Sensational Sunday Shots!!

Sunday meals are big, full of noise & usually involve kids doing silly things.  Today was no exception!!!  After a delicious roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, carrots & corn on the cob, we enjoyed some banana splits for dessert.  Grandpa even made a special trip last night to the grocery store to buy some bananas for our dessert!! :)  We all had our plates piled sky high and we enjoyed every last bite of our tasty treat!

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Just had to take this picture of my FIL with his plate piled with goodies!  I was teasing him about the fact that he had more dessert on his plate than the food he ate earlier! :)  Actually, ALL of our plates were filled to the brim with ice cream, fruit, whipped cream, nuts & choc. sauce!!!

Samuel show off just how big his mouth is!!

Callie shows off for ANYONE!!!

Check out my gorgeous sewing machine in the background along with the PILES of fabric that are waiting to be sewn up!!

Did I mention that she JUST had a shower right before dinner!!!

Her brothers get to laughing at her antics, which just makes her sillier!!! :)

Now....off to take an afternoon nap....

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Experimenting......

.....with VINYL

I've been dying to sew up something with some vinyl.  I figure I'd experiment with using the cheaper stuff before cutting into real leather! :)  My trusty old singer plowed right through this stuff with no problem at all.  Gotta LOVE those old machines!!!  Sometimes I was sewing through 6 layers of vinyl plus 4 layers of fabric!!!!  These machines were built to last.

I decided to add a zippered pocket to the back.  It's not perfect, but not bad for the first time making one with such a tough fabric!

...inside the zippered pocket.

Only a sewing gal would appreciate this gorgeous print!  I've used this same fabric to cover my sewing machine stool.  Can't wait to use this new clutch, but it disappeared!!!  I asked hubby last night if he took off with it and he looked at me like I was crazy!!!  Don't know WHY I asked himthat.  Sometimes I ask questions that totally do NOT make sense.  The more likely culprit is my daughter.  It's probably hanging up in her room with her collection of purses!  Off to go find my purse!!

Sunrise & Services, Family & Food, Egg Hunt, Candy & Cows

~It's Easter 2010~

Easter Sunday started out with a beautiful sunrise and

a service at our church.  I missed them all.  Was still sleeping! :)  Duane was there and took the pictures.

a breakfast for the sunrise service attenders! :)

The crowd at church that morning!

Pastor gave away a Bible and a meal out with he and his wife to the person that brought the most visitors to church.  Someone brought over 30 people!!!!!!

After church, we drove 2 hours to have Easter dinner with relatives.  Our 3 boys had spent the weekend at their grandparents and were already there.  We ate and then the kids had an egg hunt.

Ready.....

...get set.....

and they're off!!!!

I love this shot of Callie in motion....

                                 
                                      

Daddy helps sort the candy and the eggs.

Poor Samuel....he didn't get very many eggs 'cause he wanted money eggs soooo bad.  He would find an egg and open it before going on to the next one.  At one point, he picked up an egg, shook it, didn't hear anything inside, so he through it down.  Seth came along, picked it up, and it had $1 inside!!!!

All our kids on Easter Sunday.  The only one in Easter finery....Callie!!! 

All my parents grandkids in front of my Aunt & Uncle's home.

The clean-up crew--my Aunt, Mom & Grandma.

Peeking around the corner at mommy!

Going down the slide in the backyard.  My Aunt & Uncle literally have a playground in their backyard.  It's awesome!!!

They also have cows and daddy had to take Samuel & Callie to see them.

The cows seem to say....'what are YOU looking at!?"

Love this picture!

When we got back to my parents house, my mom had baked me an early b-day cake and gave me a bag full of gifts and a beautiful flower!

She even lit candles for me to blow out!!! 

And that was our Easter.....

The End.

I'm 32!!!!!!!!!

              So on  Sunday I had a birthday!  I'm 32 now!!! 

I guess I'm strange, but I still don't feel like I'm becoming ancient yet,

and don't feel the need to hide my age. :) 

Here I am with my four kiddos.  Samuel refused to look at the camera

and all the rest of

us are squinting into the sunshine!

The kids FINALLY got to wear their Easter outfits a week late.  I made matching polo shirts for the boys and a skirt and top for Callie.  Callie was grumpy and didn't want to smile or look at the camera.  It's impossible to get a perfect picture of kids!!! ;)

For my b-day dinner, I fixed stir fry and rice.  It was yummy!!!  For dessert we had ice cream, fresh strawberries with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.  The boys and grandpa washed and put away all the dishes.

Grandpa and Callie goofin' off!

Callie loves lickin' off the spoons!

Cake with a side of Toenails!

                          Late, last Tuesday, I was asked if I wanted to bake a birthday/going away cake

 for a friend at church.  I said I'd do it. 

 So, early Wednesday morning, I started baking. 

 I had a little helper who helped clean out the cake batter bowls!! :)

Isn't she cute!!

Here is "Mr. Leg" reaady to be frosted. He took 3 cake mixes, 2  pounds of powdered sugar, 1 pound butter, 9 eggs, 7 different cake pans, one VERY large piece of cardboard covered with foil, 5 brand new toenails & a package of sixlet candies!!!  This has got to be one of the most interesting cakes I've ever created!!  The entire time I worked on spreading the icing, Callie kept up a running conversation with 'Mr. Leg'.  She was very sad that her new friend was to be eaten that evening at Teen Action and he wouldn't get to experience everything she has experienced.  She decided he needed to see one episode of I Dream of Jeannie before his demise.  She got the portable DVD player, put in a disc, and placed it right where both she and 'Mr. Leg' could watch it together! :)  She definitely has an imagination.  Who knew that cake & frosting could be so entertaining. 

Here are the kids with 'Mr. Leg'.  The boys expecially thought it was disgusting that the cake had a thigh! 

Some pictures of 'Mr. Leg' by himself.  It's supposed to vaguely resemble a leg prosthetic.  Our friend, from church, is in the final stages of training, learning how to make these. I guess it was a hit at Teen Action, toenails and all!!!!  I reassured everyone that they were fresh from a brand new box!!!! :) 

~Sewing for Spring~

After cleaning out Callie's drawers, I discovered she had practically nothing to wear that fit her!  I decided she needed some mama-made stuff for spring.  Yesterday, I made her 2 skirts & a shirt. (I'll have to post her monkey outfit later)  Today, 4 more shirts & skirts. I've sewn quite enough today and am ready for a break! :) 

~A princess outfit~

She LOVES twirly skirts, but my stars....they take FOREVER to hem!!!

My favorite set happened by accident!!  I sewed the sleeves for this shirt onto another one and was left with the red polka-dot sleeves.  I added a moon reverse applique and matching skirt and voila a very different color combo that I have fallen in love with. :)

A little purple & some stripes.

I just love this strawberry fabric.  Very bright and cheery!

Now, I MUST get the sewing explosion cleaned up!!! 

A SHORT scare!!!

Well....it was short-lived THANKFULLY!!!!  I tried to sign in to my blog this morning to upload some pictures of the kiddos.(we baked cupcakes last night and it was a HOOT!!)  Anyways, I couldn't acces my blog and it said it was disabled!!!!!  Didn't know WHY!!!  I tried all different things, even sent an e-mail to google.  Well....finally I decided to start resetting passwords.  When I reset my password for my blog it allowed me to access it!  Weird, huh??  Oh well....now to get on with the day.  Now that I've wasted so much time on all this!  Cupcake pictures later........:)