Wow, completely forgot about this blog so much has happen. I did get quilts for all the grandkids done. And we have a new granddaughter Paisley Jane.  She has a baby blanket done. She even received it before she was born.

Is she not the cutest?   Quilt not bad either.

My granddaughters, Kinsley, Kaitlyn and Paisley. Love them.

Four oldest Grandkids and their quilts.

My grandson, Andrew and Braeden and their mom Kimberly

Love them.

Will update more later. PINEAPPLES.

Water park giggles

How did I spend my summer?  Most of it was spent with my Grandkids.  I can't believe how fast the summer went by.  The next few post will be about spending fun,crazy,silly time with my grandkids.  We had more fun than you can even imagine.  A lot of the summer was spent just spending time with each other.  I know they are too young to remember, but i will never forget the fun we had.  When we weren't just hanging around the house, because of the 105*+ days, we got out early and went to play in the water.  We have a mouth dropping,giggling smile splash park, about 2 miles from my house.

                                                   The kids had a Blast.

 

Andrew and Braeden had a mouth dropping time.  Andrew loved the water, he was right in the big middle of it.  Braeden stayed more around the edge.  He wasn't so sure about the water in his face.  But as you can tell the twins had a great time. 

 

 Who was there to show them how to do it?   Their fun and crazy cousins Kinsley and Kaitlyn.  The girls had a great time showing them how to do it. It was a blast to watch how they all played together. 

 

 

You can tell by the great big giggle smiles how much fun the girls had.  We will be going back there often.  It is one of their favorite places to go, when they get to come down and play with Grandma. 

 

 

 

In Memory Of.............

Kinsley, you finally have a Baby Quilt from your Grandma. It was a very easy quilt to make. It was leftover squares from a quilt that my mom had done for someone . All I had to do was sew the squares and stripes together and quilt it. I started machine quilting it and didn't like the look of it. I then took all of that out and hand quilted it. I think it looks a lot nicer that way. Flannel on the back so it is all soft and warm. I love the feel of flannel on the back.

It only took 3 years after making the top to get it quilted. Life got in the way and it got packed away. Starting to quilt again and didn't want to start another one until this one was done.

My plans now are to make one for Kaitlyn and hopefully get it done before she turns one and one each for the twins, Braydon and Andrew who are due in April. I want to start on a twin size for Kinsley after I get the Baby Blankets done. I think I better get busy.

Let's Make It Ours - Let's Make It Ours - DIY Photo Tiles

Let's Make It Ours - Let's Make It Ours - DIY Photo Tiles

Love to make these tiles. They are so cute

Happy Birthday

She wasn't sure about the Candle on top of her cake. But she loves cupcakes, or at least the icing on top of the cupcake. That is her favorite part. Messy but good.

Little Red Riding Hood

How can you resist a Little Red Riding Hood . It only took me two days to make her costume. It mainly took a day and a half to make the cape. I kept putting the hood on backward or inside out. After that it didn't take long at all. I used 1/2 a tree skirt for the lining of the cape and hood. The Dress was made without a pattern using the tutorial from http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2007/07/peasant-blouse.html ,she has very easy instructions on make a peasant shirt and all I had to do is make it longer for her a dress, add an apron and put a ruffle on it. Clear as mud. Nor bad considering that it was all made with material on hand. So the cost was Zero.

Using the same tutorial I decided the night before halloween to make her a shirt to wear during the day. I picked up some Candy corn material that day while I was in town for 75% off . So for $ 1.50 she also got a cute shirt to wear. Can't see it but there is a ruffle around the bottom and had to add a ruffle at the cuff, the sleeves weren't long enough the first time. Notice she does a Kimberly smile. You can tell her to smile and she does that fake "Okay I'm smiling but it hurts smile." The only problem was they had to bribe her with getting candy to get her to take her candy corn off and put on her Little Red Riding Hood.

"I Cut, I Cut !"

What could be more fun than cutting lavender with your granddaughter. I don't know why we always decide to go to these places in the Heat of Summer, But we do. The Lavender Ridge Farms outside of Gainsville, Texas was having a Lavender Festival. I have always loved lavender and decided this was a good chance to get some. I have been known to stop on the side of the road and cut flowers or pick up a rock or anything else that looks interesting. So actually to go somewhere just to cut flower was kind of new to me. Especially to pay to do it. But luckily my hubby was there to actually fork over the cash. For your money, you got to borrow a basket, a pair of scissors and a twisty tie. You could get all you could tie with the twisty. Kinsleys favorite words there was "I Cut, I Cut". Which would have been great, if only she knew how to work the scissors. But between my 2 daughters , my granddaughter and I, we were able to get our bundle. We had a great time and looking forward to our next adventure.