Wow...let's play a little catch up, shall we???

It's been a long time...too long really, but it's the same old song and dance from me....busy, busy, busy...so if anyone cares here is how the last month has gone.

First off this lovely, first born daughter of mine turned 22 years old (how can that be?!) and her daddy and I took a short trip to Lawrence so we could see our girl on her birthday. Good food and fun was had by all. Oh that's Joe, Emily's boyfriend in the KU blue. Hi Joe :o)

Next up my Mom had a procedure done on her heart and hopefully she will start to feel better and better because of it.
Then my sweet hubby turned 52 years old...yikes!!! I think he had a pretty good day and I did what I do best and I cooked Tequila Lime Chicken, homemade flour tortillas and Pico de Gallo and he requested a Fresh Strawberry Cake and so I made that too. No pictures because it all went very fast :o)

I had a HUGE garage sale....that took a lot out of me, but I was very glad to get rid of a ton of "stuff". Kara, Jacob and Jay worked on this with me and we did have fun.

Then it was Father's Day and all of the girls were here to celebrate their wonderful daddy.

Here's the whole family including Kara's boyfriend, Jacob after church on Sunday.

Yes, I am the one with the spare tire around my middle (drat!)...there has been a lot of good food around the last month and there will be more...lol
Then we had all of our carpet in our home stretched and cleaned. Tons of work, tons!
But now we're putting things back and cleaning things out. Here's a picture of my clean carpet in the living room...not that you really care, but it's soooo nice.

Now I am busy putting my sewing room back together because everything had to be packed up.

Oh do you see the Kaffe quilt on my design wall? Well every now and again I get the chance to sneak off and sew a bit (keeps me sane) Here's a full on picture of the design wall.

And I also get a chance to go into my downstairs sewing area and work on these little babies sometimes.

and another one.

and in the evenings, if I'm not too tired, I work on these little lovelies.

I am enjoying the Life is Beautiful embroidery patterns by Helen Stubbings. Not sure if I'm going to make the quilt like she does or do my own thing. I'm using different backgrounds from my stash for an aged look.
Well that just about sums it up for now. Sorry I've been incommunicado for so long and I probably will be again as we have my family (mom, brother, sister and families) coming to our house this Saturday and Jay's entire family coming for a family reunion on Sunday. Also Emily and Joe will be home for the weekend and then on Monday afternoon my sister and I will begin "Quilt Camp Two".....I can hardly wait I'm so excited!
Thank you to everyone who has sent emails checking on me....I'm fine, although Jay is still unemployed at the moment. We're doing good though. It's amazing how God works through all situations and this trial has really drawn our family closer together.
Oh and I'm sorry for the picture heavy post...I like pictures on other blogs so I hope you all do to. Enjoy the week.

Blessings....ranette