2008! Hit by Sewing Storm....

Okay.. So I am soooo incrediably behind. Life took over! As most know now. I decided to make all my Christmas presents this year. So I sewed my little fingers off thru the months of October thru... well still sewing. I had so much fun making the girls quilts, and all the different bags for everyone, I decided to take a REAL quilting class. More or less to find out how to quilt the correct way, instead of the Jennifer way. Needless to say in the first 10 minutes, I found out I had/have been doing everything the wrong way and the LONG way! I just finished my first 6 week beginners class, and have jumped into the intermediate class! I LOVE IT! More the better. I have a gillzion ideas in my head. Creative brain on over drive. Plus, I have been shooting a little more too! again, Creative brain. (I will post those all soon - along with some Christmas photos) I hope all your Christmas & New Years were fantastic, and you Valentines Days are all romantic!

Love you all...

Jenn.

WHAMMOO!

Friday afternoon, wasn't so good...

About 2 o'clock I was in a car accident.

I was told later after I got to the hospital, that I had ran a red light, not even seeing that it was there. The intersection was a weird set up to begin with.

The gentleman that hit me was okay, and I was too, after my trip to the hospital.

Just a lot of bruising, but the Jeep 'Sarge' took all the pain.

As you can see below.

The jeep was hit on the passenger side - rear. When he hit, it severed the wheel axle, sending the tire into the air, only to hit a parked car.

The photos were taken with my camera phone, so they aren't the best photos that I have ever taken. The good camera, was flung out of the car, and not currently working.

All is okay. Sarge is being fixed and I am recovering from my new temporary tattoos!

The Boat has been fixed!!

The boys finally got the boat fixed, and we had a blast of 4 day frienzy to play before they left for work on the east coast.


Here are just a few of the photos that show just how much we have missed playing on the water for about 2 years!

Yeah... the photos were lost. SUCKS!!

DAKOTA GRACE, TURNS ONE !!

LET THEM EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE!!

Dakota Grace turned one on Saturday! WoW how time flew by.

Somehow it has already been a year since she "Graced" us with her presence.

Setting before her singing candle, the moment has her mesmerized

Deciding on what to do, digging in with her hands seemed best!

First comes the interesting squishy texture,

Then, came the MMMMM....
And finger-lickin' good!

And, what better to go with food than entertainment,
Dylan took his turn dancing in front to bring out the smile for photos!
Hey don't knock it, it worked!

Really, it's good, try some!

Presents!!

This task, you would think would be easy. Sit a child in front of a pile a presents and let her have at it. No, no, no, not so easy.
Both daddy and mommy, tried to keep her entertained with opening a new one.
None the less, Nana comes to the rescue with the 'Cool' present. A singing and dancing turtle, that she loved!! Bouncing up and down, and singing away.
It was a beautiful day for a beautiful girl!

Even if she didn't take the deal with me to stay little a bit longer. Forget that, this girl is ready to grow!

See ya next year!

Blessings from God -a Sunny day!

Day two of Swimming!

Fun in the sun...The best thing about summer is swimming!

And the we all agree!

Desiree...posing instantly for her first photo.

She tried twice to swim without the water wings...

which would have been fine, but no one was watching, except

Big Brother Dylan, who saved the day

when she didn't make it back up so quickly.

Dakota Grace...or Koty-oty as I call her.

Her curls are starting to come out and she is getting so big.

I wanted to get some photos of Dylan and he wanted me to take them under water, so we compromised! I took photos of him underwater! They came out pretty cool, and we had a blast going thru them all.

Getting closer to the end of the day, Dakota thought she was done, but have no fear, she was back in the water in no time.

Katie and the kids posing for their group shots, or is that hamming it up for the camera instead.
Kota, splashing and playing hard on the step.

She really loved the water. Even Luke, joined in with a little convincing.

Then, he didn't want to get out.
Kickin' back and playing in the sun, we all had a blast.

Props & Thanks to God, for our bright & sunny day!