RainGutter Regatta

This was a first time that I have ever had seen a Rain Gutter Regatta. Karl didn't do one when he was in cub scouts. We are not real experts when it comes to making these kits that they give out to these boys(the pinewood derby cars are even worst). Matthew even put his rutter on upside down. I think that Erik had fun making it and loved his idea with the stickers. Erik named is boat, "The Ghost Ship". I didn't realize until I got there that the boys have to blow their boats down a rain gutter. I thought that it was like the pinewood derby race that they put it on track and let it just fall down. So it was neat to watch these kids racing these boats, blowing them as hard as they could without having them topple over.
He was happy he won his race. He didn't win on time but I think he had fun (See his face above). Erik got 3rd out of 12 cars in pinewood derby race a couple a months ago...so maybe we are getting better making these kits hopefully we will have down when Kjell becomes a cub scout.

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

It is not the greatest pictures of my boys and I, but I was really glad to get some pictures out of them.

Today for church my primary class gave wild flower seeds to their Mom's. I found a cute die cut box at Ben Franklin Crafts that they put together and a poem to give to their mothers. We were talking about Faith...so the seeds they gave to their mothers worked out perfectly with the lesson. So I thought I should show it off:

These seeds are for you, Mom.

They're wild flowers, you see.

They will grow more and more each day.

They're really just like me!

So I'm giving you these seeds

With a note that's oh so true.

And when you watch these flowers grow

You'll remember, "I love you!"

Mothers plant the seeds of knowledge that will grow forever!

YOU ROCK VALENTINE

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Erik really didn't want to give ordinary valentines to his class this year so this is what we made. (I was so excited, I love making things like this :) I really think they came out cute. Hope all you have a great Valentine's Day.

A CRAZY WEEKEND

For my birthday present from my mother-n-law this year; was a Crazy Quilt/Stitching Weekend Getaway (4 wonderful days with out kids or husbands :)). We started off bright and early on Thursday...didn't make it to the house she rented until about 4:30pm. No, it was not that far away only about 45 minutes in Federal Way. We had fun going to fabric and needlepoint stores on the way down. We were like two kids in a candy shop when it comes to anything sewing. We even got grocery so we didn't have to leave the house all weekend. Just stay in all weekend in pj's, stitching, relaxing and having fun; could it get better then that? I forgot to mention how incredible the house she rented for the weekend was; the house was huge, full of antiques. My room was a "Iris Room" ( that why I pick it, all the pictures in the room had irises and they are still my favorite flowers). All the bedrooms' furniture were amazing, old antique bed frames. The house also looking over the waterfront and the view was so beautiful. I don't think these pictures justify how nice it was but here are some pictures:

I received a crazy quilt that belong to my neighbor Mickey...when Mickey past away her kids were going through her stuff and came across this crazy quilt and they were going to throw it away because it was so damage but thankfully my Mom was there and got it out for me. Well it been packed away for a long time, but a couple of month ago I came across it and thought that this would be fun to repair and finish this crazy quilt. I love just looking at it; seeing all the fabrics on it; from all the aprons or blouses that I remember her wearing when I was growing up.

My mother-n-law has been working on her crazy quilt for awhile and I knew with her help I could fix this quilt up and I think that Mickey would be happy that I have it to cherish.

Well, I never knew how long it took to make block until this weekend...I help my my mother-n-law make two blocks for her crazy quilt. It is an amazing process to put a mixtures of fabrics into a square block, it's like a big jigsaw puzzle, color coordinating fabrics together that you never thought could be put together and look so good. Here are the blocks we did:

I one on my top is my favorite...I think I'm more particle to the red one because I got to help alot on one this block; helping pick out fabric and learning to sew on it. Sherrie got a new sewing machine and it was so nice to use it. It self thread, has no foot peddle and cut the thread at the end...it was wonderful to use. It took most of the day up but I would not of change anything, it was so fun to learn and create something that came out so beautiful.

Here are some of my stitching that I did this weekend on Mickey's Quilt:

Here are my first stitches... besides my spider web that I will take a picture when I finish it to show all of you. They didn't come out like I planned but I will all remember that these were my first stitches on this quilt.

My first flowers on the quilt, which I'm really impressed how they came out....don't you think?

My spider rose.

My first tree...my mother-n-law has a lot of trees on her quilt that I adore so I thought I would try making one...took awhile but it came out beautiful.

This weekend was CRAZY FUN. I wish we could do this more often. Thank, Mom for this wonderful weekend away. It was an amazing birthday present :).

Gotta Go Fast: Erik's 9th Birthday Party

Erik for this year's birthday wanted to have a Sonic the Hedgehog's theme. I thought that will be easy....not!! I think my kids like to pick themes that they know will be hard for me to do (not so popular at that time). And I know that 3 months after the birthday party there will be a plethora of stuff for that theme. But for all that know me...I will create anything for me kids when it come to parties. I love doing theme parties. With all the hiccups; ordering online (what a headache) or creating it myself (and with my family's help) it turn out to be a great birthday party.

They played a lot of fun games. We played "Emerald Chaos" I hid ring pops(the ones that look like gems) around the house and they had to go find them (this was truly a chaos). They found most of them in the time frame but throughout the party they were finding more. We played "Rings" that we put rings/gems (the rings were wedding ring favors and the gems were plastic beads, that I got at the craft store) in balloons that they had to pop to get the rings and gems. The rings and gems had a point values so they more they got the better. By the end of the game the balloons were popped everywhere around the house so it was a mess but they had a blast. And the last game I want to tell you about was "Sonic Colors"; my Dad drew me a picture; cutout on foam board with easel on back to hold it up of Sonic the hedgehog that the boys toss color rings on it. (These are the pictures from up above)


These are the cupcake toppers that I made...didn't they turn out cute? Well , I think so. (I had ordered some online but because the lady from EBay didn't pay enough postage, they were return to sender. So I had to make them myself...they came out a lot better and cheaper.)

I can't believe that Erik is 9 years old.

They all had a great time and Erik loved it so I think all of it was worth it. I love you, Erik!