It's Friday night already.........

This week was a busy one. I cleaned a bit on Tuesday, had lunch with my cousin, took dd to Hebrew school & did our "taste of walnut creek, restaruant walk" (my gosh that was fun!).
Wednesday did some more cleaning, took all the kids donation stuff to good will & did a little sewing. My dad arrived in the evening & dh returned from his trip to San Diego.
Thursday dad & I spent some time together, mostly at home cause I've got a cold and feel a bit under the weather.
Today I went to work & dad went to work with dh. You could call it "take your father-in-law to work day". This evening dad & I watched the debate while dh was at his softball game. The kids have been busy too, they are around here somewhere. :0)

busy Monday!

I've exercised, dressed, changed all the beds. I photographed and emailed the dining room pics. to the consignment store. Have all the sheets washing & here are the pictures of the Americana quilt top & the Temple quilt fabrics, and yes I am short a fabric for a turning twenty so I will go stash hunting later. I'm off to switch loads and sew the backing for the Americana quilt. Dh is also coming home for lunch ..... soup is on the menu.

Have a great day!

Clean rooms at our house .... woohoo!

This weekend the kids cleaned out their rooms. (with a little help from me ;) .....) Drawers, closets, bookshelves, etc. We sorted and bagged for donations and the trash. They both did a great job. It was a lot of work! I must say their rooms look very nice now & a bit larger too .....
Sarah & I also took a trip to the fabric shop. I picked out fabrics for another "turning twenty" quilt that I'm donating to our Temple's auction in the spring. They are really cool & I'll post pictures of them soon. I'm too tired to get them out .... etc.
The next room on the cleaning list is the office/sewing room. We are going to sell our dining room set and turn that space into the office/computer room. Do you know what that means????? I get my own sewing/craft room! Hopefully we will move things around in the coming weeks, I just gotta get rid of the dining room stuff.
Stay tuned ....

Fall is in the air

I love this time of year. The air in the moring is nice and cool and the days are warm and sunny. It was a busy weekend with boy scout popcorn sales and sunday school. Dh and I went to dinner Saturday night, sushi ... yum. We also got to hang out for a few hours together Sunday afternoon while the kids were busy with a movie & popcorn selling.
Sarah stayed home from school yesterday with a very sore throat so that meant a whole day of sewing for me. WooHoo! I cut and pieced most of a quilt top that I'm making for my cousin. Now I just need to add the borders and search/shop for a backing.
Alice kitty is feeling much better this week while Steve's jaw is still very sore. He's loosing a few lbs. since he can only eat soft foods. Hopefully the pain will ease in the coming days.
I'm off to eat lunch ..... catch ya later!

It's been a busy week around here

Monday night my DH was hit by a line drive to the left side of this chin. His jaw has a hairline fracture. They aren't going to wire it but they will keep an eye on the healing and he's got pain meds to keep him comfy. He's also on a soft foods diet so mealtime at our house has been interesting. Lots of eggs, pancakes, shakes, smoothies & pasta.
It's been a little more than a week since my kitty Alice was really sick. She either had a small stroke or has a brain tumor. She is improving a lot this week though. She has spent a lot of time hiding/resting behind my quilt rack. Today she's been out of hiding and I've seen her eating and walking around the house. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she continues to improve.
I've even been quilting this week. I've finished a "turning twenty" quilt top and am just waiting for the backing I ordered to arrive. It's been so nice to get into the quilting groove again. I didn't realize how much I missed it.

Quilting in Las Vegas

Of course while in Las Vegas Jill & I had to do a little damage at the LQS "The Christmas Goose". I picked out some Black Jack & poker fabric and also a FQ bundle of the "in the pink 2" line. I'm thinking about the turning twenty pattern with the bundle. I also helped Jill pick out americana fabrics for quilt she's making next. We had a great time!

Happy 15th Birthday Ryan!

August 29th was Ryan's birthday. We arrived in Las Vegas that afternoon & after dinner the girls surprised Ryan with a yummy cake! We all sang "Happy Birthday" and everyone raved about how goooood the cake was. Thanks Aunt Jill, Zoey & Abby for making Ryan's birthday special!

Labor Day weekend in Las Vegas

What a great time we had last weekend in Las Vegas. We went to see my brother Kevin & Jill and of course the girls. We took the kids bowling on our last night there. Doesn't it look like fun! Zoey and Abby both did a great job!