i have had this idea for a scrappy blue and green quilt swirling in my head for awhile, so when a couple of instagram-turned-real-life friends talked about a quick little informal sew-along/encouragement, i committed to making an entire whole scrappy bear paw quilt. i started with just one block. and then quickly made three more. […]
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grand finale epic anna maria horner quilt.
let me take you back. the year is 2023. the buffalo bills are primed for a long and deep playoff run. our family is fully invested in nfl playoff football. but, there’s one problem for me. the games are so long and with so little actual action. so, i determine that i need a hand […]
mayhem ’26. (the most mayhemmy may of them all).
as per usual. may was pretty wild. all these birthdays. mothers day. anniversaries. end of the school year. etc…. let’s see what i can rustle up for the may review… first things first. a quick update on my plantar fasciitis. after a hike with derek on our anniversary trip revealed that i was maybe not […]
the annababy is sixteen.
whelp. time just keeps on cruising past, faster and faster, and well, anna is sixteen. she has been waiting for this one, so impatiently, and for so very long. since the actual day of her birthday had lots of big plans (*potentially), the grandlidboms came over the night before to exchange gifts and have some […]
sixteen years of anna, in buttercream.
as you by now are surely aware, every year on my childrens’ birthdays, i attempt to compensate for the previous years parenting failures, and the medium is cake. this year was no different. on her actual birthday we had storebought cheesecake, but as her big party with friends came closer, my yearly atonement was imminent. […]
all things april. mostly.
now that i’ve written separate posts for easter festivities, my camping trip, anna’s grease performance, and our anniverary(ish) getaway, i didn’t leave much left to report from april. i kicked things off with an aprils fools day hang with my good old pal sara without an h. we hit up the new-ish bagel boss in […]
beauty school dropout.
last fall, the annababy (formerly introverted and averse to attention) stepped out of her comfort zone and auditioned for a play with her high school. this spring, they were performing the grease musical, and she was part of the ensemble cast. derek and i, along with the grandlidboms, attended the opening night. the kids all […]
the worst documentation of easter you’ve ever seen.
this year was different. for the past few years (and even dating back to some of the years before we went on the road), we have hosted easter, along with a pretty epic egg hunt. it’s obviously evolved over the last almost two decades. this year, the “kids” are 21, 19, 18, almost 16, and […]
marching along.
look at me. catching up this blog. again. always. eye roll at myself. here’s some stuff that happened in march. (it wasn’t super eventful). we kicked off the month with a championship game for hazel’s baskeball team. i think they went undefeated this season and they won in the finals in a very exciting game. […]
twin meet and greet.
my baby brother and his baby mama (wife), who already have two young boys, decided(?) to have a third kiddo. and, well, that ended up being a third and fourth kiddo. since i am no longer beholden to the chaos of nursing school, when spring break rolled around, we packed up the posse and headed […]