Ohio and Kayaks

We took a quick trip to Ohio to spend some time with family.  We had an awesome time visiting the "Aunts of Ohio," but of course I didn't take a picture of anything there.  They had a awesome dog that Scout chased all over. Munchkin got over her fear of dogs and loved holding the dog's leash while we went for walks.  We went swimming in Lake Erie, and one of the big highlights for the kids was picking vegetables in their garden.  The kids will eat lots of stuff after they picked it. They even got to dig up sweet potatoes.  We had a great weekend.

We also picked up 2 more kayaks, so now this is a typical sight on weekends.  I am usually out there with them, so it took a while before they went without me and I could take pictures of them.

2 kayaks - 2 carts

 Daddy carrying the 3rd kayak.

 Scout and Daddy in the kayak, Scout loves it.

 All 4 kids and Daddy out playing in the bay, We all love it.

THANKS AUNTS!!

Quilt Top

This is the top of my latest quilt, basically showing it here so my sister can see and critique... now on to basting and quilting it.  I think concentric circles in each block.

Back to work sewing

I am officially back to work now.  I am working a part-time crazy schedule.  Of course I had to decorate my office.  I also needed to use up a bunch of scraps around my sewing room.

I needed a coaster for my coffee cup, so I turned a few scraps into this. (ignore the corner, I had a binding issue)


It works great for my Calvin Mug, this mug is my work coffee cup and is used proudly every day.

 My office is a bare gray cubicle.  It needed a little bit of color.  I took the scraps from the bags I made for the teachers at Christmas and sewed them all together.  Then I added a bright yellow binding.  It is a fun mini-quilt for my cubicle wall.  I may need to make a bigger quilt for the outside wall of my cubicle, it is bare gray and boring.

Cub Scouts Fishing Derby

The cub scouts had a fishing derby, since my kids don't have fishing poles we improvised and Daddy cut down some bamboo poles from the empty lot down the street.  They had a great time and Daddy even caught the biggest fish of the day (11 1/2 inches) with his bamboo pole.  One of the neighbors took pictures from her kayak for us.

 Our rock star in sunglasses.

 Scout didn't fish, but I love this picture of him peaking out from the people.

Reading

I can't imagine this is comfortable, but it didn't seem to bother her.

Concert in the park

We did spend a Saturday night having a family picnic and enjoying a concert in the park.  It was a good opportunity to take some fun pictures.

 Scout is the newest soccer star.

1st Day of School 2013

They are growing up fast and headed into Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade.

Buddy will smile sometimes, I had to give him 3 days notice that we were going to have pictures and he was going to smile.

 Or, maybe not

 Still can't get a good picture.

Scout also started day care, and I went back to work part time.  Of course he didn't get any pictures taken.

End of summer 2013

The end of the summer was busy.  We had lots of fun.

A trip to Port Discovery was in the works, this time we brought friends.  It was nice to share one of our favorite places with some friends.  Of course the boys didn't want their pictures taken.  

 We had a few last minute Dr. appointments.  Of course where we take out the camera to entertain children while we wait.

 We had a few dart gun wars around the house.  This little guy is finally figuring out how to play.

It was a great end to the summer.