Saftey!

Chase has been DYING to get his hands on Dad's riding lawn mower. So on Tuesday night, Dad humored him & let him give it a try. Little did Chase know there is a safety feature on the seat! So we all got a really good laugh at him trying to get the mower going. He could get it started but then he couldn't keep it going & couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Starting the mower.....

but it just won't go........

try it again, maybe try a little harder.....

AH HAH! It finally works! Thanks to Dad for moving up the seat!

A Puppy & A Boy........

We were sitting in the driveway this morning. Baby seemed to have something to say to Chase. And whatever she told him seemed to make her smile VERY big! Such a cute little puppy face. How can you not love it?!!

Swimming

I took the boys to the Aquatic Center in Muscatine this afternoon. That was their reward for cleaning their area in the garage!
Here they are going down the slides.

Family Pictures from the 4th of July

Here are the boys & Tim on the river, waiting for fireworks to start.

Here the four of us are at the school, on the 5th, waiting for fireworks to start. It's the one & only time of the year I dress us in matching shirts.

Stitching on the 4th

I spent the 4th of July on the Cedar River, stitching the day away. The day started rainy & icky but ended up being a great day in the end. I got two pieces done for September.

Here is Fall Squared by Lizzie Kate. I was so mad- I ran out of 920 to finish the pumkin. And then because I enlarge all of my patterns, due to my terrible eyes, I didn't have the instructions to finish the stithes in between the word fall. GRRRRRRRRRRR.

I also got this one done, it is a SanMan Original, from the September 2008 calendar.

Here is Fall Squared- finally finished!

Hank Daniel

My friend, Nikki, became a Mommy for the 2nd time!
I am a very pround Auntie!

Hank Daniel was born at 4:27 this afternoon. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 10 ounces, & is 20 1/2 inches long. He is just too cute for words!









Here is Hank with the most important women in his life- his Mommy & his big sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth says she's going to take care of him, according to her she's going to do it all. We can't wait till he makes a big stinky in his diaper to see if she will have the same reaction.

A Bit of August

By Lizzie Kate. I'm not stitching much for August, I figure for summer I can get by with using the same ornaments for June & August.