It's about TIME!

Good Morning Everyone!

Wow I haven't posted since July 28th and boy have I been busy. 

Get comfortable and enjoy my update.

I had a small finish on the 6th of August

Winter's Eve
Country Cottage Needleworks
JCS Christmas Ornaments 2006
Started 8/1/14
Completed 8/6/14
Finished size 4x4

Isn't it the cutest little ornament!

Next we had family visit from CO. So we had a full house!

The kids always want to sleep at our house and the parent are up at my in-laws house. It is so much fun spending time with them!

Sitting on the deck visiting

During July and Aug are our busy time with truck pulls. We had one just about every weekend .
We ended in Aug with our big family camping trip to Prairie Village and several nights of tractor and truck pulls.  Here are some pictures from our weekend.

Kay and her girls

SIL, DIL, and my Son and I can't quite tell who is laying on the ground

And we had a fire in the Pulling Truck
Lots of excitement there!

The 6th of Sept was my oldest grandsons birthday. OMG he turned 12 this year, I can't believe how the time has just flown by. That was a busy Saturday - First we went and watched the birthday boy and his brother play football (there first game of the season)

This is the birthday boy, he is the one with his hand on the football

I won't bore you with any more pics of the football game, lets just say I took a lot of pics of my two grandsons. Then we went to my daughter's house and had cake and ice cream and watched Trey open his gifts.
My husband & I Left from there and headed to Milbank, SD to attend a wedding of friends of ours. It was far enough away that we stay overnight and came back on Sunday. We had a great time !

The happy couple entering the reception hall.

Two weeks later we attended another wedding in Storm Lake, Iowa. Sorry no pics of the happy couple because I forgot to pack my camera. But again we had a great time!

We have one more wedding coming up but my husband will be going to that one by himself because I will be attending an annual weekend stitching retreat at Lake Shetek. My oldest daughter Jill will be going also. We are so looking forward to this get away!!!

The following pictures are of some of the things I have been working on and have not finished yet.

Another Christmas Block (only 8 more to go)

This small table runner I started last year and made a mistake
on one of the end pieces. I finally took it apart and resewed
it. It is now quilted and ready for the binding.

I have the top done of this round Christmas table topper.

 Last but not least is a birth sampler that I am working on for my great nephew

It is called Woodland Folk
There will be 6 little creatures sitting on the log when I get it done. 

Well there you have it in a nut shell!
Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Happy Stitching
Denise

A Month in Pictures

Good Morning Everyone!

Since my last post I have been busy busy busy!

Stitching and spending time with the grand kids.

On the 15th of May I went with the 4th, 5th & 6th graders bowling

what a hoot! And they had so much fun. Then it was off to the park for a picnic lunch.

I had intended to do an update on May 20th 

I had finished the sunflower on 

A Prairie Garden

 On the 25th we had our first truck pull of the season.

This is my son, TJ driving and my SIL, Travis riding in the passenger seat.

Finished the purple flower on the 27th, 

again I had planned to post an update and it didn't get done. 

 I started these little ornaments last year and never finished them.

So I got two more of them done

8 Maids of Milking and 9 Ladies Dancing

Just have 10, 11 12 days of Christmas left

 My daughter and SIL  went on vacation with some other couples so I had their kids for the weekend.

What fun we had spoiling them!

On the 29th I took the grand kids to the swimming pool for an afternoon of fun.

 Sharlee and Trey covering Gavin in sand

Not only did I have the kids but we had the pleasure of taking care of their 6 month old puppy,

Buddy. He doesn't look like a puppy but he sure act like one. he is all over the place and has to be watched closer than the kids. But is so lovable!

Monday Kay and I took the kids to the zoo. The main reason I wanted to go was because they have a new baby giraffe. It was so cute but hard to get a good picture of it.

After the zoo we went to the park for a picnic lunch and let the kid play on all the fun stuff.

 This is Gavin telling time on the sun dial they have in the park.

You stand on the month of the year and hold your arms up and your shadow will land on the time of day that it is. 

Pretty cool!

And this is my progress of A Prairie Garden as of this morning. 

Well that's about it for now, I have to work this afternoon so for the rest of the morning I will be stitching.

Have a Great Day!!!!!

Happy Stitching

Denise

Where did this week go!!!!

Figured it was time for an update

and did not think

that I had much to report

but as I sit here thinking of what to type

I realize that I stitched more than I thought.

Monday I didn't stitch at all,

So Tuesday  I stitched Hope # 6 of the

12 Christmas Blessings from LK.

Then  I got all the alphabet done on BoaF Mystery Sampler

(sorry no picture of update next posting for sure)

The I got all the christmas presents stitched on

Wanted - Santa from LK

(again no picture yet)

Then I found this very cute Freebie

from Daffycat Designs (here)

I finished it as a pillow for my fall basket.

the material it is setting on is the backing.

Saturday I didn't get to stitch because

my DH had there final Pickup pull in Menno, SD

It was 1:30 in the morning before we got home.

Sunday I did a couple more finishes

this one I stitched up this year, it is also by LK

And another LK that I stitched up last year and

just never finish - finished it.

Here is all 3 of them that I finished up

Well thats about all for now. Time to go watch Mickey Mouse

with my grand daughter and start another christmas blessing.

Lost Cause

Well I didn't get any stitching done today, we had a house full of people this morning and then we left for Canby, MN  for a pickup pull. ( pictures to follow) It was a beautiful day for the pull, no rain and the temp didn't get too hot. Enjoyed spending time with the middle daughter and her 3 step daughters.(pictures of them to follow also) The girls have always lived in town so to come to the farm is always so much fun for them.

This is a 1950 chevy pickup that my husband pulls during the summer months it our family summer fun!

The name of our truck is Lost Cause.

Its a long story on how it got its name, a story for some other time.

This is my daughter Kay and her 3 step daughters

enjoying a bite to eat as they watch the pull.

Kenzie giving me a cute look!

Kacee & Kenzie  playing with there DS's

Well I am diffenently ready for bed tonight so more on a later day.

Happy Stitching everyone!

Oh ya Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!!!!!!!!

Denise

New Start and Finish

This pattern is from Just Cross Stitch 2010 Christmas Issue

Primrose Needleworks

Windows of Faith, Hope, and Peace

I used the recommended fabric and thread.

I plan on finishing as a pillow-ornament



I started this piece on Thrusday evening and finished stitching it on Monday evening. I planned on being done sooner than that but with having to go to graduation for my niece on Saturday and my husbands first truck pull of the season on Sunday I had to take a couple of days off from stitching. Here are a couple of pics of the truck & tractor pull and some of my family.





His Truck is called Lost Cause

This has been our family summer fun time for the past 6 years

This is my son pulling his M International

This is my oldest daughter holding her daughter (aka my granddaughter)

Well its time to get supper in the oven so it gets done before the husband gets home from work. I think I like this staying home thing. I have lots of time for my computer and stitching and a little cleaning.

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Weekend!

 Happy Stitching everyone!!!!

Denise