HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

I cant believe it has been at least 5 days since I have even thought about posting something on here!  Time goes by way too fast when you are having fun:)  Well here is what I have been having fun doing.  We had a silent auction/spaghetti feed for my dad this last Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus in our town.  He was diagnosed with Lymphoma in August of 2011.  We ended up having just under 200 items for the silent auction.  The businesses and individual parties in our town were very generous with all of their donations.  It was great to see how supportive a community can be.  It is estimated that we had about 450 people come through the door to get a plate of spaghetti and to check out all of the items.  Overall it was a great turnout and proceeds will be partially matched by Thrivent.  Thank you to everyone who helped out with this event, your support is greatly appreciated.

Here are just a few of the items that were part of the silent auction

We had a great turnout for this event and appreciate everyones support

He wasnt for sale but at least it looks like he was having a good time.

Here is the back of the Pheasant Quilt.  The quilt turned out very nice!  Thank you MIL for making it for the silent auction.

And here is the front of the Pheasant Quilt

This is totally how I am feeling right now!  Had to take a break from it all and regroup...Now back to it :)

Chili Fest 2012

My Mother-In-Law (MIL) and I were part of the first annual "Chili Fest 2012" last night.  This was an event to help raise money for the Zonta Club in our town which proceeds go towards helping women.  We made White Chicken Chili, a recipe from one of the Gooseberry patch cookbooks.  The chili turned out great and we had a good time making it (all 12 quarts of it to be exact).

The Beginning!!

Hi Everyone,
Well with the help of my Mother-In-Law (MIL) I am attempting to start my own blog!

Here I Go!!