Remembering Texas... Day 1 and 2

The trip to Austin, Texas was only half full, that is the first time ever. It was great plus we had a non-stop flight, which made it even better!

Jeff and I had a whole row to ourselves and to top it off it was a beautiful day! Only bad news is... I didn't make a new friend on this flight! :(

I love all the colorful guitars that line up near the baggage claim in Austin Texas! Fun!

Then we got to see our sweet Oakley, Jeff had never met her and I only saw here right after she was born, she has grown sooo much!

We brought their Christmas presents with us, so it was fun spending a 2nd Christmas with them. Here is Kai looking at his picture that his cousin Jenny drew for him!

The scarf I crocheted for him, fit him perfect...although it was pretty warm when we were there.

 Kai loved all the Nana's Boy Restaurant stuff was a hit. That is what Kai and I named our own Restaurant that we created together.

He got a bell, a restaurant sign, a calendar, a order book, a tray, apron, napkin for his arm and a pen. He absolutely loved that Aunt Lauren drew a cartoon of he and I together. She is sooo talented. I am having the pocket of the apron and a towel printed with our logo on it, and will send that to him soon.

It took Oakley about a 1/2 of a day to get use to us! Then she never stopped smiling, that is her normal self. I crocheted 4 of these headbands for her. She actually made them look even better!

Can't tell you how good it felt to hang out with my boy again. Kai is my only grandson and boy has he stolen my heart!

Synergy!

Today was my class at the shop, we are starting a group of classes called… Share The Love to help us get ready for Valentine’s Day. So today was Day 1 and I taught two projects. I was struggling a bit this morning with something that was going on in my life and I was a bit down. I was concerned as I was getting ready for work, that my mood would effect my ability to teach today. I prayed hard that I would have the strength to just put my concerns aside and do my best. Well, I am here to say that prayers are answered, and something that is called Synergy, really works. As soon as all the wonderful ladies that I teach, started coming in, I felt my whole attitude change and I felt better. I love the energy between two people when they are connected, so you can only imagine over 20 of us connecting and doing fun quilting projects together! It was wonderful and once again, I feel BLESSED to be able to do for work…something that I love! I can hardly wait to teach each time.
I looked up the word Synergism and loved this dictionary explanation of it!

syn·er·gism

/ˈsɪnərˌdʒɪzəm, sɪˈnɜrdʒɪz-/ Show Spelled[sin-er-jiz-uhm, si-nur-jiz-] Show IPA

noun

1.

the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.

So true, together with those incredible ladies, I feel like I am more creative, happy and excited to be alive… not a bad feeling for a job huh?

Well it’s my Date Night with my husband, so I need to go but wanted to remind all of us to…associate more often with people who you have great synergism with, it is really worth it!

(Lauren designed this beautiful logo for our class!)

“By working together, pooling our resources and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.” ~ Ronald Reagan

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller

“We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.’ ~ Sandra Day O'Connor