Pumpkin Party

 Grace and her prince charming!

 Cleaning the seeds out of the pumpkin at preschool!

The outfit I made for Grace and she got lots of wear out of it this week!  Monday to preschool, Tuesday to the library, and Thursday to church!  Grace had a pumpkin party on Monday and they cleaned out pumpkins and put seeds in a baggie to take home.  On Wednesday was the actual party and they dressed up in their costumes.  

Last weekend we went to the Fall Festival at Andrew's school and the kids got to wear their costumes.

It has been a busy week full of fall activities!  Tomorrow night will bring it all to an end when we go trick or treating!  Hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween!

shirts and invites

I made these invites and shirts for my friend Leigh's twins for their first birthday party. They had a fall birthday party and she needed help so I made her a card.  I only did the digital part and then when she printed them out she added the card stock and ribbon and I think they turned out great!  I was at Joann's one day and found this material with fall leaves and knew that I HAD to make them shirts also to go with the theme.  Just thought I would show everyone something I made!

Nascar

David and Andrew got to attend the Nascar race a few weeks ago.  Andrew loves Jimmie Johnson and was very disappointed that he didn't win.  They had a blast and I am so glad that Andrew was able to go with his daddy and spend the day! He talked about it for days and knew all the details.  It amazes me how much he remembers when he gets home!

It's Been A While!

So last Friday (the 15th) I left for a long weekend.  It was my grandpa's 90th birthday and I flew home to surprise him and the rest of my family.  Actually my mom flew me out there to surprise him!  I got in at 1:20 after a short delay and my mom and Jenny picked me up at the airport and we were off on our (almost) 3 hour drive to my mom's.  We got in town at 4:30 am and drove straight to my grandpa's house and the lights were on so we stopped and surprised everyone!  They were all up early b/c my brother had to work early that morning and they were sitting around the table drinking coffee.  Good thing I brought donuts!  I think my grandpa was very surprised, along with my brother! 

Here I am with the birthday boy!  We went out to dinner with the whole family to celebrate! 

The morning I left I woke up not feeling too well and ended up going to convenient care that day and getting 4 medications for a sinus infection!  Didn't start out too well! 

 Here is my family!  Dad, Kathy, Grampy, Me, my brother's fiance Randi, Mark, and Zaine.  I fell in love with that little boy! He was so cute and became my little buddy while I was there! 

 

 Grampy and his boys

my dad, Uncle Gary, Grampy, and Uncle Steve

I am so glad I got to go and see everyone.  I hadn't seen my cousins in 10 years.  Hopefully it won't be that long again!

I came home on Tuesday and it was not a good day for flying.  So Cal was having a lot of bad storms and it delayed my flights and I got stuck in Vegas for 2 hours b/c of lightening and when we did finally take off the flight attendants weren't allowed to get out of their seats and it was a rough flight.  I was terrified that night and then the pilot came on and said, "Well folks, sorry we aren't able to serve you drinks tonight and you are unable to move about the cabin but for your safety we ask that you remain in your seats with your seat belts pulled tight. It's going to take us a little longer than expected due to severe weather. It just isn't a good night for flying."  Really!?!?!?!  Did you have to say that out loud?  I was so scared all the way.  The poor girls that sat next to me really wish they hadn't. 

Busy and Birthday

I have been so busy with Andrew's school, PTA, and church.  I felt like I was really getting my to do list smaller and then I got sick.  It just started as a sore throat and low grade fever along with an achy body and each day I felt a little more and then today I woke up with a lot of congestion that is just stuck in my head but I can breathe fine.  Anyone wanna bet on a sinus infection coming on?  I get one just about every year and hopefully this weekend will NOT be the weekend it happens!  I have WAY too much going on this weekend which I will definitely share with you in a few days......hopefully!

My Grampy turned 90 this week and he is still going strong!  He still drives and takes care of himself.  Up until a few months ago he also cooked all of the meals for himself and my brother and nephew but I was told he know has help from my brother's girlfriend.  Here is a picture of him....he is the sweetest grandpa and I miss living close to visit with him.  I get there about once a year to see him and I really wish it could be more as I know our time is limited. He is doing very well with nothing against him except his age. 

This is my family when we had the kids dedicated.  We chose to have the dedication in IL so all of my friends and family could be there.  This picture is 3 years old but I don't really think my grandpa has changed that much!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

My Boys Bake! (and more)

David and the kids made banana bread this last week and it was so yummy!  David got tired of waiting for me to make it.  I really didn't plan on attempting it again b/c mine never turns out good. I always let it bake too long and I haven't learned yet!  But now, I have David and the kids to make it instead!  YAY!

