It’s About Time

It’s definitely about time that I get a few words written down here before I forget everything that has happened. 


We are always pretty busy around the July 4th holiday and this year was no different.  We host the LARGE (100+) family party each year so there is always plenty to keep us busy.  As well our son, DIL and their two little ones come for a visit.  We always enjoy their company.  They only live two hours away, but we all know how that goes.  Lives are busy!


So….what has been going on here???  Where shall I begin?  We’ve celebrated a couple of fun birthdays.



The big "1"

Yes....it is alive!!!!

We’ve done baking.



My three Monday "housecleaners"!!!!

…..went to see Cars II,

….entertained houseguests,

........watched tree forts being built,



The little one on the right broke his arm later in the evening and it wasn't from falling out of the tree!!!!

and dug up our tortoise eggs (finally)!!!

We’ve watched the quail bring their babies to the feeders.

There are nine babies and two sets of parents, thus why some babies are larger than the others.

Of course we also celebrated the 4th of July.



Should I claim that I know him????

Lots of volleyball.

Ground flowers are always fun.

So are sparklers!

Watching the fountains!

Why is it that they think if their ears are covered they won't "see" something????

Do you remember from my last post how I lost my scissors?  Can you imagine my thrill to learn that I won a pair in Thearica’s (www.pigtalesandquilts.com) giveaway.  Just look at how cute these little scissors are!!!!  I am sure they will put my lost ones to shame!

I have actually been doing a lot of sewing in spurts around here.  There was a lot of mending that had to be done (boring), but also a little fun.  I have several guild donation quilts that still need their binding before next week's meeting.  I did finish my first round of the Rockin Robin (see link on sidebar) quiltalong.  I am really pushing my limits here because I do not do purples!!!!  I decided to do this completely with what I have in my stash and this is the first row.

A bit more detail.

Something else that I am really excited about was winning one of the Beam and Read lights from Mdm Samm.   It has gotten harder and harder to work on my cross stitch projects as the daylight dims and the eyes get older.  It sounds like it is the perfect tool for the projects I have stacked and waiting.  I’m also looking forward to using it with my Kindle. Thank you Mdm Samm and IHAN.