First Red Quilt

I've always wanted to make a red quilt. I love the color red and finally did it. I'm on a private message board from when I was pregnant with Q. I've known these ladies over 5 years now and 2 other ladies and I have taken to making quilts as one of our members has a baby. I was in the lead on this one so I picked the fabric out and then mailed out what they would need. They made however many blocks I told them to and mailed it back. I put it together and viola, a beautiful baby quilt. I really wanted to make this gal a pink and brown quilt, but after searching high and low, I was never able to locate pink and brown fabric. I was disappointed, but as I was laying in bed one night the idea of a red quilt came to mind because the baby was born in December and I thought this pattern reminded me of a candy cane without getting Christmas fabric. I love how it turned out. This was one of my most challenging quilts so far in terms of piecing the rows together. The seams had to line up perfectly or else the diagonals would be off. This is just the top. I still have to quilt and bind it. I was just so excited how well it turned out I had to share with someone.

Blessings

My husband just ordered a new computer yesterday. His business partner, Josh was in need of a new one also so they went to the Apple store and walked away with 2 computers on order that should arrive next Thursday. Yay! Thank goodness Mindbox Studios is picking up half the tab and then we just have to pay the other half on a monthly plan. Chris reassured me that the money will be there to do that. It's hard owning your own business. There are things that are needed to make the business run more productively and smoothly, but first you have to sell jobs, finish the jobs, get paid for the jobs, and then buy those things. Right now Mindbox is doing good despite the apparent recession we're in. Praise God for that.
We had dinner last night with Josh and his family. They are the ones that have a 2 year old with cancer. What a blessing she is. So sweet and loving. She was excited to see and play with Quinn. She has lost all her hair and I was wondering how Quinn would react or if he would say anything. He didn't. It just goes to show that among kids, looks don't matter. They'll be your friend no matter color, ethnicity, hair or no hair. I was proud of him. I was finally able to meet their new addition, Kacie. Cute as a button. Keira is on week 5 of 42 weeks of chemo. Already the bump on her arm where the cancer is, is shrinking. Praise God. One specific thing they said to pray about (among many) was that as the cancer shrinks, it shrinks away from the artery that it is lying on. At week 12 they are supposed to go in and see if they can remove it yet. So if you're the praying type, please send one up for this family.
Tonight is chili night. I'm cold. I can't seem to keep warm at all today and I'm even wearing my long johns underneath my clothes. Quinn wants to play outside so badly. He cried when I made him come in. So sad. I can't wait for warmer weather and neither can he.

Misc. Pictures

I don't have a whole lot to say, so we'll let the pictures speak the words.

Q loves to play monopoly. He usually wins too.

She loves her horse and blanket.



This little girl climbs everything. Anything that can be stood upon she does. I have to keep my eye on her constantly. She wears me out. ;)

Stinky Quinn

We were sitting down watching a movie with Q before bed. Here's the conversation:
Chris: did you toot?
Quinn: daddy, everybody does that. sometimes I do it at school, but nobody knows.
If they stink at school, like they do at home, I'm sure someone knows.

Today we had a play date with one of his friends from school. The plan was to go to the YMCA for open gym. The gym was closed for painting. Then we decided to go to the library. Our library has an awesome play area for kids where they can run around and play and they don't have to be silent. Once there we decided that probably not the best place in the world since the boys were so excited to hang out and by now it was nearly lunchtime. We ended up at McD's for some lunch and running around. The mom and I enjoyed ourselves while the kiddos played. It was nice to get out and hang with someone new. She's really nice and we plan to get together again.

I enjoyed our 60 degree weather today. It's a shame it has to end.

Quinnisms

Yesterday after school one of Quinn's friends invited us to go to the YMCA with them next Wednesday. Of course we said yes. When we got home, there was an invitation to another one of his friends birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's. Quinn's response, "I can't believe how much stuff I have to do next week."

We went down to visit my best friend and her kiddos last month. We were just staying for the afternoon. We walk in and the first thing Q says, "I'm here and we're going to stay for the whole week."

Today the 5th graders came down to the pre-k class to help them make some valentine bracelets. Quinn said, "they were big...like giants. I can't wait till I'm in 5th grade and I'm a giant."

Birthday Party #2

Party #2 is over and done. It was fun, but parties both weekends is a lot. I'm just glad they were small and not stressful. Eva did much better this week with her cake. She really dug into it.


Her favorite gift was this rocking chair from my dad, mom, and brother Jason. She sat in it all evening. When she got up in the morning, the first thing she did was sit on it. When she got home from church, the first thing she went for was her rocking chair. She's so cute in it.

Just a picture of brother and sister.

So Quinn has a girlfriend at school. The teacher told me today that they sit beside each other during their morning time and they are always talking and touching and so on. Quinn tells me that "Darcy hugs me everyday. I just stand there with my arms at my side though." Friday, he got a kiss from her. They're too funny.