WIPS and Cuteness

These cute little 2 1/2 " squares are going into Button's quilt. 

For the first time ever I will need to set up a Design Board OR use a table cloth and roll it up and away every time.  I am leaning towards the fuzzy tablecloth option because of tiny two year old hands that like to get into everything!! So that will be 428 squares to cut - gulp!!!  I have about 80 so far.

This is my first ever jelly roll I splurged on.  I try to use what I have on hand and it usually works as people do give me lots of scraps. However, for some things you need to buy to make it work or finish it off.

I WAS going to use these in the 2 1/2 " square baby quilt but failed to realize they are all batiks - they just shouted "we are pretty!!".

I don't know about you but I am under the impression that batiks need to stay with batiks.

I already have an idea for them but I want it to be a surprise and at the rate I get to things you will have forgetten about it by the time I blog about it again anyway!!

This is a peek at the fabrics that will go into the baby quilt.  I found some more the other day so hopefully

I'll just have to buy a backing for it and I did buy some white for a border the other day at Joann's.

More cuteness.

I found these two snuggling like this this morning. Peter was rubbing her hair and singing "Go to sleep little baby, go to sleep."  See how he has his arm around her body so she won't fall? 

In the middle of a hair rub.

These fleeces are for Peter.  Peter has been asking for a WARM quilt for awhile.  Matthew's baby quilt is super warm and Peter's is super light (and I've never been happy with it).  I was at Joann's on Tuesday and got all this for $10 - my design is simple - just need to find something to back it with. 

Next on the list will be another quilt for Matthew - because really is it really fair if I have done two for him and only one for Matthew?  In his eyes - NO!! 

Here's a little story about our States trip.  I went through the border to go home just after 1:30 pm on Tuesday.  About a half an hour later a female border guard was shot in the neck two kiosks down from where I went through.  I usually listen to the radio while I make dinner and at 5pm I heard that the entire border was shut down and everyone that was there at the time were being held because they were witnesses.  I felt this overwhelming sense of God's grace and love towards my family for the rest of the evening.  I kept praying for the border guard and her family - I even prayed for the shooter's family.

I am thankful that Peter did not have to witness this - that I did not have to witness this - that we did not have to be stuck there for 2-4 hours - that the rest of the family didn't have to worry about where I was and the list just goes on.  Thank you LORD!!!  The good news is that the guard is recovering well.

This is the flannel I bought for the crib sheets I am making for the baby.  Our old ones were already third downs when Aleana was born and they barely made it through Nadia - this project should only take a couple of hours.  I wanted monkeys because Will and I lovingly call our children "our little monkeys". 

More squares...

Throw pillows I sewed up in the summer.  This square was made by Aleana when she was 6!!!

I kept it for something special and the time had come.

Here's the back overlap because I have not sewn in a zipper since Home Ec in junior high.

I was very happy with these and the reason I am showing them is because I need to make two more.

The pillows are just sitting in my closet.

This is my Pink box.  They are random blocks that I will put together some day.

There are more but they are not ironed and are not show worthy (yet!).

Not sure where this is going but that's what random is all about.

This is part of the KING size bed quilt that continually hangs over my head.

Just need to sew these babies together and the top will be done. 

This one is not high priority as all the baby/children stuff needs to get done in oh about 17 weeks now.

I'm blogging all of this to motivate myself and I am hoping to do an up-date every week so you can see what I've done.  Okay, time to get to work - have a great week!!!

Sunday July 8th

Here is the church we went to on Sunday.  It's almost 40 years old.

The First United Reformed Church of Chino, CA.

My best memory is that of the toilet in the middle of the service. 

It's always a blessing when people clean their toilets :).

Doing the ol' bath in the dish tub camping trick.

Since it was 37 degrees out we didn't have to use warm water that's for sure!!  

Playing UNO with the kids.  Fun part of camping is all the card playing you don't always get to do.

I posted this picture because someone is peeking from in the tent but you can't really see it.

You can see how super hot Aleana looks.

Really good memories - thank you LORD!!!

July 6th and 7th - Los Angeles

These pictures are alittle mixed up - here we are at Santa Monica beach in LA.

Ethan and Peter.

You can't see if very well but there was a group of people that let about 20 doves go after some ceremony about it.  We gawked at them for awhile :)

This is July 6th leaving San Francisco.

Our new campsite at the KOA in Fairfax Pomona - north of Anaheim about 45 minutes with no traffic.

Aleana called it our little fire hazard. We were thankful for the trees that provided some shade but not thankful for the close proximity to our neighbors. The next tent over was literally one foot away from us -so close you could hear them breathing and snoring at night!!!

The boys loved playing in our little "fire hazard".

In this picture our neighbors have not arrived yet.

The day after we arrived we left at 3pm for LA to see the sights and cool off from the 37 degree heat inland.

Peter found the air conditioning too cold - te he!!!

In general Nadia was a great traveller.

So was this young lady.

I found the architecture of this building unique.

Loved all the palm trees.

And all the cacti.

We drove around Beverly Hills for awhile.

See the Holly wood sign???

That's about as close as we got.

Aren't they cute?

I would LOVE to have a LEMON tree!!!

A cute little back lane.

Sunset Drive

Santa Monica Boulevard.

Beverly Drive.

The end of the road - Santa Monica beach.

We ate dinner there to cool off.

At the one end they have a ferris wheel in an amusement park.

The waves were bigger here than at home.