Diary Block Tuesday

Today is the birthday of my third and youngest son, Colin. He has found a new passion in his life, hiking the Appalachian Trail. I was having a hard time doing a boot, so he is in sneakers here. The Mx on the right shoe is a symbol we use for our last name.

He recently got a tattoo. I think it is clever the way the "A" and "T" are incorporated.

Colin

He was always wanting to keep up with his older brothers. In this picture he has on shin guards because he wanted to play soccer too. He can also be seen clutching his blankie which was always by his side.
As time went on he became quite an athlete and masters every sport he loves.

Dylan, Colin and Johnson

This is my favorite picture of my sons. It was taken on a summer day, they had all just gotten out of the tub. Damp hair combed, all in their Jockeys (no air conditioning!) and ready for bed. Sweet smelling boys, at least for a while!

Jenny and Colin

Colin and his wife Jenny. The two of them are a perfect match!

Happy Birthday Colin!

Kelly

View From The Deck

To Blog Or Not To Blog....

that would be my question....
I am taking a little break and will be back in the next week or so.

Diary Block Tuesday

Diary Block #38 is not very exciting. I just am not into it this week. I used some colors I never use, gray and orange. That W looks pretty lame too.
This past weekend we had a block party in our neighborhood and it was lots of fun.

Everyone brought food and the weather was perfect. We stayed up late and even saw Chinese lanterns that some one launched, floating across the night sky. One neighbor thought it was UFOs, some beer may have been involved!

 Fallon and Maddy were wearing sweashirts by the end of the day.

There were a couple of mean games of Corn Hole, that has become a favorite yard game.
Hopefully later this week I will have something a little more exciting to show you.

Kelly

Getting There....

The halves are joined and I am breathing a sigh of relief that it went together quite nicely, no lumps or bumps!

Today I took Griffin, Elliot and Maddy to see the Odd Life of Timothy Green. I really liked it and got very teary! I think a lot of it went over the kids' heads, they were a little antsy. If you are in the mood to see a sweet story this is it!

Kelly

Napkins!

I am still walking down Suzy Homemaker's yellow brick road. I bought this fabric for napkins last week after I saw a tutorial on  Jan's blog called Be*mused. She made some cool ones with all different kinds of "food" fabrics.

I think this tomato fabric is so fun, the dots were just perfect too.

I used some fabric from my stash for the back, which would also be a nice napkin all on it's own.

I did a pretty good job of edge stitching and I feel it will hold up well to many washings. The tutorial was super easy with good instructions, you could make a bunch in an evening.

I picked this up at the library today. I was attracted to the cover at first, very Peter Max. Has anyone read this? I also want to read the book Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn after Barb's recommendation.
I have joined a family (well mostly) book club through Facebook. It is going to be interesting. My husband, Bob and his brother John are the only males in the group. Both are very eclectic readers and I think it will be interesting to read their picks too. The first book we read was Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, I can't remember the author. Now we are reading The Litigator by John Grisham, Bob's pick. Are you in a book club and have any good suggestions?

Kelly

Diary Block Tuesday

Today's diary block is based on a flower in my garden called gompherna or globe amaranth. It is such a prolific flower and comes in a bunch of different colors too. I like the needle like leaves, it is very different.

This is about 4 plants all mushed together for a nice impact. I love how the look next to my black eyed Susans. They look like polka dots and I do think some people call this plant by that name. They can also be cut and air dried.

It is amazing what a little drop in humidity will do to a person! I was at home waiting for a plumber to show up and decided to make some tomato sauce from the tomatoes in my garden. I also picked fresh basil and oregano........

I made home made croutons from some leftover stale bread......

 banana bread................

I picked  fresh flowers for the counter. Don't you love the blue bucket against the yellow flowers? I was Suzy Homemaker on steroids!! Don't worry it won't last....

Kelly