Sorority Quilt

58 X 75 Birthday Quilt

I used a chocolate brown binding since she was torn between blue and brown for the border fabric.

This quilt has an extra wide border to give her a fuller lap quilt.

Tackle it Tuesday

This is an over-sized Queen quilt made from Tshirts sent to me.

I love all the travel Tshirts what a great way to remember all your special moments

Our Weekend of Relaxing

I was starting to feel the stress of the summer. I don't get a break from the kids at all so I needed a day to just relax. I had originally planned for my husband to take the kids and my daughters friend to a water park that we had tickets to, it turned out they all pretty much demanded I go to. It was a nice day to enjoy the sunshine. The weather was great! I am thankful my husband took the day off.

We were house sitting again so we got to enjoy a pool and bbq on Saturday. The kids had a great time. We had planned to go to the beach but we were all pretty burnt from the previous day so I thought a pool day was a better way to go.

We had invested 2 dollars in some water toys and picked up some food and better sunscreen, then we came back to our house and watched Mission Impossible 3 which we had rented from the library.

Sunday we enjoyed a day of movies, the kids decided even though we could use the pool again they had enough sun. The guys went to see the new Batman movie and us girls went to see Ice Age 3. It was a nice weekend with very little chores and actual work.

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Broken Frog

My broken frog. It had a hidden message that year. My husband and I were separated and I had flown to Texas to get the kids so I could have them for Christmas. He had temporary custody and we were looking at divorce. That Christmas my mom got me a couple of items that had scripture on them. My husband and I were really trying to work things out. I think my mom knew that we just needed healing over his mother's death. It had taken a toll on me to care for her. The frog says All things grow with love. Without it I g-a-i-n nothing! 1 Corinthians 13  I will admit that it brought tears to my eyes and I knew she was telling me to move back home. I did 2 weeks later.Thus the tears tonight over this material thing that might not be able to be fixed since its hollow inside.

Amazing Mexican Rice

1 tsp oil, 1/2 diced white onion, 1 tsp garlic, 1 diced Serrano pepper. Brown 1 minute

Add one cup of rice, brown one minute. I love Jasmine Rice for this recipe, it just makes such a good dish.

Add 2 cups of Chicken Broth and 1 tbsp of tomato sauce simmer, covered with a lid, 20 min or so. I stir every five minutes because I use cast iron and have an electric stove.

About 3 minutes before its done you add a handful of chopped cilantro and let it sit. Very Yummy Mexican Rice, it will go well with Oriental Food or Mexican food or served alongside any meat dish. I often eat it for breakfast because I am prone to upset stomachs.

Memory Quilt from a Fathers Clothing

Finished quilt today

Measures 51 by 70

Love this soft caramel brown fabric

Wordless Wednesday

This is an activity I would like to see more of. I fight him to read constantly. It pleased me greatly to see this yesterday after taking my oldest son driving. The dog was happy to have the attention too.

Summer Fun with Family

Permit Day

July 12, 2012 it was raining so hard here but we still went to get Jakob's permit from a very busy DPS location because one he passed his permit test the night before with high 90's and two I knew where this location was. We had to stand in the rain a little over 30 min, probably closer to 45, but it was well worth it. Three hours later we had his permit.

Following suit of tradition when I was growing up we decided to have breakfast/lunch. We chose Denny's so I could get a cup of hot tea and we could get out of the rain a bit. To our surprise we saw a couple that we know from something called Venturing Crew, which the boys are part of. They were sweet and excited about Jakob's permit. They also paid for our bill. I didn't find out until we are done. What a huge blessing that was and it really spoke to his heart to have someone support him like that.

This was the rain on the way home, it was crazy. I was going to have him drive home that day but decided with the very high water on the road that it wasn't such a good idea.

Its interesting that last summer we had horrible fires and hardly any rain and this year we are flooding and can't seem to go very long without rain. It will give him some experience to drive in some rainy weather though which is good for everyone to know how to do.

 

My New Driver

We have a new driver in our household. This excites me very much. Today his third day of driving we drove to town, its a 30 minute trip to Tomball. He parked in the bank parking lot so that I could make a deposit. I drove to Mc D's where he could use his gift card from driving school for scoring high on his permit test, we parked and ate lunch, then he drove home from a gas station. So all in all an hour drive on major roads with lots of lights and traffic. He did great. I was proud. Only a couple scary times but he is much less anxious with me then his dad. Therefore, I am glad I am the one teaching him. I am thankful we have had a break in the rain so that he could drive so much lately. So far he has driven 2 1/2 hours! Yesterday I made him drive 16 miles in three subdivisions and then to the grocery store, today he drove 40!