Block exchanges

I am doing a block exchange online thru stashbeeblogspot.com This month is our first month and our Hive Mama asked us to make the block here. It is paper piecing which is one of those things I can love or hate. Thankfully this did not have to many pieces so it went together pretty easy. I decided to do this since i have not been quilting much since Amanda passed away and thought this might help keep on quilting. I am also in a Virtual Modern Block Exchange with my quilting family. Everyones blocks can be seen on Flickr on the Virtual Modern Block Exchange. I am having alot of fun with it.

Lily's Quilts: New dawn, new day, new button

Lily's Quilts: New dawn, new day, new button

8 years gone by

Christmas

what a awesome day even though some of us went without electric and water and some us of are still having problems with the district not having water it was a great day. Because of the weather my entire family was here for xmas dinner. It was nice only one person missing from the group and that was my dad even though it has been almost 8 years it is still hard to have the holidays without him, but he is in such a awesome place. Well Santa came and visited CW today so i guess he has been good. He even visited Thomas and brought him some clothes and a cookbook. Thomas loves to cook so I am planning to get the food items he needs and he can start cooking away. Now he just needs pots and pans so when he gets his own place.
Of course i had to include a picture of CW and my niece Jayci she was all about kissing on CW today. It was really cute.

Cookie Time with CW

Ok for Halloween we painted a pumkin so for christmas we decided on making cookies. since CW just turned one we choose the cookies that you just lay out on the baking sheet. The first batch of cookies he wanted to eat but the second pan he figured out that they were suppose to get placed on the ccokie sheet. I have included pictures of the process and the result of the cookies. He did throw a royal fit when i went to put the cookies in the oven but i just let him help and then he was ok.

It was really cute he just stood by the oven waiting for those cookies to come out of the oven. You can also see him enjoying the cookie dough on his hands.

Walking and working

Today my grandson took his first steps as far as taking more than just 3-5 at a time. I turned around and he was coming across the kitchen floor into the den. we are excited but it just means he is growing up way to fast. He also got to work outside with his Papa and Uncle Thomas so I included a few pictures of him on the backhoe and the dozer. If there is one thing this kids loves it is being on the equipment and helping out.

Halloween

This past weekend was my grandson,niece and nephew first halloween as far as dressing up and going out to a few houses. My nephew has always been sick up until this year, This year he got to dress up as Woody and he did a great Woody. I have included a picture of them all plus one of each of them alone.