LiveSand Dollar

While we were at Coronado Island, Aaron found a live Sand Dollar.....I have never seen one of these alive. He was standing on it when the sand washed out from under him. It was so cool, here are him and Jordan playing with it.

Emma at the beach

Emma is so happy when she is at the beach, I guess we will just have to move here. Also, amazing things happened to her rough little skin, apparently, salt air is good for rough dry skin.

Coronado Beach

This weekend we took an adventure to San Diego. We went to Sea World, then the Midway Battleship. Last of all, we finished off with Coronado Beach, where Jordan played in the water. Here are some videos of the beach. This first one is Jordan running into the water and making friends, as he so easily does

Adventure

Well, we are off to take the kids on an adventure. We were headed to Salt Lake City, UT to take the kids to the zoo, then found out the H1N1 virus is really bad there, a friend of ours has been quarantined because of it. So, we decided to go to San Diego, CA. We are taking Emma and Jordan to Sea World and the beach. We are excited to go. We will post more pictures as the excursion takes place.

Baltimore Bunnies Block 2 Comparison

OK, here is the comparison between our two blocks. Mine is the bottom one and took about 13 hours, my mom's is the top and 11 hours 55 minutes.

Mom's Baltimore Bunny Block 2

Well, my mom finally finished her Baltimore Bunny. My brother, a fat loving little ShihTzu sent me the pics this morning. I will quote him exactly, because he would get very upset if I didn't. Here is her picture and here is what Oggie said

"Mum sed et unly tuck her 11hrs n 55min tuh du thus

Luv yeh ses, Dog

PS Wll send pecs ufff meh quelt letterrr"

So, here is hers posted with her wonderful companion Oggie, also known as Dog. In the next post, ours will be side to side, so you can see the difference.

Emmarysa's Quilt

Finally finished Emmarysa's quilt. Hey, it is only 3 months late. Here she is sitting on it. It will look great in her crib!

Planetary Party 3rd Block

Here is the 3rd Block I have completed for Jordan's quilt.

I love Amy Bradley, her patterns are so easy. This was done in about an hour.

Look what we did today!

We pierced Emma's ears today! They look so stinking cute. She was a real trooper. My S-I-L, Cristina got the wonderful job of holding her. I just couldn't do it. But, Emma cried more when they put the dots on her ears than when they actually put them in. But all in all, she cried for about 2 seconds and then she was laughing at us. Of course, the whole excursion wore her out. I moved her to the swing and she did not even wake up.

2nd Baltimore Bunny Block

I finished my second Baltimore Bunny Block, yeah, before Mom did. It only took me 13 hours this time, about 1/2 of the last one. This one is way easier, thank goodness. I am glad they are not all as time consuming as the first one. I will post Mom's when she finishes it, should be sometime soon. I also have up a picture of a very rare moment. Both children were sitting in front of the TV, together watching Baby Einstein's numbers.

We went to Yellowstone on Monday. It was awesome. Old Fatithul, wasn't quite as faithful. it was 20 minutes later than the scheduled time. The Buffalo or Bison were everywhere. They had tons of babies with them. At some points, they were so close, we could reach out the bus window and touch them. There were even people outside their cars taking pictures, UHHHHH Do they not realize that a mama will charge to protect her baby? Anyhow, we had so much fun. Jordan loved the Buffalo, of course, Emma slept! But, hey at 3 months old, she has already been to Idaho and Wyoming, not bad to start her travel log. Unfortunately, we did go to Idaho and not go to the Potato museum. We missed it......
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Idaho Trip

We finally made it to Idaho in our huge Bus. I will post pics after a while. We started on this journey yesterday at about 3 pm. We made it to just North of Salt Lake City, when the bus started losing power. We then spent the night in the Target parking lot, while David and Aaron fixed it, luckily it was just a broken hose. We then spent the next 3 hours travelling farther north to visit with Aaron's family. It is a good trip. Emma is sick and Jordan is busy, but so far it is fun! Tomorrow, we are off to Yellowstone National Park and on Tuesday, we are thinking about going to the Potato Museum. Seriously, you cannot go to Idaho and not have ever visited the potato museum!

