Salute To Our Troops Night

Our weekly Thursday Family Fun Night @ Campbell Park.

Tonight there was a tribute to our troops and veterans at the Family Night in the Park. We welcomed the Wally Byam Caravan Club International Rally.

There was a beautiful flag ceremony which honored both the United States flag and the Canadian flag. National anthems for both countries were sung with great spirit!

The Caravan Rally officially starts this weekend so I hope to tour some of the AirStream motor homes parked at the fairgrounds. I spoke to a member while watching the performances tonight and she explained that they help sponsor the Wounded Warriors nonprofit organization, they travel all around the US and Canada. I think that would be an awesome way to spend the summer months and even my retirement  years. they seem like a great group of people that stand for a good cause! You can read more from their website HERE

Storm season has begun



We had a severe thunderstorm and very high winds blow over our only tree in the backyard. The mess it left behind is a headache, but at least no one was hurt and it missed our house.



Ruined our new panel of privacy fencing and a trash receptacle.



The tree completely covered our driveway and blocked the garage entrance. It took out the power lines that hang between the houses and pulled the conduit off the side of our house.

Plenty of family and neighbors came out to help us move the massive tree and dig out the stump. We were able to save a majority of fencing panels but the patio was not so lucky.

The stump was quite a hassle to dig out and left a huge hole.

Ready for frames

I have been missing in action the past couple weeks. Lately our winter season has just been lingering on and on with surprising freakish snow storms/ blizzard whiteouts. The day after it drizzles rain and melts the yucky white stuff to start all over again the next day. Ughhhh when will spring arrive?
I have stayed busy by doing jigsaw puzzles my second love next to crocheting. I had been putting it off because lil' mister walking tornado, my 2yr old, would have all the pieces scattered before they hit the table. :)
I took  pictures of these two completed, glued with Mod-Podge and ready to be framed.

Pretty Nature Angel is the title.

Lovely Goldens is the title.

Old Man Winter's Last Hoorah!

Woke up to find a nightmare come true! The snow is back!!!

Surrounding areas are losing power and the visibility is getting pretty bad. Hubby was just sent home from work (he drives concrete truck). How can we get 6-10inches of snow in April? Old Man Winter gets the last laugh!

Pondering an offer..

Today I visited a second hand shop. I saw lots of wonderful and unique items including handmade crochet cotton dishcloths. The owner saw I was admiring the work and told me how fast they were selling and the trouble she was having keeping the basket full. I made an off hand comment about enjoying making them for my kitchen. All the sudden she was offering me a proposition of being her supplier for the store soon since her current lady was retiring and she had no other replacements. I was caught off guard, but flattered at the same time. I don't even have an Etsy store, I just crochet for the delight in the eyes of the recipient. I told her I would need to think it over as I do work full time and am a full time mom of a 2yr old and 7yr old. My hubby says to go for it and if it's too much then she would need to continue her search. I'm just confused on making yet another commitment on top of the extra stuff I am participating in at work and Girl Scouts. Crochet to me is leisure fun, not meeting deadlines and filling orders.
Okay I just wanted to share some joy of the offer and rant of the decision making process. Open to opinions by the way.
Hope to post more this coming week on projects I'm working on, but need to wait for my days off. I'm running back to back 12hr shifts this weekend so no time for yarn fun. Hope it's sunny where ever you all are, it's beautiful here! Spring has finally sprung into gear.

Ipod pouch

My cousin requested an Ipod pouch with headphone pocket as part of her birthday present. Easy peasy to create, but stuck on embellishment? Any ideas? Flower? Heart? An iron on patch?

Easter family fun 2013

We had a very eventful and blessed Easter this year. The little ones really enjoyed the beautiful weather on Saturday. We took advantage of the sunshine outside most of the day. It was first time the swing set has gotten use this year. Lil man had so much fun taking his new Tonka trucks, crane  and backhoe he received at Christmas out to the sandbox. Hubby and I did a lot of cleaning up after our furry friend, Bella. The yard looks much better and no hidden landmines to mess the shoes. We discovered the burner on our grill needed replaced, but Hubby took care of that. We had our first grill out of the season and it was delish!!! So much fresh air and hard playing took place that lil man took a very long restful nap, which is a miracle in itself! We ended the evening dying Easter eggs and baking pretty cupcakes. The lil miss did a wonderful job frosting them with help from her big cousins.

 

I ended my long day working up a new bunny for my 11yr old niece. She declared she was too old for a basket as well. My younger cousin and new found crochet partner worked on her bunny too. She did a great job, getting the stitches in the round down pat very quickly.

My newest bunny created for my niece. I love this pattern shared here.