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.

Washin' Faces

Yesterday afternoon the girls decided it was time to wash faces. They are so stinkin' cute!!!! That is probably just the Mommy in me talking. :)

Red, White, & Blue

Here is my ornament tree & frog for July.

Here is my doorway. I bought wooden stars at Michael's & painted them red,white, & blue. Super simple but super cute.