Creative Memories Is Back

Yes, I'm back in the creative Memories Advisor fold. So if you are in the need to acquire any products, just visit my shop page. http://www.creativememories.com/user/joyceevans I'd be happy to instruct you how to create a beautiful album. My National Scrapbook Day will be held on May 13, from 9 am - 3 pm. Hope to see you there.

Quilt Update

"Blush" Basic Grey Quilt
Aunt Betty Jane's quilt
Best friend quilt.
Ashlyn's second quilt.
Here's hoping all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Ashlyn was home so I was able to take a few pictures of the latest quilts. I have 5 quilts at the quilters and will add theirs as soon as I get them back

The wrap up of Ashlyn's internship

Many of you know that Ashlyn has been working as an intern at Drake and CO. Part of what she does is write blog entries. Here is her lastest, the subject was what has she learned through the internship. Hope you enjoy.
http://blog.drakeco.com/ Scroll down to the July 21st, it is the entry with her picture.

Yes a proud momma.

Jean's Quilt

Jean finally got around to taking a picture of her quilt. Zander just had to get in the picture. But my Great Niece Ericka Rose is even cuter. She is Jean's second grandaughter. Jean's room is light purple, the the purple color.

Kara's quilt

I finally got a picture of my niece Kara and her quilt. She loves it as it matches her room.

July 16

Off for Missouri after we had donuts with Uncle Larry. Jean and I enjoyed sleeping in his new bedroom. We had a nice visit.

July 15

July 15

Today we toured Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city.
The Capitol is very traditional being built about 1850. It has 2 canter levered stairs rising 3 stories.
It once held all 3 branches of government but now only the Governor’s office is there. In 1985 they built a Legislative building that is where they hold their sessions.

On one level they have the crests of the countries under whose rule they have been Britain, Spain, France, and Confederate. But no United States seal.
The Confederate White House is located on the capital square. Also in the Senate area was where they drafted the Confederate Government. Then they moved the confederate capital to Virginia.

Next we visited Rosa Park’s Museum. She was started the Civically Rights movement. One day she was tired and she refused to get up and give her seat to a white person. Seems the bus drivers have been misinterpreting the law all along. It really said they only had to get up and move back if there was room. Boycott lasted over a year but they won the right to first come first sit.

We had lunch at Shoney’s. Brought back old memories, when they were in St. Louis I loved their Hot Fudge Cake. It is still a great dessert.

We drove on to Huntsville. Today we visit the Space Center and an unclaimed airline luggage store. Don’t quite know what to expect but should be interesting. Jean always finds interesting places to visit. Check out the picture of Karen on the hover craft.

Tonight we will be back in Bowling Green at Larry’s house and to drop Karen off. Then tomorrow we will head back to Missouri. As they say all good things come to an end.

Hope you have enjoyed the travelogue, as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Janet

July 14

July 14

Today we arose early and were on our walk down to the Café De Mum to have Bennets and café-du-latté by 7 am. It is warm in New Orleans so we try to get out early.

We enjoyed a carriage ride around the French Quarter. Our driver was very knowledgeable.

We did some shopping on our walk back to the hotel. We left by 10:30, via the Lake Ponchacrain Causeway which is a 30 mile bridge across the lake.

We headed east on I-10 looking for a beach so Karen could collect a tar ball for her classroom. At Bay St. Louis destruction from Hurricane Katrina was very evident. The beach was beautiful and we stopped. We noticed all the shade shelters and porta-pottys. Plastic bags were setting everywhere. Next we noticed the workers cleaning the beach. They were at work all along the beach to Gulfport, when we turned back toward I-10.

We have our final seafood lunch at Gulfport. We returned to I-10 and headed to Montgomery, Ala.

Near Evergreen, we were traveling along with Karen as the driver, Jean as the navigator and Joy and I in the back seat. I was looking ahead and noticed something black across our lane. I said, “Karen, look-out”. She severed and almost missed it. She said her first thought was that it was an alligator. Seems no one saw it because Jean was playing a game on her phone, Joy was dozing. Now Karen says she was looking far ahead. Karen has been stuck on looking for an alligator. There was much discussion about our reactions. Needless to say we stopped at the next exit for a restroom break. I took over the driving.

I have a funny story, 2 of us are mid-age and seem to be warm at night. So they turn the temp to 65. The first thing, Jean does each night is fold the bedspread up and put it in a corner. One night I work up about midnight feeling cold. So knowing that there was a cover over in the corner, I went to get it. Well this time it was almost off the end of their bed. So with one small pull, I had it and back I went and snuggled under it. About 3 in the morning here comes Jean and crawls in too. Seems she had gone looking for the cover too. We had quite a laugh about the disappearing cover.


Tomorrow we will sight- seeing here in Montgomery, and Birmingham and spend the night in Huntsville.