I completed two quilts in the month of January. I really like the way they turned out. It is very satisfying to me to improve my quilting skills. Also, here are photos of our beautiful finished store room. I love to go down and see it. I still need to paint the door to the food storage room, but I will do it soon. After 32 years, our house is finally finished. We are enjoying our home more with each passing year.

Here are the pictures from visiting our children in beautiful Hawaii. I was sick most of the time we were there, but we managed to sample Hawaiian shaved ice with beans and ice cream in it. It sounds unusual, but it was actually good. We took a submarine ride, we visited the Punchbowl, the Hawaiian Temple grounds, the beach,

This post is Hawaii, continued. As I was saying, we visited the punchbowl, a very impressive WWII Cemetery. Pictures could not do justice to it. It was huge. It sits at the top of a former volcano in Honolulu. Because it is so far above the city, it is very peaceful and you would never think it was surrounded by a bustling city. The subway ride was interesting, though we watched people come up out of the hatch with throw-up bags. I'm glad it didn't affect us that way. I think sea world was my favorite place we visited. The dolphins were delightful to watch. It was located right on the edge of a beach with a beautiful view of the ocean and a mountain. There was a refreshing breeze blowing of the ocean that was so pleasant. Again pictures could not do justice the beauty of this setting. We loved seeing the Hawaiin temple. We would have gone inside, had I not been sick. I'm so glad we were going to see family. I was just too sick to have called it a vacation. We will go back again and see some of the things we missed next time.

Well here it is the end of January and I am still downloading pictures. We had a nice Christmas day with everyone in Utah County in attendance. The beautiful decorations were complements of Sou. I had loaned her my china earlier for an occasion and in return she loaned me the decorations. I'm sorry to say in all the rush we are missing one family photo.