabeth, will enjoy this quilt, I'm sure! She is due Feb.18 and we are having a baby shower for her on Feb.1 at church.

Klaus's Musical Quilt Finished!

Well, it took a lot of stitching--but I finished Klaus's quilt while in Germany. I really wanted to stitch each key down which would have looked awesome, but I just didn't have the time. Instead I quilted the instruments, the white keys, and the bass and treble cleffs. I really like the look of that gold border--and it matched Klaus's livingroom which was a plus. I didn't know what his livingroom looked like. He really liked it and plans to hang it there.

Klaus is the second singer from the left and sings tenor for at least two symphony choirs.

Klaus played a special morning concert just for us. It was exquisite. He played a long piece from Mozart.

Here he is playing a Christian choral piece from Bach to witness to the neighbors on New Year's eve. He plays the trumpet in a church orchestra and another music school's orchestra along with his brother Hans, who plays many instruments too, but usually plays the tuba.