Retro Zig Zag

My first quilt from start to finish! Let me just say that it took a lot longer than I thought to do the zig zag quilting that you see on the last picture. It was so rewarding seeing it all come together though and I love how it turned out. I even love how the back is all pieced together.

Officially a teenager now!

My oldest boy is now a teenager. I don't feel old but I must be getting older.

I am so proud of him. He is learning to overcome challenges as he continues to learn and grow more inside and out everyday. I'm so glad he still likes to play games with his mom and is willing to help out when I need him to.


Some of his favorites:
Likes to skateboard, play the guitar, keep a messy room, take apart anything, play sports, play with his air soft guns, earn money, and spend money.


For his birthday Jordan got to go golfing with his Grandpa and his Dad using his new golf clubs. Then we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise for dinner and home for some birthday pumpkin pie.

Do I have any takers?

Anyone want to buy some of Dylan's school work for $30.00?




What is a five year old boy to sell when his big brother is holding a garage sale? Basically anything he can find.
I thought this pricing was a little high until I found another paper for $7000.7000. You read right-he was selling his baseball trophy for 7000 dollars and 7000 cents.

Gotta love this boy!

A favorite way to relax

I love watching the sun setting, listening to the waves crash, and enjoying the cooler night breeze. It's a beautiful way to end the day. As crazy as life gets, watching the sunset clears my mind as I seriously enjoy the beauty around. Sometimes I forget to just stop and look around at the things I'm surrounded with on a daily basis. I hope to take more time to do that.

Piggy-back ride

Jacob and his Grandpa James

Photo 101

I can't even tell you how rewarding it has been for me to learn a new skill. I have really loved taking my photography class and have now learned to take pictures using manual. Yay! Hopefully I can keep up with practicing because I am so slow right now (it takes a while for me to change my settings), but the end result is worth it. My family is sooo done with me taking pictures of them but they were all great subjects.


I had to share this picture of Dylan because he was so done with me taking pictures of him. This is him yelling and crying for me to stop posing him for pictures. He really was good with me doing it for quite a long time. I owe him some money though.

I am sad for the class to end. I feel like I have so much more to learn so I will patiently wait for the portrait class to start toward the end of the year.

Here are just a few shot from the last couple of days.

How can the Summer break be already gone?

The summer went too fast and we didn't even take a vacation to break it up. We had more sleepovers with family than I can count and Jordan practically lived at his Grandpa's house trying to earn money that would very soon burn a hole in his pocket. Scout camps, swimming lessons, sleepovers, and a never clean house - a small glimpse of what our summer looked like.

It was sad to lose the constant companionship of my boys to school but I look forward to having a few hours of a somewhat clean house.

Dylan is entering Kindergarten this year and he has loved the first few days of school. He can not say enough about the work he is doing and how much he loves it. Brendan wasn't so excited to go back to school but I think seeing his friends everyday has helped. Jordan found some of Richard's old shirts to wear for his first day of school. For a boy that has never wanted anything but t-shirts to wear, wearing a button down shirt is a pretty big change.