Bags By Me

I've been spending a lot of time with my sewing machine lately and its been really fun. I've made pjs for me and the boys, curtains, pillows and an apron. I figure if I'm going to play "Suzy homemaker" I should have a cute costume to go along with it! My latest project has been bags. It is SOOO fun! I made the one on the right first and I like it but I should have used more interfacing to make it stiffer. The one on the left is my version of an imitation Vera Bradley. It turned out pretty good for a first run and it was really easy! I bought a ton of fabric at JoAnn's last weekend and I'm getting started on version 2.0. I can't wait to show it off!

Five Kids For a Day

The Allan kids (well, 3 out of 4 Allan kids) hung out with us today! It went REALLY well! All of the kids got along great! I don't think there was one sharing or caring dispute all day! Libbie is a great help. Aadric is really strong and Kaedrin just cracks me up! Max was feeling lousy all day. He (finally) started complaining about his ear so he's on antibiotics now after 5 days of battling an awful cough and runny nose. Hopefully this will do the trick. He still hung like a champ and managed to play video games, tag and trains as if nothing was wrong. Poor guy! Nolen went to school this morning. Max needed some chill out time this morning...he wasn't feeling very well. We had left over pizza for lunch and we hit the park this afternoon.


The 4 year olds on the slide!



Following Libbie the leader!

All five kids in one picture!!!

Max, Nolen and Aadric...Nolen was being super silly today. He looks like he is imitating Tarzan!

At one point the kids decided to log roll themselves down a hill. It was pretty funny. They actually rolled pretty well!

The kids all played tag for awhile. Libbie was the jailer and she had to keep herding the kids into a "jail". They were not very well behaved inmates and they kept escaping.

Taking a break after tag.

The four year old swing.

The Allan Kids

The Allan kids came for a visit...yeah! We met them while we were here in AL for flight school. Nolen and Kaedrin were born 4 weeks apart. The kids haven't seen each other since Nolen and Kaedrin were teeny babies. Its so fun to see how much they've grown! Maybe someday I'll even get to see Jennee! Our boys had fun sharing the wii with them...the kids are
Aadric is 7, Libbie is 9, Kaedrin is 4, Nolen is 4 and Max is 3.