A Block of the Month

nanette from freda's hive had a link to jina barney's block of the month quilt
and i knew right away that i wanted to do it in mostly civil war prints...
i've complete janruary - april and i've gotta say...
i'm lovin' it!!!

we're off to temecula to celebrate mother's day and my grandma's birthday...

hope your saturday is fantastic!!!

Flynn

an impromptu photo shoot
what a cutie!!!

baby boys do LOVE their momma's!!!

Cheese & Crackers!

i thought this was a cute idea!

design mom had a link to this blog and a great idea for a brunch...

it made me think of sharyn and the conversation i had with masyn when she came home one sunday asking for these cute little babybel cheeses.

On the Quilting Front...

here's margi's quilt that i gave a sneak peak of saturday.



i love this version of spools. easily enough it calls for a 5" sq. for the center
which is PERFECT for charm squares!
the border fabric is from a {hundred} years ago. several of us bought it
because we {had} to have it. i still have my fabric neatly folded in a drawer!
margi, i love you and your quilt!!!

i finished the top of my triple irish chain.
like shawn said...
it'll make a GREAT fall quilt.

and here's a sneak peak at what's loaded and waiting to be quilted...



have a great day!

i {heart} my pancake pen!!!

i got a chance to try out the pancake pen this morning!



i was having so much fun making hearts, that i almost made the kids late for school :0



i made a big 'ol 'G' for gavin, but broke it
and gavin spelled my name but i ate it before taking a picture...
if you like pancakes, you gotta get a pen!
and i just got an email that if you order before tomorrow at 5pm
you can get a free rush shipping upgrade for mother's day!

here's our family's favorite pancake & homemade syrup recipe.

Yummy Pancakes!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. vinegar
2 c. flour
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1/4 c. melted butter

combine milk & vinegar and set aside for 5 min. to {sour}

combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in bowl.
whisk eggs & butter into {soured} milk.
pour flour mixture into wet ingredients and whisk until al the lumps are gone.



Delicious Buttermilk Syrup!!!
(never buy syrup again)

1 c. sugar
1 c. butter
1/2 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbs. light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla

combine the first 5 ingredients and boil for 5 min. Remove from heat add vanilla. stir and serve warm!



Enjoy!!!

So Sweet!!!

cleaning and scrubbing can wait til tomorrow...

for babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow

so settle down cobwebs, dust go to sleep

i'm holding my baby and babies don't keep.

Happy May Day!!!

we celebrated may day in our traditional way today.
a grouping of flowers delivered to the neighbors in a 'ding, dong, ditch' fashion.

{mrs. c is never home, ashley always catches her,
brian has no idea what's going on and blows it, we put kyley in the loop this year, and the kirks always get surprised!}

the kirks are moving to phoenix so it was sad to think that we won't be visiting them next year. i promised masyn that we would come back to the neighborhood next may day and continue our tradition.
i wonder what the neighborhood will be like.

happy may day to all of you!!!

{two} months

please let the days pass slowly...

Healthy Foot!!!

really she meant to write 'food'...



masyn is on a healthy food kick, thanks, no doubt, to school
(don't get me started!!!)
i've had to cut back on my chocolate chip cookies and diet coke thanks to her and her {nagging}...
a week ago she drew up this chart and the spelling cracks me up.
she's been keeping track of how many in our family have been eating healthy.
i think we're doing pretty good.

so cute!

Roll Over, Roll Over

evyn rolled over!

A Sneak Peak

at tomorrow's quilt!!!

I {heart} Miss Jump

alex's quilt is all tied up and waiting for her...

this pattern is from the book cotton and wool by linda brannock

i absolutely LOVE love LoVe it!!! can you believe she's giving it away!

what a lucky recipient!

A Recipe Book

that is WAAYYY too CuTe!!!



my sister pointed me in the direction of a fabulous, new to me, blog and i just had to share this recipe book.
click here to visit michelle at mish mash and see her cute recipe book. she even has a recipe that sounds delicious, although given the fact that i've been baking cupcakes, cookies and banana chocolate chip bread, i don't think i'll be trying it anytime soon. i need to give my waistline a break! i will however bookmark it and maybe i'll even make myself a cute recipe book like this one...

sure...in my spare time.
a girl can dream right!!!

{hmmm, i just had a thought...}
what a great gift it would make.
kenz...my birthday is in november. that gives you plenty of time!
i promise to not even ask what happened to all my recipes during the move ;)