Beginning of the Year Odds and Ends

Ben has found something new to line up...

He's done this a few times now.  It's so precious to watch him haul out the heavier ones with such determination on his face but we were afraid he'd drop them on his toes so we have since locked the room where we store them.

My Grandma "O" had an old, green chalkboard in her kitchen for as long as I can remember.

It must have been at least 2 years ago that Matt was visiting and drew a picture (of himself?).

Grandma didn't erase it and when we were over at her home a few Sunday evenings ago to sift through some of her things it was fun for Matt to see it still there.

It took us a while but we were finally able to get our canvases from Hawaii hung in our room :)

Here is another mini barn quilt I painted for my dear friend's birthday...

Just a couple of weeks into the new year I was out and about on a Saturday morning during some freezing rain.  I slipped and sprained my wrist pretty badly.  We even went and got it x-rayed just to be sure it wasn't broken but it all looked fine.

I'm finally starting to feel like it's completely healed.

It sure put a damper on my workouts for a while though :)

Shortly after Andy was called as the bishop for our ward a sweet friend dropped this gift off on my doorstep.

I have the most thoughtful friends and neighbors!!!

And lastly, I have to share my obsession with The Pioneer Woman collection at Walmart.

Ever since my sister in law gave us her favorite bath salts in a darling pioneer woman jar for our Christmas Favorite Things, I have been on the prowl.  The jars were sold out online and in most stores I checked but I eventually found some along with a whole lot of other cute things!

We had already been collecting her big cereal type bowls all last year since those were part of this same sister in law's favorite things in 2016...they just make me so happy every time I use them!