Sleepover at Nana's

Chance needed a break from his parents, so we decided to have a sleepover. He wanted his cousins to join him, but everyone was busy except Cael and Nate. We had a yummy snack.


Played some games, Legos, tractors, farming, shot some hoops, army, just to name a few.



Had yummy pizza for supper



and Grandpa's famous popcorn.



Watched a couple of movie--Chuggington, Barnyard, and some pirate thing to name a few!


Then settled down for the night. They decided sleeping bags on the family room floor sounded better than beds. By then they were TIRED! But not nearly as tired as Nana and Grandpa!!



I got to sleep(used loosely) down with the boys while grandpa snuggled up in his bed. I think Nana's going to need a nap today!

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A New Table Topper

If you read my blog regularly you will remember that in November we went to Dallas for the NASCAR race and stayed in the camper with my brother and sister-in-law.  As a thank you to my sister-in-law I made her  this table topper.  The pattern is quartered nines.

I used a Moda Charm Pack, but I can't remember the name of it!  And a Kona (some type of brown) for the border.  And I found a flowered fabric at JoAnn's that I liked to go with it for the border and back.  

I free motion quilted the inside and the outer border.

It is quite large, but I forgot to measure it!  I hope Gay enjoys it.

Friday the 24th was my birthday, and Mother Nature provided me with this:

 Which led to a 2 hour late start at school.  Ahhhhh.....two extra hours to enjoy my coffee!

Bud had taken the day off to baby-sit with Clara who didn't have daycare that day.  She showed up about 7:30.  She "helped" me get ready for school.  She needed make-up.  And who couldn't resist "Please, please, please" when I was putting on my jewelry!  So here she is all ready for her day necklace and all!

She was VERY pleased with herself in case you can't tell!  This is her "Say, Cheese" face.

After a good day at school I joined some friends for a little celebration.  All of us in the back row had a birthday in January or February.  Thanks for a nice time, Phyllis!

I finished up the evening with dinner out at Red Lobster, my favorite restaurant.  The lobster was YUMMY!  Life is good!

Recycled With Love

Dad passed away in 1987 at the ripe young age of 52. I miss him all the time. I'm sorry my kids did not get to know him and he didn't get to be an influential part of their lives.

My sister had a pair of Dad's insulated coveralls that she had kept over the years. A while ago she gave them to me because she thought I could do something with them. They looked like this:(sorry, not a good picture)


One thing that made it hard to just get rid of them was this:


Getting rid of Dad's name, Gene, seemed like getting rid of just one more part of him. After giving it a lot of thought I decided to make something for my brother with part of the coveralls. So using the top front, so I could spotlight Dad's name I came up with this---rust spots and all--


It is an iPad case. I know Dean's isn't pink, but I put mine in it just to check the size. The pocket can hold the cord, and the side unsnaps and the zipper works.


I hope Dean enjoys it and thinks of Dad everyday when he uses it.
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February Birthdays

We have three February birthdays in our family.  We start with Grayson on February 13th.  Since we don't see him very often we decided to go take him out for some fun.  

Chuckie Cheese it was!

He was in awe of the animated figures.  

He was 2!

Nate's turned 5 on February 17th.  He gets two parties--one with his dad's family and one with our family.  Trilby hosted a party for Nate, Grayson, and me.  The theme was Pirates and Pizza.  She made wonderful pizza and we came as pirates!

These two were DANGEROUS with their swords!

My sister was there with her two grandchildren.

Trina, Tanner, & Grayson were there complete with the pirates on their shoulders!

And of course the oldest pirates showed up too!

The two birthday boys hamming it up for the camera!

There were others there, but they were party poopers and didn't dress for the occasion!

Thanks Trilby, we had a great time!

February Fun!

We attended the annual butchering session at my sister's place the beginning of February.  I volunteered for baby-sitting duty, so I was inside with the youngest kids all day.

Three of them are my grandchildren and two of them are my sister's grandchildren.  They had a great time playing together all day!

  Dakota is two weeks older than Clara, and she declared Clara to be the "baby"!!  She really wanted to take care of Clara all day, but Clara was having none of that!

The guys really enjoy butchering, and I love knowing we have our own meat--something you can't be sure of when it goes to the locker.  I had the best job inside with the kids!

11 in '11

 If you've been reading  my blog you know that I participated in  a challenge to make 11 quilts/projects in 2011 called 11 in "11.  This was a challenge put out by Kim from Kim's Big Quilting Adventure.  Here are the projects I counted for my 11 in '11.

Yes, there are actually a couple more than 11.  You can read about them under my tab at the top called--11 in '11.
              Here are some misc. projects I did in 2011, but didn't count toward my challenge.

                           Anyway, Kim graciously sent a reward for completing the challenge!

                     Yes, it is a Fat Quarter Bundle!! As you can see the fabric is Denim Winsome.

                             It came from the Fat Quarter Shop, and Kim included a nice little card.

What gorgeous colors!   I am so grateful, and certainly did not expect such a reward.  Actually, I was grateful for the challenge.  And completing it was reward enough.

                                  Thank you, Kim.  It was so not necessary, but so appreciated!     And to continue Kim's challenge I'm going for 12 in '12!  Thanks Kim!