Any MInute Now.....

I have been so busy all day preparing for the first big arrival. Jeremy and Lindsay and Bridger and Kennedy will be at our house in about 25 minutes! I am so excited. Have I done everything? Let's see...... Set out Disney dishes for Bridger and Kennedy, check!

Make cupcakes for Bridger and Kennedy and whoever else wants to eat them.......check!

Strawberry Shortcake for Lindsay, check!

Corned beef and cabbage for Jeremy, check!

Homemade macaroni and cheese for Lindsay and Bridger and Kennedy, check!

New crib for Kennedy, check!

While I'm in the same room, bed ready for the newlyweds, check!

The newlywed's photo, check!

Pictures of Mabulane and her family, check!

New towels for the newlyweds, check!

Treats to torture Bridger and Kennedy with, check!

Dollhouse set up, check!

Truck blanket and monkey, check!

Books, check!

Lego, check!

Pudding, check!

Fruit snacks, check!













Have I missed anything? I hope not....Tomorrow (Wednesday) Rebecca and Dave arrive, Thursday Addison and Mabulane arrive (finally!!!!! Hallelujah!!!!) and last but certainly not least, Jordan and Kimalee arrive. Everyone is staying for 2 weeks, and Addison and Mabulane will be living with us. Well, I am going to go and lie down on the couch and watch the news and try to take a few moments to relax before they get here.

Kennedy's Stuff

Well, I've had a lot of free time so instead of watching TV, I sew.... I made this rag quilt for Kennedy for her 2nd birthday. It is about 43 inches X43 inches in size.
You sew all three layers together at once, so it is quilt as you go. When you are finished binding the quilt, you throw it in the washer and dryer, cut off all the millions of loose threads and you have a rag quilt. I love the colors.

I backed the quilt with yummy vintage rose chenille.

Then I thought, what shall I make next? A lovely little dress or nightgown, pink to match the quilt. I sewed inlayed lace on the yoke and around the neck and sleeves, with pintucks in between. I outlined the embroidered band with entredeux.

I love the embroidered band, and attached it with some beautiful heirloom lace on the hem.

Little flower pearl buttons on the back.

It sure would be fun to have a matching quilt for Kennedy to wrap up her baby doll in. It's about 20 inches wide by 25 inches long.

I love this print, so I put it on the back and machine embroidered little flowers in the squares. I love the way it turned out!

So I made a quilt, a doll quilt, a nightgown/dress, oh ya......Kennedy needs a pillow! I bought a 12" X 16" pillow form at JoAnn's, it is really plump and soft. I asked Sean (when he was in Utah) to pick out three l/2 yard pieces of pink fabric, one light, one medium and one bright. He did a great job and I made a little pillow for Kennedy to tote around with her.

I couldn't give her all that stuff without a baby doll. I don't know if this baby will ever be able to sleep. Just like me last night, because I was so excited about today. I might be buying two plane tickets from Johannesburg to Orlando today. Too much excitement. So happy 2nd birthday Kennedy, on July 19th. Lindsay, Jeremy, Bridger and Kennedy are arriving for dinner tonight and I have lots of things to do. I am preparing a special dinner with lots of treats for the grandkids. Bye for now.

And Another.....

Look what I got in the mail! I won a giveaway, four pretty fat quarters!!!
I won the giveaway from Ivy Arts.

This is the blog where I won this giveaway. Go and check it out. I won the giveaway celebrating their 200th post.

http://ivyarts.wordpress.com

Thank you so much Peg, I am going to make something really cute.

I won a give away

Look what I got in the mail today! An envelope from Lois. I won the giveaway she had on her blog a while back.

Here is the beautiful wooden letter she customized just for me. I think it is really gorgeous. Thank you Lois.

This is what it looks on my table in the front entryway so everyone can see it when they come to the door. This was the highlight of my day, and talking to Lois on the phone.

St. Augustine - warning: lots of pics!

Ricky had a conference in St. Augustine, so he and I went on Wednesday, and Vanessa and Sean joined us after school and work on Friday. We stayed at a golf resort. This is a picture of one of the buildings, we thought it was neat!

This is a fun painting in the lobby of golf from the past to the present.

This is the view out of our hotel window.

This is the view outside of our hotel room door.

Beautiful buildings in St. Augustine, the oldest city in the nation. It is a "must see".

Vanessa ordered gator tail, real gator tail! Sean even tried a miniscule bite and said it was good!

These little lizards are everywhere, I mean everywhere...we try to keep them out the house though if you were wondering.

Look Bridger, Nessie is about to get her hand bitten off!!!

You don't see this very often...

Aaaaaahhhh.....

We went on this tour after dark and went to the oldest jail, the first drugstore and the first hospital, all haunted, with characters telling us ghost stories. The jail was the most fun!

We of course made it to the beach.

Sean wanted to be buried so we obliged him.

We had a great time and are going back there at the end of July for three days with all of our children and grandchildren. We rented 3 bedrooms at a hotel that walks onto the beach. Can hardly wait!