For Naomi

I have been wanting to post this for a while but wanted the gift to be a secret until it was received.  My brother and his sweet wife are expecting their first baby the end of June and I made this great little quilt for her.  I finished it a month or so ago but finally got it into the mail last week so that they could get it before she had her baby shower.  Love ya guys!!

The front.  Momma doesn't like pink so much so she asked for purple. I love  how it turned out!

I love how it looks all washed and puckered up.

This is the first time that I did a pieced back (it was a technique that I saw online a lot),  but I really like it and will do it again.

I can't wait to meet you this summer sweet baby Naomi.

Playing in the Sun

With the sun finally shining and the rain gone (for now) we were the headquarters for a fun afternoon.  The kiddos had a blast playing out in the yard with their buddies.

I totally loved this pic.  Natalie was using the calculator as a phone. What a girl!!!

Wolf

Last night was Austin's last Pack Meeting here in VA.  He and I worked really hard (now I know why they recognize Mothers when the boys reach new levels) so that he could get his Wolf.  He was really excited but I could not get a good pic out of him to save his life.  So I sewed the patches on his uniform and took some this afternoon in his new Bear Scout uniform.  

Lewis gave him a pocket knife to celebrate.

Austin was not sure the best way to display his knife for a picture :)

I totally love this boy!

Last VA Pics

Yesterday I took my last set of pictures here in VA, at Burke Lake.  

Ashley - 10

Austin - 8

Katie - 6

Natalie - 1

Happy Mother's Day

A Mother's Prayer

Help me dear Lord, as a mother, I pray 
And bless these hands folded in prayer today; 
May they be ever strong as they guide, as they teach, 
Being never too far for a child to reach. 
May they never, with selfishness, try to dissuade, 
Nor too quickly punish, nor too slowly aid. 
May they point out the pleasures in laughter and song, 
And may they show, wisely, the right from the wrong, 
So that one day I'll know that I've helped all I can 
To make her a woman, to make him a man.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Love you Mom, Evalee,Grandma Kathy, Big Grandma, Anna, Emily, Elisha, Kristen, and Lydia.

Update

Quick note to all.  In the next few weeks I will be going nuts packing and purging the extra junk from my home in preparation for our upcoming move.  I will most likely not have more than one or two more posts till we get to Oklahoma in June. Love you all!

Jenny

Okay, like I need to be completely insane prior to our move; we have added Jenny to our family.  She is a great little pup that we rescued.   She is so tiny and sweet that I am not loosing my mind yet.  Even Lewis loves her :)

I added this picture so that you could see how little she is.  (We had to buy her a cat collar which isn't so bad since it has a little bell on it we always know where she is)  Supposedly she will not get any bigger than about 7lbs.  I love that wirey hair.

How can you not love that sweet face?!

I'm a Dork - Or Yumminess

So I ment to go to the store on Saturday night and then one thing led to another and I didn't so I didn't have bread or milk for Sunday and this morning.  Well I did have buttermilk and instant milk so we had buttermilk pancakes for lunch yesterday (ohhh so yummy) and then I decided to try this recipe for bread.  It was just as easy as rolls and oh so light.  I turned out 4 way yummy loaves of bread that my children love so much that they don't want me to buy bread anymore :)

Look at how light that bread is!  I was so surprised.  Totally great recipe and I will be making a lot more bread around here.

Fly Like and Eagle

Lewis has a friend at work that is a retired navigator, and upon talking about Austin and his wanting to be a pilot when he grows up, offered to take him flying.  Well, Saturday was that day.

First they did the pre-flight walk around.  Austin learned about checking the fuel and all sorts of fun things.

What a cool looking dude!

Austin even got to fly the plane.  What a big boy he is!  I can't believe it!

After the flight.

Thanks again Mr. Bob!  Austin had a great time and Lewis too :)  

I love that grin on Austin's face.  I think that he grinned like that all day.

Beauty in the Wild

This is why I hate for Lewis to mow the lawn in the spring.   I love how the violets just grow wild in the grass.  This year was the first that I noticed the little albino ones mixed in there.

Once I was outside with the camera I noticed one of the last Japanese Tulips on my neighbors tree.

I also noticed one of the first Dogwood blossoms.

Then there were these beautiful blossoms.

I love how the sun shines through the tree.

Also I can't wait till these azaleas bloom in the next couple of days :)

On a side note....  I got this fun book with some of my birthday money.  I am so excited to try some of these projects.  Although realistically I won't be able to do any till after we get to Enid.  I still have a few projects that I promised that I would help my dear friend Kim with.  I will soooooo miss my BFF (as Katie would say).

Did you See Bunny Tracks?

So we had a little visitor last night...did you?  

Austin said it was a little white rabbit with a magic bag:)

Everyone was in a great mood.

Natalie was really interested in what Austin was doing.

Katie's favorite goodie was a ZhuZhu pet.  This little hamster that makes noises and then rolls all over the floor.  A little silly but she is in love with Nugget :)

Austin got some Bakugon (I think that that is how you spell it).  

Ashley got the next two books in the Percy Jackson series.

The aftermath.

Once Natalie was all funned-out (is that even a really word?  oh well) she played with one of her birthday toys.  Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dellon got her this really awesome cube thing that has all sorts to do.  She really loves it.

Between sessions of General Conference we had Easter Dinner here with some friends from church.  We had a great Easter and hope that you all did too.

Happy Birthday Natalie!!!

To celebrate Natalie's birthday we took a few pictures in the front yard after General Conference but before cake. Enjoy!!!

I love her little pondering face here.