sewing

my niece is expecting a baby in a few months, and since i'm always trolling the craft blogs i found this idea for burp cloths and bibs. i haven't sewn for a long time so i'm a little rusty, but i think they turned out ok. the amazing part is how expensive material is these days, lucky i got the fabric on sale. i remember when (oh oh my age is showing) sewing was inexpensive. my sewing machine is 43 years old and runs great. i brought it when my second son was in grade school and had to wear uniform pant. well he was tall and skinny with a waist size of 25 and i couldn't find any pants that would fit him in the waist that were long enough, so i purchased a size 4 pattern and made all of his school pants for a few years.

my new bistro set

one of my favorite guilty pleasures of the summer is to sit on my porch and read while drinking iced tea. i have a porch swing also, but saw this little set and decided i needed it. last weekend when the weather was in the 90's this was the place you would find me. this weekend it is in the 40's, gray, cold, rainy and windy. what happened to summer? I've also decided that my natural cushion could use a little help so cushions are on the list as well as some sort of accessory, anyone have any ideas?

2011 brit at gym

Britt does gymnastics at the same gym as laney. I haven't seen her tumble for a while, she is in the pink shirt. She would kill me if she knew i posted this

2011 declan mom day 4

Mother's day at nursery school

waiting for mom to give her flowers Yaaaa, mom is here, a quick hug

singing with all his might

with mom and mimaw r

grandma f and declan with a mouthful of oreos.

The school had a tea for moms and grandmoms along with entertainment.

The kids are so cute and wanted everything to be just right

future olympic star?

Laney's first night of gymnastics. She loves the trampoline, they have 2 at home was really good on the balance beam

ready to climb

out and about town

The other day I had lunch with friends and decided to stop at this old house that was about 1/2 a mile from my old high school. It is the Gittemeier home in Florissant, Missouri. It is an example of an 1860 farm house. Franz Gittemeier immigrated to the U.S. in 1850, married Gertrude Gerling in 1858. She might have been a mail order bride from Prussia. Franz went to California to work in the gold fields and earned enought gold dust to buy 50 acres of farmland. He and Gertrude had 10 children and eventually owned 500 acres of land. Legend has it that each of his children recieved a farm and $10,000.00 on his death.