And the award for cutest.....

Two people sharing a birthday this week goes to.....

Clare and her Daddy!!!!

They also share a love for Disneyland....

....and Minnie Mouse!!!

Clare was so excited to celebrate her second birthday with her family....

....and her bestest friends!!!

The Carousel was her favorite

and she choose her "Grampie" to ride with her.

Grampie said she repeated "up and down" for the entire ride.

It was a magical day...as are all days at Disneyland.

All to soon, a very tired Clare was carried

down Main Street at the end of the day.

A very excited Grampie and Oma

decided to splurge on Year Passes!!!

We can't wait to go back again.

Hugs to you Mickey and Minnie

and we hope to see you SOON!!!

Birthday Season....

February is the month of endless birthday celebrations.

Our Donovan turned one,

Clare is turning two,

and her Daddy Jonathan and Grampie

are having birthdays too!!!!

Since Donovan knows all about birthday presents...

he kindly gave Clare a hand.

The family gathered to honor Grampie

with a wonderful dinner in San Clemente.

After dinner we took a nice walk and ended up at Starbucks...

for a cup of coffee and to share the most incredible box of cupcakes!!!

Grampie enjoyed ALL of the attention...

from both of his sweet little ones.

Next up....a birthday party for Clare.

Can you guess where we are going???

Our little Mickey fan had to have a special dress to wear!!!

I had SEW much fun making it.

I can't wait to see her face when she meets her favorite Mouse....

lots of pictures to share I am sure!!!!

Hugs and Kisses.....

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

In the Pink...

I am a girl that LOVES Pink!!!!

Needless to say, Valentines gives me a great excuse to indulge!!!

This cute pattern was my ode to joy this week.

You can find the free tutorial here.....

http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/cutting-corners/2011/03/24/bloomin-blossoms/

My favorite sewing box is pink...

...and the knitted blanket my Mom made me is sweetly pink too!!!

I am also crushing on the hearts.

Tis the season to just feel the love....

like in this favorite book from one of my favorite illustrators.

These scissors aren't pink...

in fact they aren't even "pinking" shears.

They are scalloped instead.

A treat for ME that arrived in the mailbox this week!!!

I bought them to make these....how very very SWEET!!!!

http://lovelylittlehandmades.blogspot.com/2012/01/sweet-hearts.html

More pink treats....my hyacinth is in bloom!!!!

...and my favorite candies are all over the house ( yummy).

No one should be surprised that a "PINK" girl lives here

...as you can tell from the front porch.

Jim is sweet too....just to put up with all of this PINKNESS!!!!

I am not sure if the bunny is looking down in embarrassment, or is just shy.

But pretty much anything and everything is touched with Pink.

I wish you the same amount of sweetness in your life this weekend.

Sew and Sew.....

Last Saturday was one of my All Day Classes.....

Sew much fun!!!!

Girls come to visit,

to quilt....

and to finish some UFO's.

The quilts are always spectacular!!!

Nancy is one of my newbie quilters...

Hard to believe, huh????

This is the cutest ever quilt....

surfboarding Teddy Bears.

Love it!!!!

Fabrics from Hawaii....

Thinking ahead to the holidays...good for you Nicole!!!

( I think I still have some decorations to put away)

BTW....Miss Ric Rac, when are you coming to join Nicole and I (G)!!!!

Love this bitty boy's quilt....

Woo Hoo....you got it finished Lisa!!!

The food is great too....

Here is the award for the cutest student of all!!!!

Chelsea is the class companion....what a sweetie!!!

Have I been sewing too....yes indeed !!!!

A whole mess of dresden plates....YIKES!!!!

After MUCH iron time they are starting to look promising.

Using up scraps to make an Easter Tablerunner....

....and spending some much needed time to organize my stash ( once again).

I am thinking of making this.... check out the FREE BOM.

http://www.shabbyfabrics.com/

...but I should probably finish this first!!!

Here is a bit of a teaser...can you guess what this will become????

Give me a week in my sewing room and I might just give you the answer!!!!

A year ago today.....

It hardly seems possible that last year at this time,

a confident young woman signed papers

to be admitted to the hospital.....

and later that evening life was forever changed.....

by the birth of the most beautiful little boy.

Things became different from that day forward....

wonderfully so !!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Donovan.....

We love you SOOOO much!!!!