the quilting bug..

my mom quilts. all of my aunts quilt. both grandmas quilt.


 I swore up and down I never would, that it was not for me.

However, I have been bitten by the quilting bug and I am so excited. I am ordering fabric, thread, kits, and more!

So far I have made 2 baby quilts, a bib, a number of burp rags in different shapes and sizes, a baby crinkle toy and 1 baby blanket.

I soon will be expanding my project list to:

- jewelry envelopes (christmas presents)
- wine or sparkling cider cozy (more christmas presents)
- quilt as you go quilt
- log cabin quilt
- table runner

so I will be busy busy!

my wonderful

This week has felt like we were hit with a train. A really big one. twice.

Eric is been really strong through the whole thing, he loves his grandpa dearly and would be ripped apart if anything happened to him, but he was strong the whole time we were visiting Grandpa Udell.

He helped hold me together on Tuesday when our world was ripped apart and he has been such a wonderful support.

He is my faithful cowboy, Cases' "police car man" and our favorite man.

I love him.

Grace

this afternoon while I was resting, I had a dream. My dream was about Grace. That is what we named our little girl who now rests in Jesus' arms in heaven.

I had a dream that we (Eric, Case and myself) went on a tour of heaven and we got to see Grace. She was precious, even though she was so tiny, she was perfect. All of her fingers and toes were formed perfectly, she had little bits of brown hair and her eyes were closed, but she was completely formed. Jesus was holding her in his arms and Case said, "thats my sister" and Jesus said, "you're right." Then Case said, "I want to hold her" and Jesus said, "ok". So after Case held her and we got to see how perfect she was and how loved she was by her heavenly father, we knew that she was in the safest place she could be.

I am thankful that we have such a wonderful faith in Jesus and that he takes care of us from conception. I am thankful that baby Grace is in heaven and that she will always be our little girl.

teaching Case the tools of the trade...

we have had to start doing our own work on our 4wheelers and Case is very interested in all things boy.        I love Eric for teaching Case all these things!

October

We have been having lots of fun so far this October. I have documented our adventures.

Eric got a flat tire on his mower in the field, so Case helped him fix it.



Potty training is in full swing at our house, whatever I can do to get Case to sit on the potty, I will do

Case loves to help his dad on the farm, even if it means to change sprinklers

There is always time to sit in a bucket

And play ball in the living room....

winding down for the night....

Petting Seeker

Reading stories to Dad....



new sayings around here...

Case has become quite the talker, and is getting better with his sentences all the time. Here s afew of his sentences that I feel need to be shared:

"Mom! lets get a dolphin from the river and take it home!"

"Mom! The dolphins in the river are REALLLLLLYYYY BIIIIEEEEGGGGG!"

"Lets catch a dolphin and put it in the field with the cows and horses mom!"

(I think we're letting him watch to many Diego and Dora shows....)

He also plays baseball everyday, often with unusual items:

- shop vac implement as his bat with a heart stress ball as his ball (in the house, none the less)

- shims and rocks

who needs toys? Case just uses stuff he finds around the house!

new embarkings... (is that even a word??)

So I have gotten quilting fever. I made  a quilt for my sister-in-law this summer for the new baby that is about to arrive, and I am almost done with my second baby quilt for the silent auction for FFA.

Today I decided that I am going to make a hamper sack, duvet and curtains for Cases' new room as my mom got him the cutest cowboy chuckwagon bedroom set for his 2nd birthday and we are going to use it for his new room. Then I decided I was going to make a quilt for mine and Erics bed and my mom gave me the cutest "recipe" for a lawn chair quilt that looks really hard but is supposed to be soooooooo easy.

Go to the Moda Bake Shop and learn how to make your own lawn chair quilt!

Oh and one more thing.. have a happy labor day weekend!