For two years we have debated the gate of the porch. We never use it. When the boys are in the yard I can't see them from the porch a...

How is it February?  I think I missed the entire month of January.  And I just realized that I never posted a picture of my finished quilt....

No more Mitten, Morman, and Meems (Warbie's name for everyone). Now they are Arnie and Ames. Meem's is finally starting to talk...

The past few weekends we've been prepping the boys' walls for painting. They should be finished Saturday!! Then on to paint. We...

Pages: 167 One of our friends lent this to us and we really enjoyed reading this each day during December. It is a fun little story abou...

Still loving this series.  Did anyone else realize that Moses went up on the mountain three times and came down each time and share...

Listened to the Jesus Storybook Bible twice through. 7 hours I cried a few times. David Suchet does an incredible job of reading th...

Quilt update Step 1: Blocks - FINISHED!! Step 2: Borders - FINISHED!! Step 2.5: Backing - FINISHED and sandwiched!  Step 3: Quilt: FINISH...

Look how close I made my stitches when I quilted. Great job me! Not so great when you want to pick them out. I found one more section th...

Yesterday I spent an hour and a half picking out most of the border that I didn't like.  And about an hour quilting.  I knew it would ta...

Pages: 196 I’m still loving this series.  I really appreciated the sections on forgiveness vs. reconciliation. What does it look like to...

I quilted for almost four hours last night and went to bed SO sore. I'm not sure I like some of the quilting on one of the bord...

Quilting often looks like this. It is the boating of the craft world. It is surprising that this is the first time a problem with the m...

One of the top ten books I’ve read this year.  I’m not sure I’ll finish it by the end of December because I’m doing a few pages at a ...

Not a quilt picture. Testing out a Jeep seat cover in my car. They aren’t the same size... My brother sent me a picture of a Mexican bla...

We have a finished quilt top!!! I had a minor meltdown, freeze-up on this last part. See, the cream colored dots are one of my favorite ...

I spent three hours last night sewing all the blocks together and the last three middle borders.  Today I finished putting the top to...

I read Closer Than a Sister by Christina Fox again for my Sunday school class.  Same opinions as last time. 

Earlier I quickly finished the fourth inside border. It looks amazing.  I spent 2 hours tonight squaring up my 18 outer blocks. Wow. That...

No pictures today of the quilt. It was a snow day. We played outside all morning until quiet time. Memes is a Daredevil. I'm so t...