Today was Decorating Day for Festival of Trees so the Carey family decorated our 15th consecutive tree in honor of Scott's brother, Paul. He was an Air Force pilot killed in 1995 in Alabama, leaving a wife and three young children. … [Continue reading] about Festival of Trees 2014
My Church Service Mission
I was released as a Church Service Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a month ago and have put off writing about my experience because I felt I needed a little time to process it all. The last week of service was very … [Continue reading] about My Church Service Mission
Paint My Eyes
"Paint My Eyes" is a new musical that premiered last night at BYU and we were in the audience for the very first performance! Brian played Herr Freymann who has painful memories of the horrible night of Kristallnacht in Germany and meets with two LDS … [Continue reading] about Paint My Eyes
Last of the barn blocks
In the last two weeks of group sewing, we made the last two barn blocks for the quilt. Last week's block was the Summer Star block. This is the only "twinner" block we made. We both loved this barn and roof fabric and decided to use them. As we were … [Continue reading] about Last of the barn blocks
2014 Finishing the Series wrap-up
1) All books that are part of a continuing series qualify. 2) It doesn't matter if you have 1 or 10 books in a series to complete it, it qualifies. The goal is to complete a series from wherever you are up to until the last published … [Continue reading] about 2014 Finishing the Series wrap-up