Snowballs, Volleyballs, and Green Grass!

This week went by fast.  Its been super warm here all week!  In the high eighties and low nineties.  We have been watering our new plants every evening and they are doing great.  Our lawn gets an hour of sprinkler every other evening, and its really turning green. 

I got a snowball quilt finished this week.  Its got bright colors in it for summer.  So I'm calling it A Summer Snowball.  LOL 

I have been on a real roll lately.  Turning quilts out left and right.  I think it's because wanted to work on stuff in Misawa, but not having easy access to fabric kept me from it.  Now that I have great fabric stores nearby, I've just been getting the hang of it again.  I am looking over the quilt magazines I have bought the last several years, and checking the patterns that caught my eye but never had a chance of coming to life.  It is really wonderful. 

Dave's evening volleyball games have been all wins this week.  Go QA!!  They beat out Security Forces one of their biggest rivals.

Home improvements

We had a busy weekend.  Saturday I worked on the wedding invitations for the upcoming Wackler-Hoisington nuptials.  Dave kept Nate occupied(watching the NFL draft) while I worked and I got a lot done.  Now I just need to wait for a couple of the supplies to come in at Hobby Lobby.  It feels good to have so many finished now. 

Today we went to Lowe's and the Bx for dirt, rocks and plants.  We planted 12 hosta plants along the driveway and sidewalk to our front door.  There were old wood chips in the front, so we took them out.   Outside the front door we also put in a pretty rose bush.  Its wonderful.  We filled in between the plants with red lava rocks.  They look really fantastic.  We need to go get atleast 10 more bags of rocks, but they aren't expensive at the BX.  We've gone through 7 bags already.  On the one side of the walkway I planted 5 red and green Caladium plants.  They look really nice.  I am excited to see how big everything get this year. 

I bought five little plants for inside the house as well.  I put one in the big bathroom tonight(the photo above).  For the others I need to head to Big Lots for pretty pots.  The baby jade will live in the kitchen, the dracaena will go into the guest room, the Hypoestes will reside in our bathroom, and the Sansevieria will hang out in our bedroom.  I don't really want anything in the living room while Nate is so small.  I could just imagine the messes.

 

I will take photos of the front tomorrow after we get the rest of the rocks in. 

play bag

 

Last week I made a cute tote bag to take toys and snacks to the park and beach.  Its so exciting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update... I made a matching caddy to keep in the play bag.  It holds a couple diapers and a small supply of wipes.. 

 

Erin's visit

We had a really nice visit with Erin.  We didn't go do touristy things so it was really a relaxing week.  We went to the local antique shops in Clovis, and did fabric shopping.  It was really nice.  

She brought two quilts that just needed binding, and got those done.  Then she started a new quilt.  I bought fabric for 3 or 4 quilts, and worked on a cute tote bag.  Its the first time I have made a bag, and it turned out perfectly.  I was surprised. 

We went to the local zoo here in Clovis on Wednesday because it was 83 and sunny and there finally was a break in the wind.  It was pretty much just animals in corn cribs.  But I think they were rescued. 
I am going to post an album.

WE SAW AN ALIEN!!!

April Fools!! Did you believe the title? I didn't think so.  I sewed Dave's underwear together in a string as a April fools joke.  It was very funny.

Nathan is feeling better after fighting a nasty bug all last week and this past weekend.  We spent Friday night in the ER in Clovis.  He had a fever all week, then on Friday it went up to 104.7.  He started feeling better yesterday, and is doing great today.  He is still kind of snotty, but its much better than it was. 

Last Friday we had a blizzard!   We didn't get a lot of snow here in Clovis, but they shut the whole darn state down.  Dave had a snow day on Friday.  Amarillo did get a lot of snow, we heard on the news they got 11 inches in 3 hours.  The winds here are so terrible. 

We are looking forward to nicer weather this weekend, especially since Erin is coming to visit.  She arrives on Saturday.  I am going to drive to Lubbock to pick her up.  I want to run to Babies R Us while I'm there.  

The house is almost completely put together now.  We finally got the hardware for Nate's crib.  His room is very cute.  Its the smallest, but his crib fits nicely with the twin bed.  He plays in the living room anyways, so he mostly just sleeps in his room. 

I have been busy working on a quilting project.  I am almost finished. Here is the top.  I tied it already, and I am quilting some of it, I only have a couple rows left then I just need to do the binding! 

Wasn't it 83 a week ago?

It has been snowing here in Clovis.  I was shocked when I woke up.  For the past two days they have had winter weather warnings out and plastered on the corner of the TV screen.  I had no idea what they were talking about.  It seemed warm and sunny to me.  I haven't worn a coat since we left Illinois.  So all this talk for days and it actually snowed!  I couldn't believe it.  Dave said all sorts of things have been cancelled on base.  INDOOR events have been cancelled.  Talk about wimps eh?  Imagine if Michigan was shut down for an inch of snow.  I guess they all get real nervous.  Anyhow, it was very pretty snowfall.  I did laundry all day, enjoyed an afternoon pot of coffee and made homemade pizza for supper. 

The house feels more like home everyday.  We

 have fallen into a nice routine.  I try to get something put away everyday, but most of the unpacking/ putting away tasks that are left are the kind I would rather put off.  Luckily we are having company in three weeks so I stay motivated. 

Our bedroom is almost completely finished, there are only a few knick knacks that need to find homes and we need face plates for the outlets. 

Nathans room is still a mess, we need to get paint on the walls, and put the crib together.  Once that is done it will be cute and cozy in there. 

The guest part of the extra room is nice, the craft part still needs some work.  I am waiting for my other peg board to be painted so it can be hung up and junked up.  But I love the one that is already up.  I have been using tools to decorate in the room.  I used my knitting needles in a vase, its pretty like a bouquet of needles instead of flowers.  I thought it was cute. 

 

 

I posted a new video today.  Nathan is such a character.  He makes me laugh a million times a day. 

Got Boxes?

We sure do!  Thankfully we aren't buried in them any more.  We have been working really hard to get everything unpacked.  Getting things put away is another story however.  The living room is looking good.  The dining room is almost functional.  Our bathrooms are nicely put together.  Nate's room is pretty decent, once we find the hardware for his crib and get that together, his room will be much closer to finished.  Our room is good, its just a little cluttered.

We spent our week in 1612 Shingle Loop before our big shipment arrived painting, changing handles on the kitchen cabinets, and lots of other little jobs to make this place feel more like home.  We got all of the rooms we wanted to paint done, except the kitchen and Nate's room.   We thought we would get the kitchen painted before the shipment arrived, but it arrived so fast we were shocked but very very happy. 

We have lots to do.  Just keeping track of Nate in this huge mess is a full time job. 

Nathan and the dogs are adjusting very well.  Nathan and Wendy are like two peas in a pod.  Nathan loves playing with her and she actually seems to like it.  Maybe because she knows at meals Nate will toss her some cheerios or crackers.  The other night Nathan sat on her and she seemed to like it.  I couldn't believe it.  She likes to sleep in his room. 

That's all for now I have lots to do!