Baby Quilts and Grand-babies

You're probably wondering what this is a picture of. It's a table at the end of the gym at Church with about half of the quilts and blankets we made.

Last night our Relief Society finished a community service project in honor of the 168th birthday of the Relief Society. We made quilts and blankets for a charity in our community that works with poor families whose newborn children have birth defects or other serious medical problems. There is a huge team of doctors and social workers that take turns donating their time on behalf of these families. The 32 quilts and blankets were made with love, and will, we hope, bring comfort to the the babies and their mothers. There are also a few large bags of baby cloths being sent their way.

It was a great night! The gym was full of sewing machines and quilting frames with women sitting around them happily chatting as they tied quilts, sewed bindings on quilt edges, or made fringe on the edges of the fleece blankets. It was such a busy night that this was the only picture I took!



We received news today that Nathan is being deployed to Iraq the first week in April to provide dental care for our soldiers who are there. We are so proud of him and will be praying for his safe return to his wife and children. They are, by the way, expecting another boy in July, which we are so grateful for. That will make four children for them (four grandchildren for us): two boys and two girls...so wonderful!