Blessings!!

I wanted to journal this and remember my many blessings.

1. The SUN! It is amazing what a little sunshine does for your spirit.
2. My son, I had a wonderful lunch with him. He makes me laugh and he is just a true blessing. (To remember later when he is driving me crazy!)
3. People that do really nice things for me. This book I agreed to read for an author, I expected a paperback ARC, and instead I got a hardback regular, awesome book!
4. Food in my belly --

Now, time to go outside, read and enjoy some of these blessings.

I hope you take time to remember your own!! Know that all of you are listed in mine every night. :)

Sunshine has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!

Just in time too. We FROZE at the game last night. Did I mention we froze???? They lost, but did well. The score was 13-15. Awesome effort though!!! Jeff took his final test for the 1st year apprenticeship and he got a 98%!!!! YAY!!! Now he is off for the summer. Double yay!!!

I am about to go take Hunter out to lunch. He never stays home with me sick, unlike the princesses (hahaha) so I thought it would be nice to eat with him. My MIL sent me $20 for Mother's Day (isn't that super awesome??) so I thought I would use it to get him something special for all his hard work this year. He turned in EVERY one of his assignments, almost always 4 days early!!!

Tonight we have another game. At least the sun will warm things up a bit!

I got a little bit stitched last night. I love how the little quilt pieces are going to look, as well as the different baskets, don't you?





After looking at yesterday's post and today's it seems I haven't gotten very far, but each basket has 3 or 4 different colors for the shading, so it is a bit more time consuming!

hugs across the miles, may all your X's be crossed and may the frogs stay on the other side of the pond!

Success!!!

We have success! The house is clean for the week. HOORAY! I really wanted to get it done before this weekend, because Sat we are going to brunch and then hiking for the day, so Sat wouldn't be a good day. Then of course Sunday we have church in the morning and evening, and fit the race from Sat night somewhere in there.

It is STILL raining, so I don't know if there will be a softball game tonight. They will never get to play at this rate!!!

Well I worked a bit more on my I love baskets and quilts WIP.





Well off to enjoy an hour of quiet before the children come home and we start the evening!!

hugs across the miles and may all your X's be crossed and the frogs stay on the other side of the pond!!

Happy May!!!

Happy May to everyone! I keep wanting to post but it seems life is flying by right now, and so here, now I am!

A LOT has been happening here at the Speelman house. Lex is playing softball, her coach up and quit so Jeff is helping out another dad coach. Hunter is in swim lessons and also we go swimming every Wed afternoon. Busy busy! We had a taco dinner at church to help fund the young adults to go to camp this summer. It is $185 per youth. Please pray that everyone gets to go.

Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying the pool:


Lex and A:



Hunter:



and Ellie and K:



Our weather hasn't been that great. I hope all this rain makes everything soooooo green!!!

I finished SMO Summer Side: (sorry it is sideways)





and last week sometime I started CCS I love baskets and quilts from the June 2009 magazine. Here is my progress:





Here is what it will look like when it is finished:

http://www.crosscountrystitching.com/data/project/212cover.jpg

I love the blues in it!!!

Today we have swimming and then softball practice, and church! WHEW!!! I woke up with a migraine, I didn't even hear any of my family getting ready for the day. So I must have been out of it. I got up and took a shower, and feel a bit better. I might just stay home tonight though and sleep, so it doesn't come back with a vengenance.

hugs across the miles and stitch lots! XOXOXO