I have a looooong list of things I have to do and I'm running out of time to get it all done.  I recently joined the executive board on the PTA at Andrew's school as Historian.  That means I am in charge of keeping a notebook of all the flyers, activities, all the volunteer hours and tallying it up for the year and also keeping some sort of scrapbook or album of the events.  I'm also on the programs and activities committee and we have our fall festival coming in 2 weeks and I am in charge of a lot of stuff. Tonight I finally finished the photo tickets and printed them out.  Tuesday when I go to the school I will use their paper cutter so I don't dull the blade on my little cutter.  I still have to finish the volunteer food vouchers and make the signs and banner for the fall festival.  My goal is to make the banner this week.  It's a big project and I would just feel better if it got done this week instead of at the last minute. 

I'm also making crayon rolls for 2 craft fairs in December and need to get busy.  Tonight I changed it up a bit and made one for colored pencils and I like it.  I think I'll make a few of those and then some for matchbox cars also.  It's takes a couple hours to make each one so I have to sit down every chance I get and sew.  I'm going to try and get a bunch of them pinned together so they are ready to go.  I may even make a few that have notepads and either crayons or colored pencils inside.  They are great for taking in the car or to the doctor's office for kids to corral their crayons. Here's the picture of the one I made tonight.  Hopefully people will buy them at the craft fairs.  I already made some for my kids for Christmas.  I am making one for Andrew's cars also.  I'm sure Grace will want one for cars as well but maybe I can come up with something else for her.

Well, this picture is sideways and I'm not sure why b/c I didn't take it that way and it's not that way on my computer. It won't let me rotate it either.  Oh well, at least you can see what it looks like. 

The crayon roll holds 24 crayons although I plan on making some that hold less.  Not sure how many yet.  Maybe some that hold 16 and some that hold 8 and maybe some for chunky crayons.  Here are two I already made that hold 24 crayons each.

OK, so I know that was a long post and I'm sorry.  I should have broken it into 2 separate posts but thanks for hanging in there and reading all the way to the bottom.  When I get more examples done I will show you.  I plan on getting a few things done this weekend and then after the fall festival is over I can concentrate on sewing!  Have a great Sunday!

My Shining Star

Andrew was awarded Student of the Month for September.  He brought home the award on Monday.  The principal came into the classroom and gave it to him and we are so proud of him!  He is doing very well in school and we got to meet with his teacher last week to see some of the work he has done.  On his very 1st math test he got a 100% and is reading very well.

*This post is actually for our family that reads this blog so they can see the award.  I just want you to know why I am bragging and telling how great he is doing!  We live a looooong way from grandparents!

So Busy!

WOW!  I am SOOOOO busy lately.  So glad David's home (although I'm really not) because he has been a huge help with the kids.  I've had so many meetings lately and so much going on at the school with PTA.....it's absolutely crazy! Last Friday we had a walk a thon at the school for a fundraiser and it was a lot of fun! 

The PTA gave all the kids sunglasses to wear that day and Andrew has kept them in his backpack to wear at school when I pick him up.  Silly!  It was hot that day so we had water bottles spray the kids and brought them water while they were walking and then when they finished they got a small cup of water and a banana.  Thankfully the rain held off until we were done.  It started raining right before the kids got out of school but since Andrew is half day I didn't have to worry about it!

We had a lake on our driveway next to the car.  Andrew had a lot of fun splashing in it!  It rained this hard for a long time and I guess Main Street was a disaster to be on because it floods very fast and this was a LOT of rain.  Andrew gets so excited every time it rains, which isn't very often!

I've been getting a lot of hours at church on the weekends and working at extra programs through the week which is nice but it also takes a lot of time away from David and the kids.  Plus I volunteer in Andrew's room whenever I'm not in a meeting or working at church which hasn't been very much lately.  I finally get to get back in there tomorrow.  We are having a fall festival at school on October 23rd and it is going to take up quite a bit of my time getting the posters made and prepping for it but I'm excited about it!  I also have a secret trip planned next weekend but I can't tell you until I get back (or maybe while I'm there)!  Thanks to my mommy for making it happen! 

Oh, and tomorrow I will put up a picture of something very exciting that happened yesterday at school!  Have a great week!