My First Quilt

My good friend April made Finn a beautiful quilt before he was born. When I found out Eric's sister Tonya and my sister Tara were both pregnant I asked her if I could comission her to make them each one. She lovingly told me it was easy and she'd teach me to do it instead. I took that as a challenge. So when Tonya found out she was having a girl Eric and I went shopping for fabric. Oh what a date night that was! So after only about 8 hrs of work this is the finished product.






I am really pleased at how it turned out and it really wasn't as hard as I feared it would be. I learned alot and gained a closer relationship with my friend. I look forward on working on my next, as soon as Tara finds out what she's having.

OMG funny!!!

Lotus Elise

A good friend of mine bought this car. It's not a sports car...it's a race car. I'm not kidding. I've never ridden in anything like it.

Finn is crawling...

He's been crawling for a few weeks now...more on this later.

A week of non-stop partying!!

These pictures are all mixed together just so this doesn't take forever. There are pictures from Chuck-e-Cheese, party with friends, new shirt, new toys, new cap guns and swinging his new batman sword in the dark.

Sully

You've had a Birthday, shout Hurray!



We want to sing to you today,



One year older and wiser too,



Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!!

Check Out Finn's New Do

I got bored last night and decided Finn needed his hair cut and what's better than a Mohawk on a 9 month old? He can't really get any cuter but this did kick up his cuteness a level or 2.



Eric had the opprtunity to design this tee shirt for my nieces school in Texas last month. Aunt Chrissta (aka the PTA president) sent the kids each one. Cute huh?

The Guardian

This cartoon will print in "The Guardian" newspaper in London on Saturday. Oh, and wait until you see my Sunday cartoon...put it this way, I'm predicting email.

The Tree Finally Fought Back

Amara has had a favorite tree that she climbs and abuses since we moved into this house. I am always worried she is going to fall out and break a limb but, knock on wood, that hasn't happened. Today she fell out and got these injuries. She's not so sure about the tree anymore. It's not so fun when you're the one being picked on!



She is ok. No one (Grandparents) worry too much.

I was lookin' for you baby...

This post goes out to...well...you know who you are.

Outstanding Citizen

Amara won the monthly citizenship award today at school! She won for: "showing the character trait of cooperation. Amara is always one of the first to jump up and be willing to work with others."

She is very excited and we are very proud of her.

The Yak

I went fishing on the Yakima (The Yak) this last Saturday with a couple of friends. We rented a drift boat and tried to catch a few trout. We spent most of the time, however, trying to figure out how to control the drift boat. Not an easy task when you've never done it before. All in all we had a great time even if we did only catch one trout between the three of us.