Hard to Believe. . .

Hard to believe it was September when I last updated. Well maybe not that hard to believe (I get reminded all the time!).

Can you believe that this little guy turned one this weekend! I guess he has been my project to take care of lately.

We celebrated with lots of family and friends and with our monkey cake.

Happy Birthday Mr B!!

A few more recipes. . .

A few more recipes from blogland that I have whipped up. . .



Chicken, Ranch, Rice Soup - I know everyone has a recipe for chicken soup. This one has unique "something" once the powered ranch is added.

Smore Stuffed Brownie - OK, ,these are good but mine looked nothing like the picture. I don't know if my marshmallows weren't so fresh:)

Layered Mexican Chicken Bake - The kids loved this.

Chicken Tostada Upside Down Bake - The flavors were good in this one. We just didn't care for the cresant roll on top, mine got soggy. My 6 year old thought corn bread on top might be yummy, I second that!

Chicken Bruschetta Pasta Recipe ( TGI Friday knockoff) I needed a recipe to use up some of my tomatoes from the garden. I love the TGI friday version of this and this was just as good in my book.

Double dose of festivals . . .

This weekend we are lucky to live on Lake Erie. Thursday night 6 beautiful tall ships sailed into the bay. The rest of the weekend they will be docked at Dobbins Landing for the Tall Ships Festival.

Tonight we get to listen to the sound of the Erie Philharmonic, watch the Brig Niagara in some friendly cannon fire, eat great food, and watch fireworks at the Erie Heritage Festival.

Finally!

I finally got around to quilting and binding this quilt.



It was started about a year ago with a bag of scraps that I bought to practice sewing. I started with wonky log cabins and then added some larger rectangles in between. Overall, I like the way it turned out. I can now move on and finish up another one.

Birthday Girl!

Today, Miss A turns 6!

The 3rd of July we had a party with friends and family. We started the day off by going to a parade. Then party time with. . .

a hello kitty pinata,

cake balls,
hello kitty cake - using this homemade marshmallow fondant

and ended the day with fireworks. A great day!

Happy Birthday Miss A!

Mother's Day Present

I saw this pillow on One Pretty Thing and decided to make one for my mom for Mother's Day. I didn't follow her pattern word for word, just read through it and winged it. This is what it turned out to be. . .


Then I saw this wonky cross tutorial on Sew Mama Sew and decided to try it out for the back of the pillow.
I really liked how it turned out and can't wait to make one for myself!

Ready to be quilted. . .

After starting this wonky log cabin several months ago. . . I can now say that I have the front put together. . .

And the back and it is ready to be pinned together. It may just have to wait a few more months to be quilted.