Wow! It's been awhile!

INTRODUCING: The newest member of the family! Abigail Jane. Rachel and Larry had their third child on December 15th. She weighed almost 9 lbs! Isn't she a cutie? We were able to travel to their home and church for her baptism on the very next weekend.

If you've been to visit my Square Grammy Etsy shop lately, you may have noticed that it's empty. My life has interfered with my Etsy world for awhile, and I have decided to close it down indefinitely. My family and my job are my first priority, and Etsy is just more than I need right now. So the shop is in hibernation for the time being. Hopefully it'll be OK to just leave it empty for awhile, and maybe I can "wake" it up when I have more time again.

One of my big projects right now is making the crochet baptismal gown for our next grandbaby! John and Erika are expecting their first baby in March, and I am crocheting an exquisite gown for her baptism with teeny tiny stitches. Many hours of love are going into this project.

Along with that project, my best friend at school, Becky, is having a baby in April, and I have a blanket started for her. I want this to be a special blanket, not just "any" blanket. As you can see, I am busy with crochet projects - but not any for sale in Etsy right now.

All that, along with my church duties and school, are keeping me really occupied these days. I have a knitting group from the church that meets at my home every Thursday evening. I also have started a knitting/crocheting club after school on Wednesdays at school, and we have a nice group coming to that. It's been fun getting to know the girls in that club and teaching them how to make things. I also just got a new student from Mexico who speaks absolutely no English, so that has given me a new challenge. Those are the students who make me really feel needed! When they start to read and speak English, I see such great progress! That's when being a teacher is the most rewarding. Then when one of those students contacts you several years later and tells you how much you helped them, you realize how all that work that you did for them will affect them for all of their lives.