November is here!

Even though we weren't going to be home the weekend of the Hallelujah Party at Generations Church, I needed to finish a project that has been put on the back burner for waaaayyy too long.
The puppet stage....

Courtney is here interacting with our version of puppets. The closest thing we had in the house.
This "stage" is easily set up and broken down and lets more than one person work inside of it.

This week I also chose to get some of my birthday quilts delivered.




June Z's b'day was last week so on Wednesday I
got to bring hers to New Song to present it to her.

Katelin Z's birthday is this Wednesday so she got one as well.

We missed Molly Z's party on Mother's Day this past May and I really didn't want her to freeze when he sisters were warm and cozy in their quilts so I made one for her too. Happy verrrryyy Belated Birthday Moll!

There was another quilt to give. This time an early birthday one.

Brought Alyssa's to her this weekend. I really like it and I hope she does too. It goes well with the color of their room.

It appears that I'm going to have to curb my quilt fetish soon. The store I get my fabric from is going to be discontinuing carrying fabric :-(

While we were in Lacey, I managed to find some for a new project though :-)

I know my last post was pretty pumpkinny but what can I say it's

Pumpkin Time!

Rowan got to take part in the cleaning out of his pumpkin as well as encouraging his mother to carve his favorite letters on his "p", "x" and "y".

Guys sure seem to get into this stuff... perhaps it has to do with the fact that they get to use knives and it's kinda messy. I choose to believe that they are very creative at heart.

Puppy Rowan and the finished pumpkins. (Click on the photo and you can see more detail in the pumpkin carvings)


And then came the main reason we were up in Lacey this weekend...

Rowan is TWO!

He got a nice variety of colorful and some musical cards...

a truck from his Mum, a rifle from his Dad, a beautiful sweater made by is Gremmy and a wooden car from his Goddy,

some books and some clothes and some Veggie Tales.

He enjoyed the stickers.

his Dad's tape measure...

and masses of balloons!

Birthday dinner at Red Robin! YUM!

It was a great birthday for the little guy.
We had fun anyway.
Next Post....Happy Birthday Alyssa!

Busy, busy week

This week seemed extra busy for some reason.

Tuesday, Joylynn came over with the kids. They all three sat on the couch and read books for a while. I got a few pictures but this one I love!

My precious Wyatt. He is one of the best Kindergarteners I know.

I snapped a picture of a stack of some of my latest projects. Just the edges but colorful non the less.

PUMPKIN TIME!

Krystle and Ty took a trip out to the Roloff Farm a few weeks ago.

They came home with pumpkins.

This was the weekend to carve them so it turned into a carving party!

I picked up an extra pumpkin this past week to make the porch balanced :)

As it turned out we had an extra carver to do the honors on Saturday.

The gang planning and proceding.


Did you know that when you keep pumpkins outside they are really cold?

Cam found that out pretty quick...!

Ty and Krystle were quite the team in providing advice and lending a hand.

Hard at work.

Ty putting finishing touches on Cam's Panda Pumpkin.

Courtney's friend Charles came over and was able to be our designated carver for the final pumpkin.

I really can't say no pumpkins were hurt in the process.

One last picture before he headed out.

Thanks for coming! It was fun!

Krystle and Tyler settling in to watch an episode of something or other. Do you realize how many seasons of various shows are out there just waiting to be viewed?

The final photo. A couple of our more reluctant artists haven't finished their masterpieces yet. Hopefully in the next day or two we will have 3 jack-o-lanterns on each side of our porch just in time for Saturday.

Blackcat and Puppy and other stuff...

Every now and again we take a picture of our furry "kids"

They have a nest type apparatus in the upstairs bathroom.
Courtney threw her sweater coat on it but that didn't keep them from snuggling up together.
Peanutbutter doesn't look too comfy but Ninja is fine.

One of our maple trees is diseased. Logan and Harlan worked at getting all of the dead branches cut out.

It's still a favorite perch for Courtney and Nicole.

Harlan and one of "Grampa's little man"s.

Har didn't realize I was photographing both him and Rowan so he is kind of leaning out of the picture or trying to.

The end of the month is that holiday that isn't my favorite but it's fun to dress up and have candy so....

We were looking at stuff for costumage. Rowan wanted Cam to put on the hat.

Then he tried it.

But....

Alyssa said that Rowan is into a certain snuggle puppy book recently so when we found this costume and tried it on over his clothes, he fell in love with it.
We even put him up on the counter to scan the price tag so he wouldn't have to take it off.

He spent a good deal of that day being a puppy.

FALL leaves....

Fall has so many rich textures and colors and odors.
It is quite the showoff of seasons but very beautiful.
Here is what it looks like at the mall just outside of the Sears entrance.
The planners of that area of the Lloyd District did a great job in choosing trees and bushes!

And last but not least

Logan and Alyssa found out that they are going to welcome a daughter in the spring.
Lyssa and I went shopping for some fabric yesterday so I made a small quilt and will make a matching sheet for the Moses basket for our new little miss.
I am looking forward to more planning and shopping in the months ahead.

Genevieve is 4 years old!

Today we celebrated Genevieve's 4th Birthday.

She didn't tell us that she would be "5" on her next birthday like her brother did when he turned 4 but she did say "I love it!" and "That's my favorite!" an awful lot.

We had balloons, presents and cake. What more could any little girl want?

October 2005 She has the best big brother in the world.

He loves her so much.

October 2007

2 year old Genevieve. Such a sweetie!


October 2009
Our big 4 year old! She still likes Dora.

There were females at her party. We just didn't make it into the picture.

See I told you he loved her. This was totally his idea. I just wanted to get a picture of the three of them with the party hats on.

Happy Birthday girl with her new blanket from Gramma.

Speaking of party hats.

I think they enjoyed being goofy with them more than wearing them normally.

Wyatt was trying to teach Genevieve how to "ballerina".

It's nice to have "ballerina-ing" in my kitchen.

All too soon it was time to go home :( She loaded up her loot and headed out.

She is and will always be our #1 granddaugher.

She looks so much like her mother but she is as unique as her name:

Genevieve Kay Marie had a very good birthday!