American as Apple Pie ;)

Here are our new family pics...Which only took us about three months to get back. Don't ask. We didn't have the brilliant idea of having pics with all our exchange kids until after some had started leaving :( So since then we have been trying to get them done when they come and visit us again. (The ones we missed) Here is our family pic with Niklas. He was our first exchange student. He was with us when Wes was four and Ryann wasn't here yet. He is still part of our family, and we love seeing him when we can.

This fun pic is all of the grandkids walking down the lane.

Here is my favorite one Grandma Barbara with all her great grandkids.

Ryann loves looking at "her" cows in Grandpa's corral.

Hot Pink Disaster

OMG....I can't leave this child alone for a millisecond. Wesley and I were discussing what to have for lunch and while that was going on, a very quiet Ryann was "playing" in Wes' room. Yup...you guessed it. I went to work on lunch only to hear Wes scream..."You're not gonna like this" He was chasing Ryann and trying to keep her from touching any and all surfaces in our house. I HATE arts and crafts supplies!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear I have an eye twitch from her and when they deem my officially crazy you all will know why!!! I couldn't see having any other kid, but I really would like to renegotiate that parent's curse.....I think they were a little too harsh on me! I wasn't THAT bad! ;) I am tremendous fear of what her teenage years are going to be like....hopefully she will have all this worked out by then...or else Lewis and I have been watching a program called Beyond Scared Straight...it will be that or the Nuns (that is what my mom scared me with and I am not even Catholic!)

One the other hand this is what Wes does when I sleep and leave the camera unattended :P I have two different kids. 

 Best duck lips ever! :)

Is that a Black Eye??

I left Ryann with Lewis for approx. 10 min. the other day and pulled back into the driveway to this.

I was freaked out because at first it looked like she had a black eye. Nope. She just managed to do what she does best...find dirt. Lewis said she had been throwing it over her head and had gotten some in her eye. She obviously rubbed her eye to take care of that problem. :) My water company loves her, and the soap and shampoo industry have been doing wonderful. Thank You Ryann for supporting such noble causes at this tender age.

I had to laugh while I was looking at Old Navy online. I had read about this mistake a few weeks back, but I think that the way they handled it with humor is awesome!! That is why I love Old Navy :) Make sure that you use your apostrophes correctly or they will get you too!!!! ;)

Back to the Grind Stone

School is back in session. This year is very different. I miss Wes a ton and I am not spending these next few months trying to figure out if the foreign student living with me likes me or not. Kinda weird. Ryann and I are hanging out and trying real hard to not drive each other insane. :) I did have a brief shining moment today when a young man from Estonia showed up on my door step. He spoke of his funny accent, which I told him it wasn't all that funny for our household. We talked about my kids and where they have all been from. Then he tried to sell me some books. I hate salespeople :( So sadly my visit was cut short. Life is different. Wes is liking his teacher and class. I cannot believe that he is almost double digits...He just turned nine, but time seems to be in hyperdrive I might just miss that milestone.

The Wedding Gift

I managed to put together a fun quilt for a wedding gift. I have made the quilt pattern before but it was fun to see how it turned out in a different color arrangement. I had hearts quilted on it and it turned out real nice. Now onto more projects :)

 This was the first one I did with this pattern

 Here is the other one....front

 back

 and I tried to show the quilting with the cute hearts

Here is the first one after it was all finished.

sugar coated

My movie night quilt. Look at how fabulous it is turning out! ♥ it. Next it is off to the quilter's and then snuggle up to a good movie...maybe even a Harry Potter Movie Marathon! ;) My next project is one that shows all my favorite things....totally excited to make that one!