Michigan

Here is a snapshot of part of our trip to Michigan so far! We went to Mackinaw island and there is an old Military fort up on the hill. This was inside one of the bunkers where they made a room into a 'kids quarters.' There were lots of activities and stuff for Alex to destroy. We thought he was just WAY too cute in the soldier uniform.....


Or as an actual soldier....

This is from a balcony at the fort looking out over the island. On this island the only cars alllowed are emergency vehicles. Everything else is horse and buggy or bicycles. You should see the construction buggies. Big old horse drawn flat bed trailers with all the construction equipment on them. No tractors or anything! That would SUCK!

Yup, he fell off. It was awesome.

Here are just a few so far from our trip. We are having a pretty good time, but the weather has been crappy pretty much the whole time. We have really only had decent weather 2 days so far, but it is supposed to be nice friday & saturday. Those two days are important cuz the Tiger's baseball game is Friday, and we travel on Saturday. So here's hoping the forecast doesn't change!

Dance Fever

As you can see this was from around Christmas but baby dancing is always a good time!

6 Blocks Down!!

So, I finally finished my 6 quilt blocks for this month's class. Here is the last one, Whoot whoot!

We had our next class tonight, up next? Applique. Crap. I'll let you know how it goes.

My Child

These are just some of my favorites from the last week or so. That kid is getting pretty dang funny. He tries to ride everything!

My Quilt

Here is my new hobby. Turns out quilting is an excellent way to keep your hands busy. So, 5 blocks down, 1 to go before next month when I get the next two. The class is two blocks a month, then at the end of the year we put it all together for a super awesome quilt! So far I am IN LOVE with my fabric choices, even Jeff likes it. This first block is called the Double Four Patch.
This is Nine Patch on Point

Friendship Quilt Block

Kansas Troubles. And trust me, Troubles is an appropriate name.

Dutchman's Puzzle. This one is my favorite so far. I love love love the blue. Will post more as I get them done! (ps, Sandy let's see what you are learning in your class...)

Alex archives

We finally found the cord to upload videos so we have some old ones. This is from last summer. Alex got this ball popper for his birthday and it went over pretty well.

Updates all around

Well, somehow it has been a few weeks since I last posted again. Thus an update of all the random sort. Alex: what to say about that kid. I'm pretty sure the picture says it all. He's growing like a weed and getting a few smarts. He has a deck of 'first word' flashcards that he loves, you can show him 3 or 4 then lay them down in a random order. Then ask him to pick one out for you and he gets it right every time (unless the card for Table is involved. He seems to have a blind spot for tables either on flashcards or when running...) He loves playing with PJ, being as picky about his food as his dad and Grandpa Price.

Jeff: Poor poor Jeff. We had a COLD spell here for a while. I mean it was freeze your nostrils shut COLD. And poor Jeff would have to treck across campus to and from his car/classes every day. Thus by the time he got home to the warmth and the comfort of his couch he was hard pressed to leave it... Did you know you could take beautiful winter scenery pictures from your couch (as shown by the reflection of the ceiling light on the window pane in the pic...)

But on a more serious note, he just finished mid-terms (we find out how he did this next week...) and sinc, and since we joined the gym back in January, has actually been swimming again. Good for him!

As for me, I have been keeping myself pretty busy. I am currently trying to teach myself to sew and have made a few weekend bags (the pic below) that turned out pretty cute. The first one I made for myself and my mom loved it so much she commissioned me to make the second one (the one pictured.) I started taking a quilting class this month and am pretty excited about that. I bought some STINKING cute fabric for the quilt and can't wait to start making my blocks. I also have a recent fascination with sourdough. I have a starter, but as of yet am not quite sure what to do with it other than bread. Not that homemade sourdough bread is EVER a bad thing. But I ordered a new cookbook that should tell me everything I ever needed to know about whatever it is you do with this starter. I'll keep you posted.

Anyway, I think that is about all that is going on here. Other than it has been around 40 degrees for the last week, which is all but a tropical vacaction! Maybe Jeff will actually go outside to take his next scenery pic!