For Anyone Out There Still Reading My Blog....An Update!

Where do I begin, well I've missed like what...4 months! I've been really busy! We have had two new additions to our family. I have a beautiful little niece now! Meet Kira Alexis....


We also have a handsome nephew,
Tim's nephew, Trenton....

My youngest baby girl turned 4 years old on Nov. 23! We celebrated at Chuck E Cheese! She had a blast! I on the other hand could cry...my girls are just growing up too fast!



We had a wonderful Christmas! Ava got a "big girl bike" and Emma a scooter! Emma was in a cute Christmas play "The ABC's of Christmas" as R for Ribbon, so we made her a present :) She is also learning how to play the guitar, and they both like to think they are Hannah Montana, and yes, it's hard for me. I'm not the biggest fan.

Let the Halloween Parties Begin....

As most of you may know, I love Fall! It is my favorite season! The best time to knit, spin, cook, sew (yep, I said sew), and have fun with Halloween! This year I made a lot of my girls costumes. Emma decided on Sally from The Nightmare Before Xmas and Ava chose to be Glinda or Galinda the Good Witch, if you've seen the wonderful musical Wicked :) I started off thinking, where will I get a wig for Sally that isn't expensive... hey, wait a minute, I knit....duh! So, I took my chances and decided to knit one up! It turned out much better than I had expected without a pattern and whatnot. I hand sewn her dress together, and stitched some stitches on her tights with the sewing machine my wonderful friend/ex-mother-in-law, Peggy, so graciously let me borrow. As well as taught me how to use (I haven't used a sewing machine since high school). She also pretty much made Ava's skirt, which was wonderful! I had so much left to do, and I don't think I would have had enough confidence to make a skirt just yet, lol! I did, however, sew a belt and puffy sleeves to match. The girl's thought they were great and that's what matters to me :) Emma even won the costume contest at our family Halloween party we attend every year...this makes her third year in a row winning best costume! She was sooooo thrilled!

Jealous!!!!

I know I haven't post anything in ages!!! Shame, shame, but life gets busy, and not that I don't love to post...I just can't seem to keep up! Anyway, I haven't knit much lately (other than a keychain sock), but I have had a great summer with my family. I am happy to say I have a beautiful little first grader now. She is getting so big, so fast!
I have, however, found time to start spinning! My wonderful friend and Emma's Gammy, Peggy, and I have decided to make a day of knitting and spinning on occasions when she comes to pick up Emma. We had the chance to get together yesterday and it was GREAT! Well, except for my spinning that is, LOL. Peggy brought all of her wheels, yes I said all, technically she has three!!! I am so lucky that she is graciously letting me spin on them AND even left two of them at MY house with me!!!!! This gorgeous little baby is one of them. I think it looks pretty nice in my living room, ha! But I would have to say I had the worse time trying to spin on it. I haven't ever spun on a single treadle, and I'll tell you what, my foot couldn't keep that thing spinning...it was making me want to say bad words (as Peggy would put it)! I have continued to work on my single treadling today, and I'm happy to say it's much better! I love spinning! If you look closely, you can see my improvement :)
Another one of my new loves, is the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. This book was awesome! I couldn't put it down! If you like the movie "The Lost Boys" and like a good love story, then this is the book for you. All about love and vampires, without the raunchiness of some vampire stories I've read. I have finished Twilight and have started the second of the series, New Moon. Also, the movie is coming out in November and I can't wait to see if it does the book justice!
That's all I have for now, but I will be sure to keep you all posted on my spinning progress and I may even have some yarn or a knitted FO to show next time...don't hold your breath though, LOL!

Where to Start.....

I have so much to post! First, I'll start with the annual Girl's Trip! It was a blast! We girls get together every year and stay at a chalet usually somewhere in Kentucky, and just relax! No husbands\boyfriends\men in general or kiddos! That's relaxing enough in itself, right? This year we chose Lake Cumberland. The weather wasn't great, but alright and we all had fun. The chalet was nice with hot tub, air hockey, pool table, karaoke, everything! A few of the girls got a pontoon, some hiked, and went to see the moonbow. Here are a few pics of our awesome weekend...


Next, my baby girl had her last day of Kindergarten. I was a little disappointed that they didn't have any kind of graduation ceremony or event for it, but a week earlier they did have a field day that her Gammy got to attend and they had fun together! Emma was so excited that her Gammy came to her school and met all her friend's. Check out Peggy's blog for pics :)

Then we celebrated Emma's 6th birthday, with a High School Musical party at grandma's house. She had her HSM outfit on, we played Mrs. Darbus' cellphone search and musical chairs (which went over terribly), I don't recommend musical chairs!!! I think every child that missed their chair and therefore were out, CRIED! It was awful! But then we had CAKE, and that made everything all better :) Emma had a great time and loved her presents and getting to go back home with Gammy, of course, after the party!


And last to report, we went to Abbey Road on the River with our friends Kevin and Anne. We had a great time! It was a beautiful day, we were outside all day and night, listening to great music and enjoying good beer with friends! I have to say my favorite were the B-trips, but I like to call them "The Japanese Beatles" :) They were too cute and of course they played "The Beatles" very well. A good time was had by all...

Derby Day Dish

Well I have absolutely nothing to report on my knitting lately, but I do however have a party to post, a Derby party!!! My uncle has one every year, and it's always really fun! The girl's make a Derby hat, get to have a stick horse race, eat lots (that's the part Ava loves :), and this year I even let them do a little betting. My family has small pots that make it worth betting, but doesn't really empty your pockets at the same time, so I decided the girl's were old enough to pick the "silk" they wanted to win...yes, they picked by the jockey's silk pic in the book and the names. Ava decided on Denis of Cork because he had the awesome hot pink on, and Emma went with Eight Belles, since Belle is her middle name :) LOL! Cute, right? And they did win 2nd and 3rd place...I knew I should have let the bet the larger pot, bummer! But they bet the smaller one and went home with a few dollars, to them money is money anyway!



We had a great day!

VOTE! FOR KNITTING THAT IS...

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The Good and the Bad

For the bad, I had a cyst removed from under my ear on Tueday, for the SECOND time! If you ask me, the first time was enough! It wasn't too terrible except for the fact that the first time I went under and this time I was awake. I could hear everything! Talk about gross! I used to be a nursing assistant, so I know what goes on during this procedure and I can easily watch it being performed on someone else, but when it comes to me or my kids and medical procedures...I become a total MESS! I can't handle it well at all! But it's over, and now just feels like someone punched me in my ear, so not too bad, I guess? LOL!

For the good, even though I am recovering with the help of my wonderful pain pills, I couldn't pass up the chance to take my little Emma Belle to see High School Musical (5th row seats!) with her cousin Madison, and her mommy. They had the extra tickets and so kindly invited us to go with them. Now I have to say, NOTHING about High School Musical is thrilling to me, but Emma LOVES Madison and absolutely LOVES the theater, so we had to go :) And I did chuckle at a few parts, but also wanted to strangle everyone on stage once my meds wore off! :) Madison and Emma had a blast, they both just kept saying "this is soooooo awesome!" as they held their little matching High School Musical clutches on their shoulders, too funny!
(Sorry no pics, my camera phone STINKS!)

NO knitting to report, just haven't felt like doing much, maybe next time :)