This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by Soule Mama.

Quilt Day

My bestie and I have been quilting together for, well, more years than I want to admit.  In recent years we have jointly come up with a quilting goal for the coming year.  Our quilting New Year's Resolution of sorts.  After careful thought, we decided this year needs to be about completing some of those UFO's we have in our stashes and just having dedicated quilt time together.  We now have one glorious day a month to quilt! 

Last month my bestie's sister moved here from Texas and has joined in the fun.  This past weekend I hosted them at my house for a day of fabric, chit chat, snacks, a tour of my house and stories of every quilt in it.

Look at this stunning baby quilt my bestie is working on!  It has a wonderful modern feel with these fabrics and design.  That's one lucky baby!

Her sissy is working on this beautiful wall hanging for her house.  This is only the second quilt she has ever machine quilted herself and is doing a fabulous job!

I started quilting this star quilt for a good friend of mine who graciously does our taxes every single year and never asks for a penny in return.  I think she needs a lovely thank you gift.

Of course "Thing 2" wanted to join in the fun.  His "puppy" needs his own quilt, right?  This has to be the cutest sewing machine I've ever seen!  It's an old Singer hand crank that was my mom's when she was a little girl and is one of my favorite things...ever!

The Sound of Demolition

There are many sounds in this world that bring a smile to my face.  The sound of my kids giggling, the cooing of a newborn baby, ocean waves crashing on a beach, and the sweet sound of construction.  Many may disagree with the last one, but to me construction is a wonderful sound.  It means progress.  A step closer to us finishing our house and moving closer to our goals as a family.

After a several year hiatus, we are back into construction on the house.  Three years ago we added a glorius 710 square feet to our house which gained us another bedroom for our expanding family, a playroom, and laundry room.  As the construction was coming to an end we realized we were over our original budget by a little.  To some it would be a little, to us it was a good amount.  Once we were moved into the new space, construction came to a swift hault so we could get back to zero before starting the final projects. It's now time!  Hubby is about to build a stunning built in for the playroom.  The boys were only too eager to help the project along.

This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by Soule Mama.

Lightening Progress

There's always excitement over the start of a new project.  The anticipation of starting something new and the uncertainty it brings.  Will I find a challenge along the way?  Will a new tip or trick be figured out during the creative or construction process?  The start of a new cross stitch project doesn't bring any of this for me.  I always start off a cross stitch project thinking how nice it will be to have a mindless project to have next to the couch to pick up and work on.  No sooner do I sit down to start it when I'm quickly reminded why I don't do many cross stitches.  The color changes, the counting, the re-counting, oh the re-counting!

I'm determined to finish this one however.  You can't have Tow Maymo on your wall without Lightening McQueen after all.

Darth Vader Speeder

The Pinewood Derby is always one of the major highlights of the year for a Cub Scout.  “Thing 2”’s experience was certainly this.  A small block of wood is no challenge to my hubby and his power tools.  He cut, carved, dremled and sanded until he had whittled a car.  Although there was disappointment with it’s overall performance on the race track, “thing 2” took home Best In Show!

All the scouts had fun cheering on their own cars and those of their friends.  I took a turn running the sensors for the races.  Just let me say, electronic sensors are the way to go!  Too many races were way too close for these eyes to call.  I would have had parents yelling at me for sure.

The older boy scout brothers that were on hand all pitched in and helped run the cars to and fro and launched each race.  I believe they had just as much fun as the younger boys, although “thing 1” wants to build his own car next year and race it after the official races.  Didn’t he already have his turn with Pinewood derby’s?  I believe he did.

A Three Year Old With A Camera

What happens when your 3 year old finds the camera and figures out how to use it?

This...

and this...

and this...

pointing the camera the wrong way...

and this.