Letters from Mamabear

   I named this photo "I Believe", in honor of Easter, and its great rebirth! Believe me...having these three brave crocuses pop up this week through the leaves gives a serious Spring jumpstart to my soul as well ! 

I love spring!!  Don't you? :o)

{ and we KNOW that the snow we will be getting tomorrow will NOT linger long!}

The biggest news since I last wrote is of course that Kristen & Troy gave us all a wonderful little girl-child on February 11th! Those of you who also keep tabs on my Facebook page will have already seen this photo, but far be it from me to miss a chance to show her off! Alexandra Lynn came in at 6lb.11 0z/19" long....and now ( boy THAT time flew!)...she will be 2 months old in just 9 days! Yowza! Kristen has now gone back to work, and is settling into Motherhood like a pro-I couldn't be more proud of her and of her sister Kate! ______________________________________ and here's granddaughter Alex now and grandson Willie (almost 4!) I'll stop now  ...for now... :o)

   SO things got a little New-Baby-Crazy around here for a while! Remember that phase of life? There is a VERY GOOD REASON why we 50-60 year olds do not have babies!...and what a gift it is to get to be a Grandmother :o)

   I really enjoy Pinterest for a variety of things, not the least of which is recipes! I have been trying out new ones at least a couple times a week, and found MANY that I will add to my normal food rotation! If anyone wants to see "my Pinterest page"-- it's here

   ...And now...it's time for this gal to head to bed! I started a new book last night, by Fannie Flagg ( the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe)....this one is called Standing in the Rainbow. I think I'm going to like it :o)

 Hope you are all having a wonderful Spring! 

...as always, Happy Quilting Folks!

Marcia :o)