Halloween

Here is the Halloween costume I made this year. Mom helped me sew the wings and I painted the design on and made the crystal snaps and antennae for my hair. It was a lot of work but it turned out OK.

In case you can't tell...it is a Butterfly.

Quilt - Phase 2

I went home this weekend to work on the quilt with mom. She has already sewn the small pieces we cut out last time I was home to form 56 blocks. We sewed the blocks together and did the 2 borders while I was home.

Growing Up

Lani is getting so big!! My parents traveled to Lubbock to my brother and his family. According to my Mom she is walking all over the place and "talks" a lot to. I was sad that I didn't get to see her but hope to see her soon!

Lani wearing the Miss July shirt Aunt Janet made with the help of Grandma Allen.

Lani reading to Grandma.

Playing in the sand.

Ruthie and 9/11

Mother/Daughter Time

My mom and I started working on a quilt together this weekend. After some time at the store, my OCD self finally decided on several patterns to make a quilt. We cut out over 500 pieces of material. My dad jokes that we cut all that material just to put it back together again. Here are some pictures of the beginning stages. Oh...and just to add a little embarrassment to the mix...we watched Mamma Mia and sang all the songs.

Blah!!

This picture of my niece pretty much sums up my mood today!Although after looking at her I can't help but smile. Such a funny little girl.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

My mom's birthday was 8/9. Since she was in Kansas with my dad, I went home this weekend to see her...with a surprise!!

I walked in with a cake box and she said "Is that one of Ann's cakes?!?!"

**Vince's sister-in-law Ann makes beautiful cakes***

She opened the box and was so thrilled to see a Quilt cake.

Every part of the cake was edible...and yummy!!

She didn't want to cut it so I did it for her.