February 29, 2016 - Monday and Leap Year in Nauvoo

We have enjoyed another P-day here in Nauvoo.  The morning air was so clean and fresh as we took our walk after our morning devotional and prayers.  The temperatures reached into the mid 60's this afternoon!    Spring weather became very promising today!  However, snow is in the forecast for Wednesday!  Go figure...

Mom became very excited, today, when she found the perfect baby blanket material.  There is a fabric store in Keokuk that she has been wanting to check out for some time now.  They are usually closed on Mondays, our P-day, but they were opened today for a special sale.  She not only found her perfect material, but she got it on sale!  Here are the pictures I took this afternoon after we go back home;

The beginning of Levi's blanket!

The beginning of Faith's blanket!

The beginning of Macie's blanket!

Notice that smile?  Yes, she is ready to go to work and make these special blankets for her last three grandchildren.  By the way, we are anxious to meet them!!  Mom and I both had the opportunity to invite the store owner and one of her associates to come to Nauvoo.  Hopefully they will take us up on the offer!

I finished up making the knitted hats for all the grandchildren and had this yarn left over.  I did not want to throw it away so I had to come up with something pretty creative and extremely rare!  Take a look at my raw materials and then read on to find out what I am about to make;

What to do with extra yarn?

This will be the most unique and rare hat in the world.  No one has ever seen this remarkable collection of yarn that will be assembled by a master hatter craftsman....(me)... this is the very beginning of something bigger than life...  Grandpa is going to knit the first ever, "John Hinkle", hat!!  There has never been another one ever created by mankind, (and probably never even considered!), so keep checking this blog for the finished product!

And then we closed out our day with our first Sunset practice.  That's right, it is time to begin the rehearsals for that outdoor play that the senior missionaries perform in with the Young Performing Missionaries.  The Sunset directors are really focused in on this production and we are excited to see it come together.  It should be even better than last year!