6 years ago last night....

August 25, 2003 ...I had a baby girl...we named her Emily Margit....she made me a momma....I love her to bits...I am her Kanga and she is my roo....

Flea Market Fancy

FMF
Originally uploaded by kristinemhanson

All over blogland there are pictures of peoples projects or stashes using the ever popular Flea Market Fancy by Denyse Schmidt. I would post a photo of a project but I have only cut into a few of these pieces and put in only a few little projects none of which I have kept! I have no idea what I am going to use this for...probably a big ol' quilt for ME! I just started collecting this line in January....not bad eh? ;)

gift for Nissa

I made this quilt for my girlfriend Nissa's birthday...I think she liked it! :) I am going to make another one for a girlfriend's birthday in March :) and then I need to make one for myself because this was a hard one to give away!!!! I have another set of friends....4 of them.....might need to make this for a Mother's Day gift for each of them this year...not sure if I will have the time, energy or $$ to whip out that many for Christmas....we will see!

dqs7 top

dqs7 top
Originally uploaded by kristinemhanson

So here is the top for my doll quilt swap partner....after I started sewing the blocks together I realized how this looks more like a table runner...I hope my partner likes it...this was my first attempt at a "wonky" log cabin too...they are kinda fun....

family photo's

These are all pictures taken of my family on Sunday....my older brother was home for his 20th High School Reunion (ACK!! that means mine is in two years!?!?!?) and we decided to have some family pictures taken for my parents 40th anniversary coming up in February...a little early but we never do anything on time so why not be early instead of late this time, ha!! These are just a few of A LOT of pictures to go through....we are all very excited too....another baby is on the way....we are really hoping BOY, BOY, BOY but will be thrilled with a girl too....

sneak peak

sneak peak
Originally uploaded by kristinemhanson

This is 1 block of 3 I am doing for my partner for the doll quilt swap....I will have the black and brown print of this kerchief girl print early August, I hope she likes it!!!

camping, more stuff like that

So we went camping last weekend right? Guess who's bag of all her clothes, pj's, swim suit, undies...pretty much EVERYTHING got left on the bed at home? YEP, MINE! My SIL and I did have some good laughs though Saturday morning when we went into the nearest, tiny town (not even a flashing light in this town it is so small) and found a 2nd hand store...tank tops 10 cents, shorts a quarter? Sign me up! It was pretty funny and I had some very colorful outfits for Saturday and Sunday...oh well!! Below are a few pics from the weekend....my kids and my niece, my younger brother and Jack and then me and my kids.....

And on a total different subject, we got some gently abused chickens a few weeks ago...apparently the former owner was neglecting them, they looked pretty icky when we first got them...today I noticed that they finally have started to lay eggs! They are really pretty too, a nice aquaish green/blue...Emily named the chickens Noodle and Doodle.