A Table of Ladies and Benny

Last years additions to the Thanksgiving tablecloth are all complete and ready turkey day thanks to many active hands working together to get the job done.  We had a fun crew over in Chelan at Grandma and Grandpa C's house this year.  Aunt Diane, Aunt Wendy, cousin Nicole, Grandma Jill, Grandma C, McKenzie, me and our best helper Ben.  Grandma C didn't get much tablecloth time since she opted in for entertaining Ben while we were sewing.  We were able to finish up the tablecloth and even had time to enjoy the spring flowers, a neighborhood walk, a game of hand and foot and head to down to do some shopping.  

Monkeying around with Aunt Wendy, making silly orange faces.  

The crew hard at work sew, sew, sewing!  I'm a bit of a slave driver over how much work each person has to produce.

It is always so refreshing to get away from the gray sky of Western Washington in the spring and head East where everything wakes up a little earlier.  The balsamroot flowers were in full bloom so I took advantage of the beautiful setting to play around with some different settings on my camera.  

I love this one of the kids, I'll try again next year when the flowers are in bloom to get a better shot where Ben's eyes aren't so squinty.   

McKenzie didn't sew on the actual tablecloth this year, instead she worked on a small piece of cloth that Grandma C had.  She did a fantastic job of sewing me a message that says 'Mom heart you'.  Next year she'll be allowed to join in on the real sewing.  

Ben was not interested in learning to sew, in fact he seemed bound and determine to have someone sewing him up again as he kept tearing down the driveway on the big wheel and we'd have to chase after him and haul him up the hill again.  He has a need for speed!

It was a great trip and a time I cherish every year since it gives us a chance to spend a little extra time with family and we also get to enjoy the tablecloth more than just at Thanksgiving.