Back from a fun visit to California to see my daughter Alissa and my grandkids, Gavin and Mackenzie.

Also got to visit with my son, Brian and grandson Nathaniel while I was there.

Main reason for the trip was Mackenzie's dance recital. She's the second from the left.

Alissa, Mackenzie and I had a fun day at the American Girl Store. It was a complete surprise

to Mackenzie, where a doll awaited her at the luncheon. She originally named her "Kitty Sparkles".....sounded a little too 'pole-dancerish' to us ! So now she is "Sissy Sparkles"...

Didn't get much knitting done at all while gone. Was kept busy re-knitting and re-crocheting

Gavin and Mackenzie's baby blankets that they still sleep with. Trouble was, they have been

loved to shreds. I salvaged the center of hers and then re-crocheted it. Gavin's wasn't salvageable, so it went into mom's hopechest and he picked out new yarn and I made him

a new, smaller version.

And now that I'm home, I'm not knitting much due to this little fuzz-face. Cooper is keeping me busy. I'm either extracting my fingers from his mouth or chasing after him when he grabs a skein of yarn. So as soon as he takes a nap I try to grab my knitting and get a few rows done.

Am trying desparately to finish the Kimono Jacket. Kay, Kim, Jan and I are doing a knit-a-long and as soon as we all get the pieces done we're going to put together at the same time as Michelle tells us it's a little tricky.