Playtime with Bub!

typically includes dirt, helmets and some sort of motorized vehicle...

and nolan always LOVES it!!!

Working...working...

the life of a quilter...

it's not a bad gig!

A Four Leaf Clover!!!

oh how i love this!

jenn from blue sky confections made this beautiful door decor!

i absolutely LOVE it.

if you do too, you can go here for the tutorial.

Leprechanuns Abound!!!

many of you may know that nolan's birthday is on st patricks day.
how stinkin cute would these be with his cute face on them!!!

head on over to skip to my lou for the complete instructions and tutorial to make your own.

what a fantastic idea!

So Lucky

as soon as i saw this, several people came to my mind.

i know that you to have someone in mind who would love to receive this simple act of kindness.

vanessa over at see vanessa craft is offering this free download,

as well as, the tutorial for these yummy oreos!

Comfort & Joy Block {Two}

as usual, i'm a day late and a dollar short...
but here's my version of block two of the comfort & joy quilt



if you're just now joining me,

i'm hosting a quilt along over fat quarters quilt shop.

come quilt with us!

{SNOW}day!!!

i know. i know. i live in southern california and it's 65 degrees.

but, come on, my kids should be allowed a snow day too don't ya think!

besides, it was leap day, so it really was a free day. right!?

anyways, on the spur of the moment, yesterday, {which isn't much like me} i gathered all the mittens i could find, extra socks and the jackets grandma got the kids for christmas {thanks mom!}, grabbed the kids, pulled masyn out of school and headed to julian.

masyn has been begging me to take them to the snow. the only time she had gone was when she was little and she can't remember it. gavin hasn't been since then either and mikaela had never been to julian. so off we went.

now. before i go further i must say that both mikaela and i told gavin multiple times to get warmer clothes on. he doesn't listen...

in true max & ruby fashion, the first thing on the list was to make snow angles!!!

check!

we found a park and the kids {all the kids} had fun playing on everything!

except, evyn very much disliked swinging in her own swing! you can't tell, but she's screaming and crying in the picture below...

sliding down the hill was fun and i'm pretty sure gavin was wishing he had listened to mikaela and i!!!

making snowballs was a must!

throwing them was even better!

snowball fights are now nolan's favorite thing!

except when bub throws them in your face! darn bub!

thank goodness for mikaela. she made nolan feel better! nolan says, "she LOVES me!"

masyn absolutely LOVED it. she would live there if she could. to be honest...i would too...

we topped the trip off with a stop at the julian pie co and headed home.

it was a great {snow} day!

This & That

i didn't share this month's monday's best class...

i taught cheri's checkerboard heart quilt

and in the spirit of {hearts} i made these cupcakes

and gave a little pouch of button pins to everyone.

i {love} quilt class!

February's Midnight Madness

this months class was this quilt by rita briner
called baskets & poppies
you can get the pattern here.

as always it's a lot of fun.

here's the summary...

{the goods}

{the gals}

{the quilts}