Brynn's Creation

Brynn's been a busy young lady as of late.

I have to brag about her for just a minute or two...

... but she will get very embarrassed about this unsolicited attention

and likely be angry with me for telling you just how fabulous she is :-)

(she's a bit shy ... like me ...

and the rest of the children in this home for that matter)

Brynn's been working on this fabulous blanket

at her church youth-night once a week

(a.k.a. Activity Days for fellow LDS readers)

for the past couple weeks.

She toiled over the sewing machine...

... and did her own quilting on an industrial size quilting machine!!!

(A big thank you to a very brave Jill Z. for letting all the girls descend upon her house

AND use her incredible machine - we know Jill through church too.)

So, the first week Brynn cut the strips of fabric.

Week 2 she stitched the strips together.

Week 3 she went to Jill's house for the quilting.

Finally, on week 4 we tackled the binding.

And tonight, she is reading about Helen Keller ...

under her snugly new blanket.

Such a TALENTED girl!

We're so grateful for dedicated and inspired youth leaders.

Brynn's Activity Day leaders are THE BEST!!!

She's a bit of a perfectionist ... so she'd get frustrated with minor mistakes.

I can totally relate. I have a love/hate relationship with sewing too.

I spend too much time ripping all the stitches out ...

because it wasn't PERFECT the first time.

But I still love the creative aspect of it -

so much so that I keep at it when time permits.

Also, Brynn's 3rd grade class at school took a field trip to the

Country Music Hall of Fame

in downtown Nashville last week.

Before the big field trip day arrived,

they wrote songs that they then recorded

in the recording studios on site at the Hall of Fame.

Then the museum staff picked one song to be performed

(by staff at the Hall of Fame) in front of everyone

on the stages right there in that famous building ...

... and guess whose song was picked for that special performance?

That's right - it was Brynn's song.

(She takes after her Daddy in that regard ...

he was writing songs at her age too ...

and even cut a couple albums in his teens and early 20s.)

Brynn was sooooo thoroughly embarrassed.

We're anxiously awaiting a copy of the CD they

made during their visit so we can hear her song

(we were not in any way involved in this project -

she did it all on her own)!!!

We love you Brynn...

thanks for letting me brag on you a little bit tonight

(don't be angry with me ... remember

I'm taking you to the Predators hockey game -

so we're even now, right? wink)