Disneyland

Hi everyone: I've been gone all week to visit the Happiest Place on Earth. We left on Monday and spent three days at the park and then came home on Friday. The kids had a great time and we went on pretty much every ride, bought lots of goodies and have great memories. The kids had fun because they could ride everything and experience it as older children. The park was busy but we hardly had to wait for any of the rides. The longest we waited was for 25 minutes on a new ride at California Adventure but that was it! The weather was perfect as well! Here are some photos and I hope you enjoy them!

Cathedral Window Pillow

It's been a long couple of weeks with the car being sick, the girls being sick and then my father having a heart attack (he is better now) so naturally any quilting or creative juices that I have had flowing through my body seemed to have dried up. But with everyone on the mend, there is a trickle that started again and last night I finished my cathedral window pillow that I started in Keiko Clark's class. Actually the hardest part was fighting with ruffle. The original fabric I had was too soft so I put some light weight stabilizer in it, however, I think that made it too stiff. Nonetheless, I made it work and voila! it's done. Enjoy!

Rachael performing at Art from the Heart

Tuesday evening was the Art from the Heart show at school. All the children display two pieces of art in a variety of media including painting, drawing, clay, etc. There is also an opportunity for some of the children to play a musical selection. Rachael, of course, had to play her "Cruella da Ville" piece which she has practiced and practiced. This is also the piece she used to audition for middle school band and will already be in Advanced Band with the 7th and 8th graders. I'm very proud of her! I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJqE1f_Jp5E

Spring Poppy BQ

One thing I love about BQ quilts (BQ being the name of the pattern) is that they go together very quickly and are a wonderful beginner quilter quilt. This one has a dynamic floral fabric with beautiful frames and a cute black and white polka-dot fabric that April picked out. This will be a kit available from Prairie Queens shortly.

Spring Pillow

In case you hadn't noticed.....It's Spring! I love to see our yard come to life with our dozens and dozens of roses, not to mention my spread of tulips in the front yard. Our lilac is blooming and our wisteria is about to explode as well. So...just in time for Spring, I finished this pillow which actually was bigger than I thought it would be. I have been working on for about 6 months and finally put the pedal to metal and got it done. I hope you enjoy it!

Rachael's Spring Concert

Well tonight was Rachael's final band performance at school. It was bitter sweet because this is the last time Rachael will perform at school, but we are looking to middle school and a whole set of new performances. Here is a great photo before the concert and then a short video of one of the songs...Mickey Mouse March.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I made this cute little box with my digital studio from Cricut (the file originally made by Denise Hill) and it has sweet shamrocks on top! I need to start using my Cricut more!