Happy Birthday

My friend Randi over at i have to say...... is celebrating a birthday for her one year old Etsy shop, Fresh Squeezed! There is also a super giveaway you won't want to miss.
I hope you will take a look at her awesome blog with so much inspiration~ She has the most gorgeous selection of fabric, along with some great tutorials!

The past few weeks have been quite a whirlwind. We have been working furiously finishing up school, preparing for our camping trip, a couple of family surgeries, and so many little things going on around here. Whew, it's good to be home and think about how we will spend our summer. First, my sweet little home needs a good cleaning, the garden needs weeding, and laundry needs washing! So, that's what's on the agenda for today! I'm off to get my home in order.

Camping Trip

Nothing says "It's Summertime" like the first camping trip of the year.
We had a great time camping, hiking, eating, and laughing together!!
Here are a few pictures I wanted to share of our hike. The first is at the top of Roan Bluff with a fabulous view in the background!!

Gathered around the campfire

Prom

SISTERS

Thanking the Lord for my two precious girls this Mother's Day!!
I love you sweet girls!!

She made this gorgeous skirt to wear for Easter

My nephew and his friend just before the
Eighth grade prom

Pictures with friends and family before Jordan's Prom

Wonky Blocks...... Wonky Log Cabin and Wonky Star........
aren't they cute.

Hello, I'm still here! We have been very busy the past few weeks so I've neglected my blog terribly! Sorry to go so long without posting.

I wanted to share a great giveaway for a quilt book today.
Visit Dawn's blog over at Linen Closet Quilts and take a look at her blog and that neat book she will be giving away! Dawn is a very talented quilt designer who loves antique and vintage quilts.

Although we are working hard to finish up our schoolyear we are making time for some fun too! Soccer, fun with friends, including our dog Ellie, and time spent with family.

Tomorrow night we are celebrating as we have an end of the year program with our precious Homeschool Group! Each child will be recognized as they move up to the next grade level. The kids have been practicing songs to sing and playing the handbells during the program. We're excited to "Celebrate" together with our friends!! God has blessed us with such sweet friends through our homeschool group that are such an inspiration and encouragement to our family.

What's a Jelly Roll?

We have been busy as ever. Our latest project is a bathroom makeover. The past couple of days I've been ripping down wallpaper and will paint as soon as it's down. It's coming down, slowly but surely. I'm using fabric softener to dampen the paper and a putty knife to scrape off that nasty second layer! Uggghhhh!!!!
Hubby is making a new vanity and we have a lovely new top and sink in black and white just waiting to be installed. Before and after pictures would be nice if I can make time to post them.

Now on to thoughts of sewing. I found a great post with information that will be helpful to my friends who are just beginning to quilt. I've been quilting for several years but just recently learned what a jelly roll is myself! Hope you enjoy this over at Simplify. Camille shares some great thoughts and photos on jelly rolls, layer cakes, and much more. Just scroll down a few posts after arriving there.
Have a great weekend!!

Wordless Wednesday

Well, ok, maybe just a few words.......
We are enjoying the warmer weather SO much!!
Here are a few pictures to share with you.
First two pictures of Allie and Ellie wrestling and having fun.

3)Allie at her sewing class with the almost finished skirt.
4) My latest sewing project I'm making for a decoration for my living room.
I have it completed and will show tomorrow. Waiting for my hubby to make a frame to place this in so I can paint it black and hang on the wall in my living room.

Have a great day!

A gentle and quiet spirit

This week has already been very busy and so I really needed to take time this week to begin my day in prayer and meditating on God's Word more than ever!.

1 Peter 3:4 -rather, let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

As a Christian woman I should strive to have an attitude that is not demanding and harsh, but soothing and tranquil.

Father, help me focus more on inner beauty, which will not decay, and less on outer beauty such as makeup, jewelery, and clothes.


But there is a kind of beauty that will never fade, that is precious in the sight of God, And, amazingly, those beauty secrets are found in the letters of John. John tells us how to grow in beauty, so that one day "we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming." (1 John 2:28 NKJV).