Cool GiveAWay!

Check out the COOL GIVEAWAY over at Bloom Workshops!

www.bloomworkshops.com

While you're there, peruse the cool website! Lots of good stuff to be found!

I'd love to have the membership to www.clickinmoms,com or the wonderful presets for my Lightroom!

** on another note, I'm looking for a quick and easy Mystery Quilt Pattern for a wall size or small lap size quilt. any ideas would be appreciated! **

for the quilt/blog police...

Here's a sneak picture of a quilt top I am working on!

My girlfriend at http://www.froggybottomquilting.blogspot.com/ designed this.

I love the colors!

I hope to have the quilt top done this week!

It's been a busy week! I hope to get some downtime this week but doubt it. Is it possible w/ 5 kids? We have a 5 day school week this week (both homeschool and public)! The poor kids, what will they do?

I have swim class 3 mornings this week, then 5 mornings each week in march! Can't wait!

Brother-in-law Van is still visiting. In fact, he and other b-i-l- and dear m-i-l were here for dinner tonight. We had yummy steak, diced cheesy potatoes, salad, watermelon, and rolls for dinner. It was delicious! They had icecream for dessert, I had none. No dessert for me!

Hope you have a blessed week!

It's just peachy!

I just love when the blossoms appear on my favorite tree!

Do you see the bee?

I saw the bee. I didn't see the other 3, but they saw me!

Yikes!

Yummmmm

Happy Birthday to my dear brothers-in-law!

Both Van and Big Rick were born on Feb 17, but 3 years apart!

Van turned 57

Rick celebrated the big 6 0 !!!

He doesn't look a day over 59, huh?

Van came from the rain forest to surprise his older brother here in the desert! We celebrated with dinner at Buca de Beppo's! One of our favorite restaurants.
It was divine!

Heaven in the Desert

Yesterday was President's Day and the kids were off from school. We had an impromptu gathering at the Wetlands Park in Las Vegas/Henderson. This is the newer area that was developed within the last 5 years. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and we had sooooo much fun!

Here's most of the kids, I think there's a toddler missing. Hopefully she didn't' fall in the creek!

Ricky, Jett, Travis, Ashtyn, Sara, Mara, Addison, James, Matthew, Sean, and Daisy's legs! Oh No, where's Ansley Jo?

In my dreams...

In my dreams, I have lots of time to sew, to make fabulous quilts, to spend hours upon hours sewing and not ripping. I have so much time to take beautiful pictures and edit them perfectly so I will one day win the prize when Pioneer Woman has her photo contests!

But I live in the awake zone, not the sleep zone. So here's a few pix of quilts I have downloaded off the internet (THIEF!!) and would love to make someday. When I am dreaming!

Signs of Life

Our almond tree seems to have had some late bloomers. We picked our almonds several months ago. There are new buds all over the tree.

Our peach tree has hundreds of buds on it! I am soooo excited! I love peaches! We need to brace the tree really well this year - last year it broke in half from the weight of the peaches.

I can hardly wait!