Maiden Voyage

On fathers day Shane & Levi (his dad) found a john boat for sale at a good price. So Levi paid for it & me & Shane drove 1 1/2 hours to go pick it up.Last Sunday we took it out on its maiden voyage.This is the resivore. If you look closley Shane & the kids r in the boat out in the middle.

Here they are coming in.

Hayla looking like a bird. She was playing on the launching ramp.

Aden jumping off the dock. He did this over & over & over & over....

Talon...not so much. She's getting braver. We found a rope swing when we were in the boat but I didnt have my camera.

Here is Shane (he's in the back w/ his shirt on). They got a kick out of sinking the dock. Its on hinges so that when the water goes down , the dock folds down. One guy tryed to dive off the dock as it was coming back up and ended up doing a belly flop on the dock...that was entertaining for us.

Here's Ruth & Levi (Shane's mom & dad) coming in from thier hour long row. That's Talon swimming out to meet them.

And of course...... the ride home. So sweet. Just another Sunday around here.

Talon's Glasses

We picked them up the other day. I think the're cute. She picked them out all by herself. She uses them for reading & tv & computer...everything but playing.

This is what we were doing b4 we went to go get them.

Picnic in the Park

So this was 2 weeks ago or so. We took the kids & dogs to this little park. We also brought a rolling bbq that I won in a drawing...yeah me! We set up picnic stuff and then took a walk across the bridge & down the path....

...we veered off the main path to a smaller path and found this clearing. I t was our own private beach for an hour...

..we all got in & played (not me /they're crazy/it was COLD). I walked in a little holding Chehayla's hand.

Next time we will bring the rafts (& rope & live vests).

Not on this trip but a week or so b4 this we found out that Hayla is a natural hiker. It was really raining (the kind that soaks your jeans just from walking). But we were all so tired of waiting for the weather, to be able to get out. SO we packed jackets and boots and stoped for lunch & drove to the resivore to check it out. It was awsome if you have a boat. (which we do now!). Anyways we took an easy trail but it was muddy & slippery but wide. At one point we veered off to a narrower path to get closer to the water. Chehayla was in front of me and w/ out me telling her she was tredging up this narrow slippery path w/ her feet spread on the edges where the was better traction. It was cool. When we got to the waters adge there was a huge bull frog. Shane & Aden tryed to touch it but it jumped and Aden fell on his butt, 1/2 in the water. We were all soaked& filthy, especially the dogs.It was SOO fun!

Quilt Gallary

I made this "lap quilt" a few months ago as a fund raiser for Cystic Fibrosis. It will be raffeled off in Paso Robles sometime in the future. It comes with 2 zippered throw pillow covers.


Our friends were getting married and I wanted to make them a quilt for thier bed. But Chehayla was schedualed for a hospital addmition so I didnt have the time I needed....

..I found this patteren an a magazine. Finished it just in time, droped it off on the way to the hospital, 3 days b4 the wedding. Although I do still want to put some more embelishments on the cake.

This has turned out to be one of my favorite patterns. Its a "kalidascope"...

..I made this one for a little girl who heard about Chehaylas story and started going door to door collecting donations for the foundation.

This was my entry for a yearly quilt challange. The theme was "Green Eggs & Spam". The quilts get displayed in a coffee shop downtown during October....

... I didnt figure out how to do this quilting detail till after the show was over. The oval pices were just glued on (shh-I dont think any one noticed). The trick was to use a button hole stich!...

..Now it hangs at my Nannys house.

I absolutly LOVE this quilt! The pattern called for paper piecing (which I just dont get-its on my bucket list), anyway I had to trace every piece and add 1/4 to all the edges then cut it out in fabric on the wrong side...very time consuming. But the best part is that it actually turned out! I made it for St. Judes Childrens Reseacch Hostipal.

I made this real quick for Aden when I was pregnant with Chehayla. I was working on the edge trying to get it finished as I was in labor. I was pretending that I was fine but really I was holding out for Shane to get home from work.

This was for my friend Curran's daughter when she was born. The back is supper fuzzy.

This is the "kalidascope" pattern again...

..this is the first one I made. Its a queen size. I made it for my dad for x-mas.

I made this for my cousin Paul. The fabric has golfers all over it.

This was also for St. Judes. 4 years ago I think.

There's more pictures somewhere. I'll have to find them. Right now it's time for antibiotics.

Hayla's Story

Every spring we start fundraising for the CF Foundation. In 2010' I decided to make a movie instead of writing a letter to send out. The movie didnt bring in as much money as the letters do but the feed back we got was great. I think it explains what CF is, and what life w/ cf is like pretty well. You should probably go get some tissues b4 you start the movie.

Inside Looking Out

So the other day Chehayla was standing looking out the window to the back yard. The image was exactly the same as a picture of her when she was a baby. She looked so grown up. I was thinking ...wow has she actually grown that much. Then I was thinking how sad it was for our family to be missing out. So this blog's for you. To keep everyone updated with the kids and Hayla's health.