On a roll....

Just made this the other night...

now I can't wait to make this for our trip to St. Louis to see the Cardinals play.

I love how her shoes will match perfectly.

SO addictive...this sewing thing ; )

Dance Recital and Fathers Day....

Saturday, Avery had her dance recital at the Blair school of Dance.

It was a very stressful yet exciting day for us all!

Avery got right out on that stage and did her dance. She surprised us all...considering she normally doesn't move a muscle with her hands sticking in her mouth on observation nights.

Here she is on stage ( you should be able to click to enlarge)

Sunday, we had a cookout for Fathers Day.

It was a great day....heat and all!

This week we are doing swim lessons everyday for 2 weeks.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Carnival fun!!

We are headed to the...

CARNIVAL

photo taken by: ichabodcrane/flikr

be back soon...

He did it again....

Eddie surprised me for my birthday with tickets to see COLDPLAY on Sat. AND we got to stay at the LOFT

It was an Awesome show...our second time seeing them and we both agree this time was Even better.

So, thank you too my wonderful husband ....who is really getting good at these surprises ; )

Another thing we did this weekend...that I am SO excited about is getting the kids this....

and they had a special going on so we got this too...for FREE!

You can't beat a deal like that!! We will have it here and installed Friday. We haven't told the kids yet...we are going to surprise them. I can't wait to see the look on their face!

One more day.....

Dawson will be out for the summer on Thursday...finally. We are so ready for summer to begin!

We have basketball camp next week and then VBS the week after that.

Our family vacation this summer we will be going to St. Louis.

We will have to wait until the fall to go to the beach :(

I made this book for Dawson to give to his teacher.

It's a "fill in the blank" type inside where he can write some things about having her as his teacher. I also left areas for him to draw a picture. It turned out really cute.

I would love to hear what everyone else is doing this summer...

I am adding to my post from yesterday....Dawson came home with his certificate. So, I had to take a picture of him with it...and I finished the teachers gift this morning.
Dawson has been saying all year that his teacher loves chocolate and wanted to give her some for her gift.
We got her favorite chocolate (according to Dawson) and I filled them in a used jelly jar and a sandwich bag.

*** Our Weekend ***

Hope everyone had a beautiful one!

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Coming to an end....

School, dance, and baseball it's all coming to an end BUT, that means awards, recitals, parties, and end of year programs.

It's almost impossible to keep up with it all ! That brings me to why I have been neglecting my blog...I simply don't have the time!

In fact while I am typing this now I have Mountains of laundry to fold, a kitchen that needs to be cleaned, more clothes to wash, I could go on and on.... Ughhhh. It is never ending!

However, I thought I would update real quick with some pictures....

Dawson at his AR (accelerated reader) awards

baseball,

baseball,

and more baseball...

That's all......for now ;~)

Silly Pictures....

by: Dawson Photography ;~)

AAAAAAK.....

I am featured on the 2peas gallery!!! Check it out HERE
It was a surprise to see it up there....wasn't expecting that :)

New,New,New.....

New layout AND new kitchen....

We got a Really good deal on this kitchen and could not pass it up. Avery already had one handed down from my SIL, but she was really starting to grow out of it. This one is big and tall so she will be able to grow into it. I believe this kitchen runs anywhere from $150 to 200 and we got it for $50 bucks Brand New!!!

FYI: if you look closely Avery is wearing a "new" pillow case dress I made in the lo.

New hair cut...

Look at her new cut!!! I just love it...it really looks so much better, I think. She has thin stringy hair that tangled ALL the time. Now it looks So much fuller and is extremely easy to fix.

New "big boy" bike...
So, Dawson upgraded to a bigger and better bike. We got it for him a couple of weeks ago here.
He is just starting to get into riding his bike and are looking forward to some family bike rides on our local greenways.

Well, that is all for day 2...3more to go :P

Movie Night.....

Whoooa....it's been a while and do I have LOTS to share...

I will have to break it up it several different post....maybe I will do a post a day this week to make up for lost time :) ...

I will start with our weekend...

So, some of you may remember THIS post which didn't last long due to the Holidays. However..now that things have started settling back down and with Summer break approaching I decided to start it back.

Only this time we are doing a themed family movie night ( thanks to this blog )

Originally, I did not want to watch this movie but, given that it was the only movie that I new none of us had seen I got it anyway. After watching it....I REALLY wished I didn't get this movie!

As you can see we all made dog ears , had hot dogs for dinner, then ice cream with dog treats and scooby gummies on top!

We all had fun and are looking foward to planning our next movie night...only this time with a more HAPPY movie :)

*** SEW EASY ***

WOW....I never thought I would use the words easy and sew in the same sentence! BUT, it really was! Avery picked this out while shopping for fabric. She insisted that I get this for her b/c she loooooved it. It already had the tubing part done at the top...sorry, I don't know all the "technical" words yet ;~)
Anyway, all you had to do basically was sew straight down the side and...walla...its done. Although, I did add straps with the left over fabric. Just felt it needed to be held up with little ones. Next time I will add straps that tie (suggested by my friend Janna) b/c I made them a little too long and far apart. You see...I am the type that Does not like to measure...ANYTHING..in my cooking, scrapbooking, sewing, ect....
So, ties would be an easy alternative of not having to measure...and really cute too!!

Well, that is all...just wanted to share. Oh, btw..I made this the morning b/f Avery went to school...that's how fast and easy it was.

Hope everyone has a beautiful weekend!!

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it's that time of year....

to

(( SPRING CLEAN ))

and

(( BASEBALL ))

two things that are taking up most of my time right now...hence the lack of post

just wanted to take a break and share some pictures...

Easter 2009

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Easter is almost here!

Just wanted to say I hope everyone has a

Happy Easter!!

Going to Church......

Going to church as a child is a very fond memory of mine. Church has always been apart of my life...I'm not saying that I was always there, but I have been there enough for it to make an impact on my life.

Today, church for me is different from the church growing up. The music, the people, the sermons, the atmosphere. It is not like it used to be....for me. Don't get me wrong, I made the change. However, I can't forget where I came from...so to speak.

This song reminds me of those childhood days of going to church with my Grandma...I love it so much AND it dosen't hurt that Allison Krauss and Gillian Welch are singing it.

You can listen to it HERE

Not too shabby...

i made another one....i like the shabby look to this fabric.... And it is reversible with a coordinating stripe fabric that i cut out a pocket for with the other fabric.
i have to say....this sewing thing is a little addicting. i have been studying Avery's clothes trying to see if i could make it. hee!
i also had to make a matching hair clip to go with it......

Hope everyone has a beautiful and blessed weekend!!

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Started something.....

because now I am obsessed with fabric and all I want to do is SEW.....this is one of my
(click)
FAVORITE collections.





I LOVE all the BRIGHT colors and would love to learn how to make a quilt using this collection.



Anyone have any favorite sites to buy fabric from...i would love to know

That's all...

xox
Amanda

*** Sew Happy ***

And so is Avery with her new (smock) shirt on that ((( I ))) made!! Just don't look too close b/c it is a little rough around the edges ;~)

I got the FREE pattern from THIS blog from a friend.

Have a beautiful day!!

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Weekend recap.....

Planting , planting and more planting.......

Seriously, Eddie the kids and I stayed outside all weekend and it was So nice!!

Finally it feels like Spring!!

So, to start it off right we.......

planted flowers in my pots....

grilled out and the kids played in the fire pit...
made Heather's chicken kabobs.....they were so good and so easy!

took on a "over our head" project and landscaped all around our house.
It was ALOT of work but SO worth it!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!