Blankets for Grandpas

So much has happened over the last few weeks...we have lots of things to catch up on.

Jesse and I have been crazy with our jobs. Jesse has been working long hours and recently traveled to Texas for work, and I have been busy getting end of quarter stuff together and just got back from a conference in Northern Minnesota. As I am laying in bed, relaxing after a hectic couple of days, I am trying to catch up on our blog.

Something that I have been wanting to post for awhile, is way back in August, Olivia's Great Grandpa Chris had fallen while we were at Jesse's uncles Joe's house. Olivia was very concerned about Grandpa Chris. Around the same time her Great Grandpa Harvey had a surgery and was in the hospital. One night, we were praying for the both of them and Olivia decided that she needed to make a blanket for each of her Grandpas. She LOVES her blankets, and they always make her feel better when she is not feeling well or sad, so she decided she needed to make one for each of her grandpas. We were so proud of her coming up with this idea all on her own. Well, of course, Grandma Ruth was all over this. She picked Olivia up one day and took her to the fabric store. Olivia picked out fabric for both Grandpas. She picked out John Deere fabric for Grandpa Harvey because they have always had this back-and-forth Red vs. Green tractor debate. And she picked out Route 66 fabric for Grandpa Chris because he likes to drive and because it had Texas on it. We worked on the both blankets. We were able to deliver Grandpa Harveys at the hospital, but we had to wait to give Grandpa Chris his blanket. Luckily Jesse had some training there a few weeks back and he was able to deliver Grandpa Chris' blanket in person. Here are some pictures...