anna turns two on tuesday. we celebrated today with a couple of friends and family. at a mexican restaurant. so, yesterday, we made a cake. the kids, as always, “helped”… anna ate her weight in frosting while i crumb coated. but, she was exceptionally cute while doing so. i decorated last night (detailed pics to […]
the blog post where i actually write words.
i seriously keep meaning for this blog to be more like it was back in the day when i first started it. where i actually posted regularly. and i wrote words. not just pictures pictures pictures all the time. it’s all facebook’s fault. so, here’s a bunch of words, to hopefully bring everything up to […]
old friends.
two years after leaving the greater winston-salem metropolitan region for the rocky mountains of colorado, our friends, the raperts made a triumphant return. except that it was only a two week visit, and not a forever stay. so, we hung out a few times and the kids played like old times and all was well… […]
childrens museum.
back in the day, when isaac was a wee toddler, we had a season pass to the winston-salem childrens museum. for that year, we really got our money’s worth. then, i got pregnant with anna and subsequently bore anna, and the children’s museum didn’t seem as surmountable a task as it once was. now that […]
Baby Deaton’s Pirate Quilt
On Monday, I acquired some fabric from my friend Amanda who is about ready to pop with her second baby, but first boy. I raced home and made a plan to do some scrappy wonky stars. I threw on some of my scraps (yay! I’ve finally arrived! I have scraps!) and got going. By the […]
kristin boone photo preview
my personal photographer (hehe) took some pics of theannababy and ike the other day. she’s amazing. she sent this sneak peak of anna… can’t wait to get the rest!!
the swoon is finished!
after much deliberation, i finally decided to do straight line quilting on my machine and get my swoon quilt finished once and for all… the back seems to get the most oohs and ahhs, which i’m not fully comprehending because the front took about 30 hours to piece and the back about 4 or 5. […]
lambs!!!
some friends from our church, the zengers, have pretty much the sweetest living arrangement ever. they have a big farmhouse, with a giant porch and lots of land. barns and buildings are everywhere. and they pretty much have a farm. some horses, chickens, ducks and sheep. and the sheep just had lambs. and we just […]