Mason's quilt....

Mason has wanted a bed quilt for quite awhile now, and I decided that in April 2011 I would start cutting out fabrics for his quilt. He picked out the colors he wanted, and I found a pattern that my friend Jean wrote that I thought would be perfect for a boy quilt.  It took me til September 2012 to actually finish the quilt.




He loves it!!!!  Love the geuine smile I got out of him in the next 2 photos

 

Straight line quilting.. and learned a few lessons on this one.. I should have started in the middle and worked my way out...to help with my imperfect basting...

 

For the back of the quilt, I took all the left over pieces and blocks and  then had to buy a little bit more to actually finish it. I find that when I make a quilt with fabric, I don't really want to use the fabric in other quilts, so putting it on the back is a great alternative and way to use up every last scrap AND not have to break the bank and buy more fabric!!!  Madden is liking the quilt too

Mason's 8th Birthday

How is it that my oldest child is already turning 8??  The years are flying by, and my little guy, isn't so little anymore.  He loves baseball, and wanted a baseball themed birthday. The cake was to have plastic men on it, but the USPS decided they would rather hold it at the PO til the day AFTER the birthday party, so we didn't get them in time for all the photos :(  Lesson learned.. don't wait til a week before the event to have something mailed to you and expect to get it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Madden's 1st Birthday

With the boys having birthdays 4 days apart, it was just easier to have a joint birthday party. I'm sure some day this won't work out well, but for now the 1 year old could care less!!

 

 

 

 

 

These 2 little boys are gonna be fighting over toys the rest of their lives!!!

 

LOVES to go for bike rides with his new helmet