here’s my feeble attempt to make up for a lack of updates lately… we celebrated paw paw’s (derek’s grampa’s) 93rd birthday this weekend… kids love cupcakes. since it’s 200 degrees everyday, we’ve had to hit the park early early early in the morning. and isaac can get his fill of jumping off elevated surfaces. the […]
friends
july the fourth
as per our usual, we hosted a bit of a fourth of july get together for some of our pals, before the fireworks lit up our little town… martha and bud (sam, jr.)… sam, sr. is in the armed forces and is currently overseas. so, really, this party was for him. 🙂 the slip ‘n […]
the week in review…
we had a pretty uneventful week this week. we started off with memorial day, as did the rest of the country, i suppose. derek made a bucket of guacamole and we headed over to our pals the p-salls for a little cookout. the buddies. derek took this picture of his burger, and thanks to apple’s […]
some randomness.
on saturday, i went yard sale-ing with my pal jude. it was one of those sweet yard sale days where i just kept finding sweet sweet deals. one of the best was this radio flyer trike (with handle) that i scored for $20 for anna. it’s $100 new. the hat she’s wearing was also a […]
a few more bday party pics
bear with me. i posted hastily. derek had some really good pics on his phone and my friend heather emailed me some more last night, and i couldn’t help but post some of them. thanks. 🙂 sweet pic of anna and ike: blowing out candles.  derek’s vantage point. happy girl being serenaded. the cake, after […]
annababy is (almost) 2!!
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]