Thanksgiving Cake?

For thanksgiving we celebrated Will's parent's 45th wedding anniversary.  

The cake was gorgeous - from T and T.  

Aleana and I redecorated the "rec room" over the summer and made it a teen room.  

Here are the curtains we bought for it.   The walls are a light purple in case you can't tell.  

We also did a turkey dinner - 20 people over.  

Nadia is making cranberry sauce here - I have to say, pretty much every child had a hand in making the meal.  It was a blessing to have all that help!!  

All the descendants placed a fingerprint on the tree.  Really neat crafty idea for a gift!! 

I've been sewing some scrappy trip blocks up.  

And I wanted to see how it would look.  I have two more blocks to go!!! 

I'm not sure about this configuration - I placed all the orange blocks on the bottom and purple on the top.  Should I maybe mix it up instead?  

I bought backing for my Indian blanket quilt.  Will was there and since he knows that it is his duty to encourage me in all things quilty he insisted that this print would look nice.  When I got home - I thought " I wonder what the teacher used for hers ?"  and I looked it up on her blog.  Lo and behold!!  She used the exact same fabric (from ikea) and even used it for her feature fabric.  Did I maybe remember that somewhere in my subconscious?  Will was the one picking it out though so it's all just very wierd and we'll leave it at that :).  

My Indian blanket top is all sewn up and ready to be spray basted and quilted!!!  

I have a personal deadline so hopefully I can get it done by then!!

Have a great week in God's Almighty hands.  

Rejoice!

Now that my nursing days are done I have had more time to invest in other projects.  Like this chore chart system for instance, needed to go through 3 revisions before we came to this one, yet I like the color codes because then we switch it up every month.  So far all the work of implementing them has paid off. 

I was also inspired by my sister to buy (only $25!!) from Ikea this shoe rack - it opens up on an angle and is an excellent storage system for supper time Bibles and Psalm books.  Loving it!!! 

Madilyn is right in there with Nadia now at craft time. 

This was my "almost done, I just have to see it!" version of the Indian Blanket quilt. 

When I was done the last complex row I switched things up to this version but I knew it still wasn't right. 

In the end, I was most happy with the heavy, darker colors on the bottom.  And..I fixed the blue 6 inch row and seperated the two darker blues.  I'm not super crazy about how it looks.  I'm hoping once I quilt it I will like it better.  The sewing on the other hand is probably the neatest , straightest I have ever done so for that I am thankful.

I was going to throw this out - but thought I would share it first.  

It's from VBS - Matthew made it.  The plaque is too heavy for the magnet and won't stay up on the fridge.  It's beautiful. 

 I finally found something to decorate the kitchen wall with!!!  

I really love it!!!  My Mom cross-stitched a magnet with the same verse - it's on my fridge.  

Joshua 24;15. 

"Without change, there would be no butterflies". -  unknown

Straight open pressed seams just waiting to be joined and quilted together!!  

"Hi Mom!"

"AHHH Mom!"

Lots of things to be rejoicing about. 

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. "

Matthew 11:28

"Praise be to the LORD, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens."  Psalm 68:19