Darling Dress!

My darling seersucker!

The large rack to choose from! I still don't know how I chose which ones to get!

Esther diligently working on the scrapbook for Aunt Paula! She did such a great job!

::The completed project::

*Smile*

My new shoes!

Dad and mom got me these running shoe just last week to encourage me in my running! I have to add that Dan picked them out himself: ) I haven't tried them out yet due to the wet weather... but I am sure they are terrific! ( I mean who would want to get brand new shoes dirty the first day?)

Sneaky Snake!!!

This afternoon while I was shopping for my cute seersucker, John called and gave us a graphic account of how they had caught a HUGE snake!! Right when we pulled in the driveway they rushed out to the car to get us to go look at it in the pasture. So I grabbed my camera and headed out. It was a large thing and I still don't know how 3 sneaky little boys managed to get a very sly not to mention angry snake into our small aquarium. But they did!! I could hear the thing before I even saw it! It was hissing up a storm!!! So I wanted to take a video of its ferocious sounds but.....as I was, it well ummm...it tried to strike me and let me tell you it was a surprise!!


It was really quite startling I still jump every time I watch the movie!

Steve really enjoyed watch him hiss...

The sneaky little snake...I don't think I like him anymore!

Sunday Afternoon

After church we set off for Alicia Popelka's graduation open house. It was SO cold! They had delicious burgers though and it was good fellowship.I had forgotten my coat at church so my sweet brother offered me his!

It was even the nice leather jacket that Alaina got him for Christmas, what a sacrifice!
Thank you Josh I really appreciated it!

The little guys had such fun playing around at the park where the open house was held!
That smirk on Phillip's face is because he was trying to escape and though that he had succeeded: )

After the graduation we left to go and watch the UNO orchestra. Alatheia L. and Ben S. where both playing in it! It was quite a treat!

This was the conductor's last year so they had a special gift for him. Evidently he was quite the guy! The last song they played was one that he wrote called "Sunflowers", it was absolutely gorgeous!!

Betsy, Hannah and Rachel had rode over with Caleb & Abby. So when they invited me to come back to their house and have Ice Cream, how could I resist!

Tootsie welcomed us as we pulled up the driveway...if you think she looks sweet...don't be deceived...those sweet ones can turn on you at any moment! I have learned the hard way!
When the Ice Cream had been thoroughly enjoyed and put away, we just simply talked..and talked and then talked some more! Caleb had begun a game of risk with Leah and B so we moved upstairs to talk with them and practice our "old English" we had quite the time! Evidently we got a little rowdy so Mrs. Grady sent us to do the dishes, which we accomplished in 9 min. flat!

Altogether it was a lovely day!

Seersucker, Stamp pads and Scrapbooking *smile*

About oh 2-3 weeks ago we got an e-mail from the "homeschool e-tree" from a lady that had a bunch of Stampin' Up stamp pads that she was trying to sell! I didn't read it till a couple days after it was sent and so I was afraid that someone else (someone like Anna N.) would have come along and bought it. So I quickly e-mailed back and all 24 of them were still for sale...at $1 a pad, or if I wanted them all she would give it to me for $15. (Which for those of you who don't know is a REALLY good deal!) I was needless to say, thrilled!!If you want to see them you will have to come to my house, I took them to church...and, well lets just say I barely got them back home again.

All my beautiful colors!
(I tried to get right side up but it just wouldn't go: )

Out of all the material I think seersucker is one of my top favorites!!! On a scale of 1-10 I would rate it a #10!! (10 being the best of course!) It's so easy to work with and is just about the cutest thing in the world! If you can't tell I really like it! I just finished a darling little dress out of some pink/red seersucker but I gave it away before I got a picture. *sigh*
A mother of some kids that Esther and I babysit is having me make 2 dresses for her little girl out of seersucker so....if you have a darling little girl that is in need of a darling little dress, just give me your order, and consider it done! Seriously I would love to!

Grandma and Aunt Paula turned 85 last Nov. so in honor of their birthday we threw a great big party in Fremont! Grace W. was so kind as to take....well if you know Grace you know how many pictures she probably took: ) Since Aunt Paula is having a hard time dealing with grandma's Alzheimer's we decided to make her a small scrapbook! So far it is really cute! I really like to make cute things(if you haven't noticed) : )
*smile*

Fun with Stangls!

Stangl's invited us out to their place tuesday on the condition that we bring our volley ball net. It was so nice to see Ellie and Zach again! They also had Kim and Andy Mesick, some friends from blair.This volley ball game was such a hoot! It was probably the strangest game I have ever played: )

Pictures courtesy of Julia Stangl

After it got enough so we actully had an excuse to miss the ball..we came inside and Ellie showed us pictures of their trip. They were very exciting!
Dan and Zach enjoyed a quick game of ping-pong before we all moved upstairs to play a rousing game of Scatagories.

Volleyball, pictures, ping-pong, scatagories, cinnamon rolls, cantelope and lots of talking who could ask for more? Thank you so much Stangl's for a very fun evening!
It's nice to have you back Ellie!

Friends!

"A friend is one who knows ALL about you and loves you just the same!"
~Elbert Hubbard
I don't have a picture of all you out there who fit this quote...but you know who you are! *smile*
Thank you!