A fun gift for my sister! Shhhh! It's a secret!

I've been working on this for a couple of weeks, but I plan to get it finished this week.  I really like to do machine applique, and this was a fun one to do.  I found this little pattern in a quilt shop in Burlingame, Kansas, and just had to have it.  If fits my sister and I's relationship to the "T"!

All I have left to do is put the backing on it, and add a bow to the toe of each shoe.  I thought it was SO cute when I saw it in the store.  Thanks for stopping by this week, I'm posting this for the Life on the Lakeshore Drive Linky party found below:

http://www.lifeonlakeshoredrive.com/2013/06/a-bouquet-of-talent-linky-party-38.html

Mosaic Monday - Mother's Day 2013

We had a wonderful time at the lake for Mother's Day.  As you can see the weather cooperated with our activities!

I'm joining Mosaic Monday, trying to get back in the swing of things!  Please join me, as I post with other Mosaic Monday people.  

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Caught up in the busi-ness called LIFE!

You know how it is?  One week turns into two - then a month - then several months?  I wish I had a dollar for every time I thought - I need to get something on my blog again.  I've had SO many great projects and haven't shared them with you at all.  My bad.  Then, I started getting all these "Anonymous" comments that meant NOTHING on some of my older posts, and that really made me UNHAPPY.  So, here I am - back again (yes, this is the third time).  Here's some photos of what we've been up to.  The girls are all growing up SO much and we get to see them much more than we used to.  We are loving it.  

 Mothers Day weekend, spending time along the beach.  Papa has a treasure!

 Spending a lot of time at the lake house, but never enough!

 This is a wedding cake that Angie made for my nephew and his beautiful bride - just last weekend.  It tasted as good as it looked!

 My two beautiful daughters!

Kids, just want to have fun!

Thanks for not dropping me from your friends list, I promise I will do better!  Sandi 

A New Year, A New Chapter in Our Book of Life

We lost a long time pet/friend this week, with our horse being found dead on Saturday.  She was old - around 29, which is old for a horse.  

 We got her when she was a yearling, and our oldest daughter Angie, broke her to ride.  She rode her for many years in horse shows, and she 

won many, many ribbons and trophies. 

 She's been "retired" for several years, but provided many hours of entertainment for our grandchildren.  The photos show one of our grand daughters with her.  

She was amazingly tame for an older horse, and never ever got cranky or mean with the little ones around.  

 We are going to miss her a lot, she was a great pet/friend for all of our family.  

RIP Foxy Nakita, you will be forever

in our hearts!

Thanks for stopping by, and please leave a comment.

Sandi

Balloons

We spent some time at the Olathe Balloon Festival in Olathe, Kansas - a couple of weeks ago.  

The evening festivities were opened by jumpers from Ft. Benning, members of the Silver Wings.

There were 2 men, and 1 woman jumpers.  The lady had the beautiful parachute pictured above.

The American Flag coming down was beautiful.

 The balloons begin to inflate.  This is a small festival, only about 40 balloons total.

 We sat in the right spot, when they launched, they went right over the top of us.

Mr. Potato Head was popular with the kids, as

usually the figured balloons are.

 Annie, the lady bug, was over 3 stories tall when inflated.  She was RIGHT in front of us, so we were able to see how they inflate, launch, and deflate.  

 When going through the photos, I realized that the balloons just look like a bunch of Easter eggs as they are lying on the grass.

 The most popular thing are the flare ups they do in the late evening.  Of course the darker it gets,

the more amazing the light show.  

 Thanks so much for stopping by.  I always enjoy your visits and comments.  Sandi

Finally!

After stressing over the fact that I couldn't post since March, I got help from my daughter, and she figured out what I was doing wrong.  Long story short - I'm not as tech savvy as I thought!  Ha!  Like that was news......

Anyway, I've been wanting to show you so many things, but first is my newest obsession - OLD DOORS.

The reason is below.

 I made the pillow, out of a napkin, with a plain back, so I can 

decorate it later on for the next season.

I used my DH's old lunch pail to plant photos in, and left my garden gloves and extra tools lay.  I really like the way it looks.  I'm also looking forward

to decorating it for Fall.  

Thanks for stopping by, hopefully I'll be a little bit more on the ball, now that I have this figured out!  I decided to join Friday at the Charm of Home, so please stop by there too!  

http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2012/07/home-sweet-home-77.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCharmOfHome+%28The+Charm+of+Home%29

Sandi 

Ok, so I'm not a computer wiz!

After many - MANY times of trying to figure out why I couldn't get into my blog - my daughter (who IS a computer wiz) has figured it out!  Thanks Em!  I'm excited about getting back to it for now!