Winter fun with the Viking Yacht Club

 

One of the winter Viking Yacht Club events was a glassblowing experience in Tacoma.  Several of us attended the workshop, learning firsthand how difficult it is to blow glass!  You can see Alice turning her piece in the fiercely hot kiln. We had a LOT of help in making our pieces...  Several options were on display and we could choose both the item and the color combination.  Alice chose to make a heart shaped bowl with red and white accents.


After the items had cooled, Bob picked up all the items and we got together at his home for pizza and a glass viewing!  From left, Robert, Bob, Alice and Carla display their works of art.

The Babies are growing!

   We were at our Indio home for Easter 2013.  Five of Alice's six children with their families were there!  A September entry showed Jack, left, and Oliver on Grandma Johnson's lap. just a few weeks old.  Now they are 5 1/2 months old and growing like weeds...
   

Grandpa Johnson enjoyed playing with Oliver for a while.  He is a very happy baby and warms up to everyone quickly.
Jack had open heart surgery on April 5.  He is still in the PICU at the hospital in Long Beach, but will be home soon.  He has been quite the trooper through it all.