Winner!!

And the winner is....

Happy Cottage Quilter!!

Thank you everyone for your comments and for sharing your traditions! Look for more giveaways to come!!

Tallest Tree

I made this a while back and my friend Carol quilted it for me for FREE. So nice huh? She does that kind of stuff all the time : ) It has stars and swirls in the quilting... I love it!

I pieced the back out of my leftovers... I kinda like it.

Just need to do the binding sometime before the beginning of December so I can display it this holiday season. Thanks Carol!!

Household update

We have gone from 2 adults and 3 dogs to... 3 adults, 2 kids and 3 dogs. God has a funny way of answering prayers... Kenny says I should be more specific next time I pray for children... ha ha

Wedding!

Kenny and I went to our first Catholic wedding on Saturday. Our coworker Amanda G married her sweetie Mike. It was very interesting for both of is since neither one of us had been to a Catholic wedding before. There was a lot of stand up, sit down, kneel, stand up, etc. It was interesting to hear their spin on certain Bible verses and stories...

After the service they released doves... which I totally was looking forward to and missed because I was busily talking.

It was was beautiful and the reception was SO awesome! The had the reception at Skye which is a pretty fancy restaurant. The food was amazing!!

They did the traditional first dance (on the raised stage in the middle), cut the cake, father-daughter dance, garter toss and bouquet toss.

It was fun to be part of her special day.

Some pages...

Makin' and growin'

Kenny made these awesome steps for his mom to use with her spa (they aren't complete I will post another pictures when they are painted and stuff)

When I cleared away all the radishes and weeds I found 1 broccoli plant!! I didn't think any of the seeds took-- woo hoo!!

lettuce

radish harvest

pea plant?

26 Days of Gratitude- day 4 "D"

Amanda is thankful for --

D- Dad- my dad... the best BBQer out there. He is hardworking and will help you with any project. He loves and puts his family first.

Kenny is thankful for--

Doug-Doug is a giving person. He gives a lot... of butt kickins. Its either by cards or golf. He has a lot of fun, and makes things interesting.

This is why...

we need an electric fence on top of our 6 foot brick fence...

She is amazing... I should have trained her to be one of those dogs that can do obstacle courses..

We got new neighbors... who have a dog... I am sure we will be putting up another electric fence up this weekend. We already have one around the garden and on the east fence (because those neighbors have a dog too and hope likes to peek over)

26 Days of Gratitude- day 3 "C"

Amanda is thankful for --

C- Clean sheets! Such a simple pleasure, but I am thankful for it. Our new washer makes the sheets smell SO good!

Kenny is thankful for--

C- Cars

Give Away!

Its time to start thinking about Christmas... to get into the spirit I want to do a give away- the first ever on my blog. If you would like to win this nifty fabric book panel of Twas the Night Before Christmas just leave me comment about your favorite Christmas tradition. This would make a great gift and would be super easy to make... I will pick a winner (by random draw) on Friday the 13th (oooo Spooky).