My Baltimore Bunny

I finally finished my Baltimore Bunny. Mine only took me about 21 1/4 hours. I spent most of this time watching the first season of Reaper. As my mom, I cannot sit still while I work on anything. I have posted both pictures, so you can see the difference in the two. It is amazing that two of the same patterns can look so different. Picture 1) My Baltimore bunny Picture 2) mom's Baltimore Bunny

Planetary Party Block 2

I almost forgot amongst the birthday craziness, I have finished another block in Jordan's quilt, the Planetary Party. The first one I posted was actually block 6 and this one is block 2. This quilt is so stinking cute!

My Birthday

Well, yesterday was my birthday! The big 34, the last year before 35, then I am officially closer to 40 than 30. BOOOO! It was a good day however, we celebrated it today. I got some awesome gifts, my husband bought me this cool laptop, which I am not using. My sis (in-law) bought me these 2 adorable signs to go in Emma's room, which I am way excited to hang. Jordan told me Happy Birthday to you. I got cupcakes, Burt's Bees, and many, many happy b-day texts and Facebooks. We celebrated by playing in the water in the backyard, you can see Josh helping Jordan down the slip and slide. What a perfect day!

Emma Smiles

Finally got Emma to smile on camera. Of course the second she sees the camera becomes very shy!

Four Legged Brothers and Sisters

Pic 1, Mom, taking a break from a long day of shopping and and doing 'some' housework.

Pic 2 Bo again, doing his zoolander pose.

Pic 3-5 Are Bo's brother (Dog), sister (Hooty), and sister (B).

I know you would rather read about my four legged brothers & Sisters, so here it goes.

Bo, of course you already know how he got his name. But let me tell you about where he came from. Bo is a little Yorkie that mom aquired in Coffeyville, Ks. He hears things, lots of things, barks at anything and everything. More about him later.

Dog, (Christian name, Agustus Woodrow) so why Dog? Well it started out as Agustus ( after a character in the best movie ever made Lonesome Dove ) then went to Augy, then Woodrow ( because he came from a little town south of Lubbock, Tx. called Woodrow, Tx ) then Augy Doggy, then Augy Dog, and finally Dog. He's a very mellow and verrrry laid back Shi-tzu who would rather watch other dogs do the watching. Just show him the beef (his food dish and water bowl). And his ' I would rather be close to mom so you stay away' attitude.

Next Hooty, ( Christian name, Hooty ) she came to us here in New Mexico at a dog grooming salon. They were giving away little poodle and lassa oppsa mix puppies. Mom took one look at her face, which looked a lot like a Hoot Owl and hence the name and " this is the one. I'll never ask for anothe one, I promise " she told dad. And believed her, go figure. Anyway Hooty is a well mannered Poodlassa with her ' I'm a princess, a pretty princess, and need to be treated as such ' attitude.

And B, ah yes B, ( Christian name, Emmily Gale ) Emmily because mom has always liked that name. Surprised she didn't name me that, but she did have a part in naming my daughter Emmarysa. Humm coincidence, me thinkth not. Anyway, back to B, Gale came from the fact that came from a small ranch town close to Snyder, Tx. which is close to Abilene, Tx. B is a Yorkie and Cocker Spaniel mix, yea that's what we asked ourselves too, more Cocker than Yorkie. Why B? you ask yourself. Well it started out as Emmy, then Gale, then Emmy G. then Em and then out of nowhere mom started calling her Bumble Bee, then Bebe,then BB and the more we saw B with her ( 'I'm the queen around here and you all "will" do it my way or the highway" attitude, well hence the name final name ' B ' because she can really be one sometimes. If you know what I mean.

Well got to go for now and work on my 'block of the month' and may be let you know more about the fam. See Ya

Baltimore Bunny and Bo

It took mom about 23 hours to do this block. She worked on it on-n-off while watching one of her new favorite TV series ' Medium ' on DVD.

In the pics are the Baltimore Bunny ( Block of the Month ) and one of her four legged kids

Bo (her self proclaimed official house watch dog). Bo was named after an infamous PBR bull (Bodacious) who was finally retired after severly hurting several bullriders.
The next pic is what Bo 'n' dad do for hours at a time. And that is the all important, watch your JD sprinkler water the backyard and make sure it is being covered evenly.

Jordan well....being Jordan!

Ok, this is not a project of mine, but it is the hilarious. Well, it sort of is a project, since it is my two year old :)

Jordan's Project - Here is a Block of the Month that I am making for Jordan. It is called Planetary Party by Amy Bradley and is purchased from AlwaysQuilting.com

It is so much fun to make. I can't wait for the next Block!