We have a beautiful new floor in our kitchen! Ray spent the day Saturday installing the new flooring, and we love the warm new look. Before: After: Allen and I were chatting yesterday morning, and he said, “I really like this new floor. All the wood in the kitchen looks nice . . . but these rugs,…
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Spring Top Week Day 1
I’ve really been wanting to sew some things for me lately, so I thought I’d jump into Made by Rae’s Spring Top Week Sewalong. For this first top, I followed Rae’s Spring Ruffle Top Tutorial at the Sew Mama Sew Blog, although I did modify it a little by adding cute elasticized sleeves. I really…
Newborn Bloomers Tutorial
I recently fell in love with the Itty Bitty Baby Dress Tutorial by Rae of madebyrae.blogspot.com. It makes such a sweet little newborn dress! I’ve made a few over the last month. This first one was a gift for a friend who’s a huge Florida Gators fan. I really like having bloomers to cover baby’s…
Posing a Tired, Cranky 2-year-old for a Family Picture
A Story in Pictures Laughing, yet? We finally bribed him with a piece of candy to get that last “CHEESE” smile. We pray that you have a Joy-filled Easter Celebration!
Spring is Here!
I know, I’ve been missing for awhile. I always seem to have blog posts running around in my head but finding time to actually upload pictures and type them out is another story. It’s spring here, and we’ve been enjoying the weather when it’s nice. We meet with a wonderful group of homeschoolers for park…
A Beautiful Day for a Visit to the Zoo
Jamie wanted to touch the water. Allen flew through the air. Beautiful Scarlet, Morgan’s youngest charge, went for slide. Samantha paused for a rest. Morgan and Allen played “monkey”. We shared lots of smiles. We took a turtle picture just for Nana and maybe to show off everyone’s mama-made clothes a little. We even had…
Ice!
Jamie is Two!
Jamie had a lovely time at his second birthday party yesterday! Lots of friends came to celebrate with him: the Hills, the Browns, the Mortons, Auntie Janet, Fulton and, of course, Morgan, Sean, Samantha, Allen and Mom and Dad. He was a bit impatient for everyone to arrive. He just couldn’t understand why he had…
Handmade Christmas Projects – Coasters
I really like giving Christmas gifts that are handmade. I also enjoy giving practical gifts. There are two very sweet moms who have watched my three youngest children this year so that I could volunteer in the GFA office two days a week, and we wanted to do something special for them. This project was the perfect…
Christmas Stocking Tutorial
The stockings are hung by the . . . well, we don’t actually have a chimney, so they’re hung in the dining room from the quilt rack. I sewed these stockings up last year so that we’d all have nice coordinating ones, and I thought I’d share my pattern and instructions with you. I love…