Another 2 and a half years....

On a whim, I decided to check in on my blog.... turns out I go about 2 and 1/2 years between groups of posts. The last time I posted here, Cierra was the new baby! She's 13 months younger than her brother Andrew Christopher Coombs, who was born Dec 26, 2007. Declan Frederick Alwine will be 3 next week! He was born in Germany on August 2, 2008 and his little sister, Abigail Christina was born March 31, 2010, also in Germany. They now live at Ft Meade, MD, which makes Memere very happy! (Wil)Liam David Thomas will be 2 at the end of October (27th), and he will become a big brother to a baby due at the end of January. They are all soo adorable and we are very blessed! Other additions to the family are the lovely Carrie, who married David in June 2009, and Ashton became "official" when he and Elena married in September 2009.

On the quilting front, we are once again hearing the sound of crickets chirping.... :( I always have such a good time on the Sew n Sew retreats that I feel a sewing let down to be alone - just me and my machine... oh well - there's plenty of fabric and inspiration in my sewing room when the time is right!

In 3 weeks or so, Dennis and I are going to Las Vegas for a bowling tournament - the awesome aspect of this is that it's with our friends Pete and Ilene, whom we haven't seen since our days in Berlin!! Pete was my boss, and he and Ilene were two of the eight people at our wedding (that's including the officiant!) And the week after we get back from that, we'll be heading to the Outer Banks for a family vacation at the beach! Keeping my fingers crossed that all the kids can make it for at least part of the week... Mom and Dad, Ron and Sue, and Lisa and Bob have all been invited to join us, so it should be lots of fun!! The beach house has 8 bedrooms, pool, game room, porches, outdoor putt-putt hot tub, on and on and on!!! and the beach is just across the street!

Well, that's it for now.... we'll see how much time goes by before I post again!