For Jaxon

Well this baby quilt is the second that I have made this year for a new niece/nephew.  This is for Jaxon,  Doug and Lydia's new little man.  He was born 6 weeks early but is now home with mom and dad and doing great!

This quilt brought a lot of firsts for me: first time with this pattern, first time to applique on the quilt, and first time for free-motion quilting.  All in all I am really happy for this to go to sweet Jaxon.  I fell in love with this fabric when we were still in VA and when they found out that it was a boy, I was so excited that I ran to JoAnn's to by it.

This is the back, a nice cozy flannel.  I really was very pleased with how this turned out and hope that they love it too.  And that is Mom back there holding the quilt in the wind :)  Thanks Mom!!

Happy Happy Birthday Ashley Dear!!

While Mom was here visiting we had Ashley's Birthday!  It was small and I think that we will still have a small party for her once Lewis gets back and life settles down a bit.  My new neighbor and dear friend, Katie, made this way yummy cake and celebrated with us.

What a pretty cake.  And yes folks that is eleven candles you see there.  My goodness am I that old?!?!

I just liked the effect of the candles and her in the background here.  She is my sweetie and I love her to death!  Happy Birthday Ash-Bash!!!

Milling...

Since I have become a baking fiend, a wheat mill seemed the logical next step :)  Lucky me I have a mother with 6 cases of wheat in her garage that she will never use (as she is not a baker herself).  After doing some research and watching online videos, I decided on a Nutrimil.  It is sooooo amazing!!

Here is my pretty grinder (it gives me goosebumps just lookin at it now).

This is what it looks like before the pretty grinder does its job.

The result is a wheat flour that you know exactly what is in it and it is much finer of a grind than even the more expensive flours.  I have been mixing it with my white flour and it is way yummy!

First Day of School

In all my updating fun I forgot to add the pictures of the kiddos on their first day of school.  So here they are with a little bit on how the first few days went.

Lets start with Ash.  She went to the middle school and boy was she excited.  She had a great couple of days and totally loves that she was able to help those around her with their lockers.  I think she will have a blast this year! (I know her hair looks odd but it was oh-so-cute; and yes after cutting bangs she has decided to grow them out again)

Then there is Austin that was so excited to start, but came home got his jammies on and cried himself to sleep.  It was so sad!  He did go back Friday and have a better day.  I am so proud of him for being brave.

Now we have Katie our big 1st grader.  She has a blast and is doing great!  We had a little bump in the road Friday morning where she could still not remember our new phone #.  She was afraid that she would not be able to call me if she needed me.  Once I convinced her that her teacher had it and could call if I was needed she was ok.

Natalie and I have been having fun during the day (other than a huge migraine on Thursday).  Natters is on a great nap schedule and I am getting back into the groove of life... Finally.  All the kids ride the same bus and so it makes it easy to go and walk to the bus in the morning and afternoon.  Plus I know that they can watch out for each other.

Pics with Dad

With Lewis going to Shepherd AFB for training we took some new pics.  We had fun with me setting the timer and running back.  I think that it turned out pretty good considering that I just barely made it.  Poor Natalie wouldn't sit on Lewis' lap she had to have her tush on that bench.

So cute!

The boys chillin'.

Ahhh....

So do you have cavities yet from the sweetness??  The kiddos really love to have these kinds of pictures near them to keep near their hearts.

KU Shirts.

My new neighbor/buddy went to a birthday party for her nephew this weekend in Kansas.  His parents are huge KU fans.  She found these fabrics and I made them into shirts for him.

This was my favorite.  I hope that they enjoy the shirts!

Go Jayhawks!

Austin is 9!

For Austins birthday we had a couple of his new friends come and make pizza and watch "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".  I think that the boys had a blast, and from a Mom's point of view it was a way easy party.

They had so much fun making their pizzas.

Yummy!!!

After the movie we had cake (blueberry cobbler) and presents.  

The kiddos were so great about pausing so I could take a few pictures.

I totally loved the look on his face here.

Sorry about another cake pic but I loved the smoke :)

I think that this was one of his favorites (Natalie loves to steal it and even figured out how to turn it on).

Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dellon sent this.  He still walks around the house with it.

Models & Bugs

Lewis wanted to get something that Austin could do with and without him.  So he bought Austin a model.  A little advanced if you ask me but he is in love and has a blast sitting at his little table working away.

He is o-so-careful as he carves out the bombs.

While Austin works on his model Ashley found this really pretty dragonfly.

New Rides

"Hey Austin will you come out and help me with something?"  That was what we heard one day last week.  You see we have been riding 4-5 days a week as a family this loop around the lake that is about 3 miles.  Well, you see that Austin had out grown his bike and has been riding Ashley's old one; which to say the least he did not like at all.  Lewis and I thought about getting him a new one for his birthday (still to come) but thought that he would like to have it a little early since we do ride so often.

From the moment that Lewis got it out of the car, Austin was on that bike till dark :)

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!!!

Katie needed a picture too.

And Lewis;  what a goof!!

He and Natalie take a little walk.

She is such a sweetie.

And this is my new ride, and Natters too :)  I totally love this bike and the fact that I am finally finding something active that I like to do.

I think Natters likes it too.

Off we ride into the wild blue yonder :)

By the way if you were wondering where Ash was during all this she was sitting cozy on my bed reading 'Twilight',  yep folks she has officially been sucked in (no pun intended).  She does ride with us on our daily rides though:)

DDPA

"Hello, my name is Natalie and I am a DDP-aholic.  Any time that I see a Sonic cup I go nuts;  jump up and down, sign 'more' and do a little happy dance."

Poor Natalie :)  I swear that the poor thing loves DDP more than I do.  You have to be really careful where you put your cup down because she will high-jack it and run off so that she can enjoy it for herself.

Rub a Dub

Last weekend Natalie helped Lewis wash is motorcycle.

A little scrub and then a little rinse.

She would not rest until Lewis let her help with the hose.

Sofa-Pillows :)

Well if you have been to my house in the last 4 months (in VA too) you have seen the falling apart, terrible, horrible sofa pillows that we had.  Now part of the reason that I had not recovered them sooner was because I was not sure what awaited us here in OK.  Well...  These beauties now reside on the sofa and love seat  (not the wagon:))  I think that the sofa needs at least one more.

I so love these!!!