The weather has been so warm! The flowers are bursting out of the ground at an amazing speed! Spring wants to arrive, but Central Illinois is so unpredictable temperature wise!
Here is our group from the weekend. We are sitting on the steps to the stage at The Barn III. There were some other photos, but they were silly ones, of course! We were all spoiled like royalty during the Crafting Queen Retreat!
This is truly the best scrapbook retreat I have ever participated in. We had a group of 7 girls at our table. There were about 50 crafters during the 3 days! I already registered for next year!
This was the sale at the Barn III during the craft retreat. Crafting Auntie (Lisa) needs to downsize her supplies. Our group has volunteered to help her. This will be an amazing weekend with our friends.
I think this picture is from a couple of years ago. Jim's mom and his sister, Jill. Gram would have been 97 today. We all went to eat lunch at Whiskey Taco after we finished removing her belongings from Cedarhurst.
We said goodbye to Jim's Mom, this morning. She passed away around 9:30 a.m. We had several nurses that would qualify for this Daisy award in the past few days. She will be greatly missing at just shy of 97 years young.
Stacie has been on Coco duty. We have been at the hospital with Jim's Mom. She fell on Friday and broke her femur. She has been placed on "Comfort Care" for now.
The weather has been so warm the past few days. Our tulips are pushing up their green leaves. I hope this means an early Spring. We have had snow in April when the blooms are huge!
I started doing the leg press after I got my right knee replaced in April of 2022. I still do this exercise and my strength in my legs has increased so much. I am amazed at how straight my leg is now.
Lobster Ravioli is what's for dinner! We celebrated Stacie's birthday tonight. She was busy during the week of her birthday with work stuff. Jim, Tom, Stacie and I went to Joe's Italian Steakhouse in Peoria Heights! YUMMY!
Jim, Coco and I went for a walk at Coal Miner's Park. Coco had the best time sniffing all the "things"! He walked along with us the entire way. What a good boy! We really enjoyed walking outside today!
Hello, my name is Aprile. I enjoy scrapbooking, making cards and altering items. My creations took a turn for the better when I bought my Cricut and Cuttlebug. I have upgraded to a Silhouette. There is definitely a learning curve, but getting more comfortable with it everyday. I haven't looked back! I have been married to a wonderful man (Jim) for 46 years. He lets me buy all the scrapbook supplies I can hide! I am retired now and look forward to everyday. Always wondering what project to get started!! Thanks for looking at my life in pictures. It is hard to believe I have been taking a photo a day and journaling about since 2009!