Tony mowed the 1st cutting of the season, I can only hope his hours stay somewhat short so he can help out mowing more this year. He can mow the yard in about half the time I can. Why can't we have the muscles like men~Mallory was right in step with him
She took a break and thought she needed to push Mason around on his little scooter.. and she did it! Thats my girl!! Mason had better watch out, cause when she gets a little bigger, she is gonna hold her ground and I'm sure give him a piece of her!!
The kids had a ball playing in the fresh cut grass, and all the grass stains even came out!! Not sure how I got so lucky there though
The 3rd weekend in April I was able to attend my 3rd Circle of Friends (COF) retreat in Manchester, NH. It was so much fun being able to meet old friends I'd met the last few years, and to meet all the new ones that were able to come this year. I arrived on Thrusday and stayed til Monday. The 5 days went by very fast, yet I learned so many new things this year!!! My roommates this year were Bonnie and Mikol, two girls I'd never met before this retreat. We are all about the same age and all have young kids, so I knew just from that we would get along great, and we did!! I had the best roommates and the best time getting to know them a little better. THANKS GIRLS for being the best roomies I could have ever asked for. While I was gone, the kids spent their time with my mom, my mother in law, and tony. They got to spend a little time with everyone which I'm sure made the caretakers happy, and the kiddos even more happy!! They were happy to have me back home and I was happy to see them. The trip refreshed me and made me appreciate my kids so much more.
As I was packing up to go, someone thought they wanted to come along....and heck, she even fit *S*
The following are just some random photos taken during my stay...
This quilt was quilted by Thearica (left) and pieced by Joan (right). It was BEAUTIFUL!!!
This is the back of it which shows the quilting. AMAZING. If you click on the photo, it will make it a little bigger so you can see the details a little better.
A few of us went out for dinner on Saturday night at Famous Dave's BBQ (ok so 6 of us had eaten at the same restaurant on Friday for lunch.. but it was so good we didn't mind going back the next day)
Christine was kind enough to teach a class on how to make the Miranda bag, a lazy girl pattern. I took the class, ok, i really hijacked the class and took Christine for myself, but I was bound and determined to get the bag done before midnight when we were kicked out of our community room. I loved learning the new method, however, I think I'll be sticking to my old method. But love the look of premade handles and might have to start incorporating that into my bags. THANKS Christine for putting up with me *S* . I now use this as my diaper bag, as its huge and holds all the little things and then some I'm needing to carry around. Course I didn't take a picture of it before I stuffed it full, so bear with my 'junk'
We were all given a Fat Quarter (18" x 20") of the blue cow print(that is used as the cows over coat in this photo) and were told to make something with atleast some of it. We didn't have to use the whole piece, however. Thearica made this ADORABLE cow sitting on the pig, and she gifted it to ME!!!! How sweet was that?!?! Thearica is a HUGE pig collector and loves anything 'pig', so for her to give this to me, touched my heart. I too have quite a few pigs in the house, but this by far will be my most treasured. THANKS Thearica for the thoughtful gift, and it even made the plane ride home in one piece!!
I'm still in the process of rounding up some sighseeing photos of the Manchester area. When we took our one day bus trip to Keepsake Quilting, I didn't take my camera!! DUH!! The only time we went anywhere out of the city in which I could have had great photos, I didn't bring my camera. So I'll post some photos later when I get them from some friends!!This coming weekend is Mothers day. We will be spending some time with both mothers and some extended family and the weather is supposed to be nice to boot. Wishing all you mothers out there a wonderful weekend. What a blessing it is to be a MOM
