Better than never......

Okay so if you want to know where I have been....that is a good question and I have no answer!! Okay if I must place blame, it will be on FACEBOOK!!!!! Those darn FACEBOOK games!! I just seem so darn addicted to them, so instead of sewing or even checking blogs or posting (like I have done in the past) I have been on facebook playing games. So thus the reason why I haven't posted about Kimball's 3rd birthday yet! So here it is!

 Birthday Boy with Daddy! This was the best picture I could get.

 Birthday Boy with Mommy! I spent the morning at the boys' school volunteering in Math.

 Then the afternoon I spent making this cake! I thought I did rather well until I got online and saw other cakes and then I didn't feel so hot about my cake.

 Kimball wanted a Thomas cake, and I did something like this for Brandon on his 3rd birthday. He was really into Thomas too. Although this cake is TONS better than Brandons.

 One side was with Thomas with Annie and Clarrable and then Percy on the other side with some troublesome trucks.

 Percy here...I was going to try and make the rest of the trains out of the little cake molds I had, but they were falling apart, so I ended up just mixing all of the cake with some frosting (colored) and use a little square tubberware to smash and mold it into a train frame. It tasted good, but didn't look as pretty. But by this time I just wanted to finish the cake (I know I don't have that much patience)

 I used chocolate melts for the wheels, it helped keep the cake mold from loosing it's shape.

 I like this truck the best because of the mouth, it looks more like what the trains do.

 Thomas and his cars were coperating a little more with me, but Thomas was falling apart pretty bad. It lasted until it was time to eat.

 Kimball was so excited about it! So I guess I did an okay job!!

 Brandon and Nathan were pretty excited about it as well. Brandon dressed up a little and put on his clip on tie.

 Kimball was all over Thomas! It took so much energy to just try and keep him away while I took pictures, then it went into the fridge until the cake and ice cream.

 Notice the tongue? He didn't actually lick it, but if he did, oh well,he was the only one that was going to eat it. But in this picture you can get the idea of how Thomas was falling apart.

 Kimball was telling Nathan what was in all of his troublesome trucks.

 We had Aunt Rose and Uncle Derek over for the cake and ice cream. Grandpa and Grandma Walker were going to come, but Grandpa got sick :( Kimball told me that Percy was for Grandpa, but since Grandpa couldn't come Nathan got him.

 Here is Kimball's plate.I thought it made a good picture! I do have to admit, I think I did a pretty good job with Thomas. I like my detail work!

 If by now you haven't noticed that my boys (okay the whole family) likes trains, I will tell you now, we are a TRAIN FAMILY! I wanted to look at some thrift stores (trying to save money) first to see if I could find some train toys for his birthday. Nathan found this train for him and wanted to give it to him. Kimball liked it

 Mommy and Daddy got him two new trains, ummm I am not 100% sure on the names, but they are from the new Thomas movie, Misty Island. Kimball really likes that show.

 I wanted to show here that Nathan was "helping" Kimball open his presents, he basically did it for him.

Kimball last's present was a big coloring book of the Thomas movie, Misty Island. I saw it at the grocery store and couldn't resist.

It was a really good day! Nice company and good food! Kimball was so happy with everything. That is my only goal make my kids birthday's a wonderful day because the day they came into my life made me so happy.



I can't believe my baby is 3 now! For some that are wondering (family) 3 kids are perfect right now for us. We are not against having more kids but as of now we are good with three!

Weekly Challenge

For the last few months I have been struggling with my sewing. I think I have lost my "mojo". I just don't have enough motivation to get it done now. It's not as fun right now and just feels like a chore. I used to quilt (and I think I still do) to relax. Maybe that is why I have felt so tense lately, I haven't been sewing. Well why not try to get one thing done and have a chance to win fabric as well. Thanks to Amy at Amy's Creative Side I can try to get back into my sewing.

So my ONE thing that I want to do this week is to make Kimball's halloween costume. I have mostly everything I need, but once I get the costumes done I can then start working on quilts. So this week, get 1 costume done!

Astor Manor Trails Finished

I started making this quilt back in February. And I had it quilted for about a month or two, and then FINALLY finished the binding last week.

 I originally got this pattern from just looking at different places. I saw this and thought I might be able to reproduce it rather easily. It was easy to do. I used 5" squares and then the jelly roll strips to go around the blocks. I ended up with a 12.5" square.

 This blanket will go on my couch. I have a bunch of different Astor Manor projects around the house. I just love this line and it's colors!

 Trav was a good sport and he was my quilt holder! Right here his arms were tired or he could be yelling at a kid, not sure.

 For the back I wanted to use some Astor Manor line, but didn't have the money so I had some nice tan colored sheet that I used. It worked perfectly!

 This shows the overall design of the quilting. I used a corigated brown thread. I love it! Too bad it costs $11 a spool.

 I was going to try and do a different quilting technique. But then the way I decided to quilt wasn't going to quilt nicely so I left some hearts and then went with the loopy loop.

I am really loving this color! My mom has already asked me to make her this quilt, she bought some Astor Manor to make it, but I confiscated it for other projects.....so we will do another line!

Sick Trav

On Friday Travis had a Tosillectomy with a Adenoidectomy. So those fancy words, he got his tonsils and adenoids out. If anyone has had it out ( I haven't) but it is really painful. So Trav is in pain and miserable! He has had strep throat for the last 3 months straight, so this was a much needed surgery. But now with it over you don't get to see the effects for several weeks.

Trav was a very good sport and let me take some pictures of him in his miserable state.

He had a fever right here so he was freezing! The room was up in the high 80's or 90's

Even though he is sick I still think he is one handsome man!

He had a cool rag on his forehead, frozen veggies under his chin and he had just finish sipping some hot onion soup.

Do you want to do a good deed??

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Okay so right now I am not doing good catching up on my blog, or sewing a lot or just I am not me right now! I hear that when you have a life change in your life you loose motivation in things. So that is me right now. I haven't felt like sewing or crafts or cleaning...okay so everything, but now I found something!!!

Both Brandon and Nathan attending Giant Steps Autism Preschool, and when they started going (4 years ago) I joined the parent PTA group, Friends of Giant Steps. Since then I have spent time and energy helping Giant Steps in any way I can. Right now we are planning an auction!! This will be the 3rd Annual Giant Steps Auction!!

Why am I telling you this (besides letting all my stockers know what I am up to), I am in need of donations! I am looking for a variety of donations from crafts to gift cards to anything!!! We are a 501(c)3 charity organization so you will get a tax credit if you like. When you donate your item, your business name will be displayed next to the item and for those that have online shops, your website will be listed next to it as well. Also we will have a program with the list of all of the business's name on it. A GREAT way to get your name out there!!

If you are interested in donation please email me! (My email is on the top left hand side of the blog) The auction will be help on November 20th, so I would need the item(s) by  November 15th.

If you want to find more information about Giant Steps feel free to check out our website (it's a little outdated). Giant Steps Autism Preschool