Pillows, swimming , pottery and RIP Stormycat

I was able to borrow my moms sewing machine for a day so I could work on the pillows for my dining room. I got it all for under $26! Here are the (mostly) finished pillows.


Also this week, Ella had swimming lessons with the wonderful Leah. Leah was so very patient and kind to Ella even when she was crying during the lesson. I will definitely be taking her back next summer!

Kicking practice


Marching practice for treading water


And swimming with Leah's help


Wes came along to watch.


A couple of weeks ago when my sister was here we took the girls to Pottery By You and they painted some little deer and us big girls painted a trivet for our mommy. We got to pick them up this week and Ella was very proud of her creation. Mom liked her trivet too, so it was good all around.



Lastly, on Monday we had to put our beloved Stormy down. She was almost 15 years old and recently had a stroke so she couldn't use her back legs very well. She also had kidney failure and heart problems. Mom decided to let her live out her life until the pain overcame the pleasure. Over the past weekend Stormy finally lost all ability to use her back legs and was unable to move, eat or go to the bathroom so we all decided that it would be best to put her to rest. We will all miss our kitty, but Ella will especially miss her Stormy-cat. The only silver lining was that it gave us a nice opportunity to explain about death and heaven etc. with Ella. RIP Stormy!