I made this sling and knotted doll for a baby shower at church yesterday, the mom was pretty excited about getting the sling. I have about 3 more slings I need to get sewing on for gifts.


I won this fat quarter from Ruby Jane's Retro Fabric on Fat Quarter Friday's on Facebook.



Amy and friends made trick or treat bags at the library.


Jaime's class party.



We had a fun Halloween, we hit a few church trunk or treats, a friends house, a neighborhood, a church that had at least 15 blow-up slides, bounce houses and other fun things and than went to Chipotle's and stood in line for 45 minutes for a free burrito.

Part II of the catch-up

Let's see if I can cover the month of October backwards to make it match up to my last blog post.

We thought today was Jaime's last soccer game but the coach told us there is a tournament next weekend. We really like Jaime's coach Jose he never yells and is patient. The team we played yesterday the coach was a jerk yelling and screaming and than he said our team was tackling his team. The Stingers won 3-0 and Jaime kicked the ball twice.
Jim was burning part of the tree we had cut down earlier in the year and we cooked hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire.


Last night was Kaitlyn's last home game of the year, It was also Senior night. All the senior football players, girls golf and cross country were honored before the game and the band was honored at half-time. It was a chilly night but Turner beat Wyandotte 62-0.




My mom also passed away 4 years ago on the 23rd. I miss you mom!

22nd-Was Jim's birthday.

The 21st of October we celebrated our 21st anniversary. Twenty one years ago we married at the county courthouse ate at Mrs. Peter's Chicken Dinner and saw The Great Outdoors at the Dollar movies, We were living it up!;)


Turner Days was October 17 and 18th. All three girls were in the parade and the camera wasn't working right or it could have been me but I only have one picture of Kaitlyn. It makes you mad when that happens. The elementary school had a cute float and won for best elementary float.




We were able to get to the Renaissance Fair the last day it was open. The girls had a great time.

Where did the month go?

Part I of the catch-up



I stitched the Fall is in the air(Ruth)and the Boo pumpkin(Shara) for two swaps.






Amy and I went on a hayride at the pumpkin patch with friends. It was a chilly day and the kids had fun. Did I mention muddy? Amy took off running and slid in the mud.







Homecoming football game was the 9th and the dance was the 10th.



Melissa played volleyball this fall but our Rec only had three teams so they also joined with the Bonner Springs Rec. The Rec had a silly volleyball tournament for the three teams since the season was short. I had no idea what was going on at first during the tournament because my daughter failed to tell me. The ref kept the score close by trading out a beach ball when one team was ahead and that usually tied it up. It was pretty funny that ball was all over the place. Than when there was a real good server they made her put her head to a bat and go around in circles five times and than serve the ball. The second set they let the parents play but they couldn't hit the ball over the net only players could. The third set was if your team scored one player had to come out each time so that was fun to watch. All the coaches ended up getting whipped cream pies in the face. It was a fun day.





I participated in two more swaps one Halloween and one fall swap one was "Heidi's Homemade Halloween Swap" and my partner was Shara from The Monkey Box who was also my 4th of July swap partner. Look at all the goodies she sent me. Thanks, Shara!



The next swap was hosted by Lori of Morning Glories and Moonflowers and my partner was Ruth and her blog is Farm Girl in my Heart.

She sent all these wonderful goodies. Thanks, Ruth!



Amy's head hit the concrete.



The THS cheerleaders have a yearly fundraiser "Little Leaders" they have a short clinic and the girls get to cheer at a Friday night game. Since this is Kaitlyn's last year she begged and bribed Jaime to sign-up for it. Jaime thinks cheerleaders are blood sucking vampires! Crazy girl! I think she had fun and Kaitlyn was happy.




We started the month off with Amy attending a birthday party, the girls had fun dancing and playing together. Amy still talks about the party naming her friends off and ending with Loooola!

Harvest Swap

 

My swap partner for the Harvest swap that Char hosted was Rondell. It was very exciting opening the box and pulling out all the goodies. Three little pumpkins that smell wonderful, a bag of leaves for fall decorating, three boxes nestled inside each other and the Give Thanks and pumpkin stitchery's (is that a word?) and a framed picture of a house and quilt. Thanks Rondell for everything!




Wild Horses are keeping me from my sewing machine.

Birthday Weekend

Jaime celebrated her 9th birthday with friends they had pizza, brownie cupcakes and than played mini golf. They had a lot of fun and were very loud for only four girls.
You can't imagine how many times they were fishing the golf balls out of the water!





Kaitlyn had a Tea Party and invited her friends over, she made sandwiches and the cake, she also served chips and dip, fruit and veggies and lots of candy. She asked all the girls to wear a dress and they did one showed up in jeans and changed here. They made flower pens and a few tissue paper flowers (Amy ran off with all the tissue paper before the party and we had to dig paper out of gift bags to make the flowers).These girls were pretty quiet compared to Jaime's party.

Kaitlyn had a Tea Party for her 7th birthday party so she was reliving it for her 18th. Two of her friends attended both parties. I was able to find one picture on the computer so here it is eleven years ago Kaitlyn and Samantha.








Last but not least a party for both at Grandma and Grandpa. I'm glad the weekend is over. Jaime was born on the 12th and Kaitlyn the 13th so they are one day shy of 9 years apart.