Scotty Dog Quilt Tops

 Quilt 1

Quilt 2

Say what!?!? Has it really almost been a month since my last post? For shame! I have been keeping busy though. Mostly on these two quilts. Right now I'm working on the backs & should have them finished up by tomorrow night. Then I'll be quilting them with my new Grace Baby Lock! My sweet awesome amazing husband bought me my new machine on the last day of The Sewing Summit. I had planned on putting it on layaway & Dean said go ahead & get it when I asked him. I'm so grateful I have a husband that believes in me & my dreams. He's always so very supportive. I plan on using my Singer for all my basic sewing & my new Grace for the specialty sewing. It can do both but my hope is to extend the life of the machine by alternating between the two. We got a really amazing deal on the Grace. The Baby Lock reps were offering a discount to all Sewing Summit attendants & the price was to good to pass up. I feel like this machine will be perfect for my quilting needs until the time I need a larger quilting machine. Seriously though, that will be years down the road, lol. It's a beauty & every time I look at it since I've returned home I get the giggles!

The Sewing Summit was AMAZING! So amazing that I'll be posting about it in full tomorrow. Right now I'm heading to bed. I need to go snuggle up my sweet amazing awesome & sexy husband (you know the one who bought me that amazing new sewing machine) & get some sleep so I have the energy to get this project wrapped up tomorrow. Hope you all have had a happy weekend!

Ahhhhhh Freak Out!!!!

Quilt in progress

2 weeks from today I'll be driving to Utah to pick up one of my dearest friends from the airport. Then we will be attending The Sewing Summit! Woohoo!!!!!! Zana are you as excited as I am? What is the Sewing Summit you may be asking yourself? I'll tell you it's only going to be one of the funnest most awesomest sewing get togethers of the year that's what! You can find out all about it ::here:: I'm really excited to meet fellow creative bloggers that I have looked up to for the past few years. It's going to be fun to get away and just have some me time. Does that sound selfish? In all reality I haven't been anywhere all by myself since before I was a mom. That's like 12 years ago. I'm not gonna lie, I do feel a little guilty. It does help to know my sweet mother in law is flying out to stay with the kids while I'm gone. I know they will be in good hands. Having her here at home=Dean won't have to take off work=happy husband. 

I'm sewing my little biscuits off right now. I have two quilts to finish by next week. I would have been a little farther along but I had such a tough time with the above block. Silly right? I spent the better part of a week freaking out about it. Once I sat down & made a dummy block it just fit together like a puzzle. Quilting humbles me. I have so much to learn. I'm really hoping to learn some wonderful sewing skills while I'm at the Sewing Summit. So now the countdown begins! So freaking out! So freaking excited!!!!!! Come on people jump up & down with me!!!! Okay, now back to sewing.

 Thought it was about time Oblio got his first pair of shoes.

Pretty cute if you ask me, oh & the shoes are cool too :)

Good Morning Sunshine!

What a happy way

to start the day 

Good morning Sunshine!!!

This really was a happy accident. The girls always ask me to start their oranges for them (it makes them a little easier to peel) Zoe was so excited to find that I had given her a heart shaped start :) I think she thought I did it on purpose. I love that little Mozers!

Skate Park Afternoon

Like Father, like son. How funny is that? They both are making the same scrunchy eye face. I couldn't have planned that if I'd wanted to. 

About a week ago we headed to the biggest skate park for a little afternoon fun. I'm sure in bigger cities this park would have been overrun with kids. It was surprisingly empty.

It allowed the girls free reign to scoot around to their hearts content. 

Oblio had some fun on his little scooter as well. 

Isn't is crazy just how much they look alike?

We've been trying out different skate parks in Sparks & Reno. So far this is the third one we've gone to & it's Deans favorite. I'm pretty sure it's the largest skate park we have. The girls loved it. Zoe loves to try & follow the big boys around & if she could she'd do all the tricks they do. Dean helped Omri with his scooter. There was a storm moving through & we had a view of the most amazing skies. I love stormy weather. It reminds me of Florida weather when I was growing up. These family outings are always so much fun. Sometimes I really don't feel like going. I know there are so many things I could clean or get caught up on if Dean just took the girls. In the end I never regret taking time out of my day for moments like these.