April Quilts

Dyanne's Quilt

Dy is a coworker and was my clinical instructor while I was going through the xray program.  She is retiring tomorrow and is a huge Steelers fan.  I am a huge fan of high contrast colors so I am loving the black and white....

 Adam's Baby Quilt

 Adam is also a coworker whose wife is pregnant with their first baby.  I love, love, love this quilt!

The Year of the Quilts

This year I decided to make everyone in my family quilts for their birthdays. (um, yes, I am a little out of my mind). I am loving how they are all turning out so far and am having fun planning all the future ones.  Let's just say time management has become a HUGE objective for me to work on this year.  It took me a while to get these pictures up but here are the quilts I've done so far.

Payton

For Payt's I decided to go a little retro and keep it simple so it looks more masculine.  I chose the colors to match his room and the Utes, but gotta say it's a pretty classic and great color combo.

Makaylee

This is by far my favorite quilt I have made to date. I wanted to do something that looked like a classic quilt pattern but with a little bit of a modern twist. Love this and love KKs color combo too....

Maycee

For Maycee's I wanted to do something a little more playful and fun and fell in love with this pattern.  I love pinwheel quilts but I thought this was a cute twist on the old standard.

I need to make some of these for myself!!  I have already bought fabric to make my own versions of Makaylee's and Maycee's but it's sitting uncut, waiting.  I went to bundle up in a blanket a couple of weeks ago and had someone tell me I needed to do it in one of my quilts and I realized I only have one, I've given them all away and never made the ones for me!  Gotta get that time management under control and get my quilts done as well...I've got a few more for the family and some friends in progress already and several more in planning stages.  Can't wait to show you more.....

Tour Guide Tate

I had my own personal tour guide at the zoo today. He was very good at it too....

Last time we were at the zoo they hadn't unveiled the dinos yet, so he was quite excited about them. There were a couple of them that scared him, especially the one that sprayed water out of it's mouth. :)

Schools Out For Summer

or until summer school starts....

I wasa so lucky the past year to have had Tate up at Pingree. He had a really rough year in kindergarten, so I was really afraid that he had gotten too far behind and couldn't catch up both academically and behaviorally. But the staff at this school is amazing and have done wonders for Tate. He has progressed so much more this past year than any other school year (and he's been in school since he was 2!) I am so grateful that this school is even here and luckily we get to come back next year!

Tate's teacher sent home a disc of the pictures of him they've taken. They did some very fun activities and he had such a fun time this year. I can't believe he's done with 1st grade already!Tate and Jax at recess

Tate and Tage - such a love/hate relationship with these two. They would play so cute together and then turn around and tease each other mercilessly as only little boys can.Cowboy Tate - riding the pony at Fred's birthday party

"Um, Mr.Fireman! Mr. Fireman!" I wish I knew what he wanted to tell them.

Wheeler Farm

The big bounce!

Playing with the air blowing out of the big bounce. He does this with my dad's bounce house, too.

Cute little Leprechauns - Henry (Hengry as Tate says it), Jax, Tate, Cody and Tage

Cheeser!

My Latest Projects

I decided to post pics of the sewing projects I've done the past few months. I am so in love with some of these, I had to show them off....

R's quilt - I started this as a gift, but it's been the first quilt I've kept for myself and has become my favorite one to cuddle up with.

I made baby carrier covers for my sis in laws. This one was for a coworker and was my favorite that I've made.

Tate's Hungry Caterpillar Quilt

Sue's quilt - I made this for my mom's birthday and has to be by far my favorite I've ever made. I love this fabric!

This one isn't new, in fact it's one of the first quilts I ever made, it's Tate's baby blanket. He found it in his closet a couple months ago and pulled in out. I spent most of my pregnancy working on this and did it entirely by hand. I so do not have the patience to do that anymore!

The Douger Chronicles

May Days

It's been a while since I've posted, so I'm going to smash all on May into this one. This will be mostly pictures, sensory overload, I know.....

Early in the month we welcomed our newest little cousin, Boston Noel Isaac, to the family. Congrats Bry and Nat and big sis and bro Maycee and Braxton. He is adorable and we are so excited to have him here!






Then, on a very chilly and damp morning, we went to the zoo with Tate's school class. It's one of Tate's favorite places and we had fun despite the weather. Tate has always had a little bit of a love affair or a connection of sorts with the giraffes. We spend over half of our time with them and he even tried to talk me into taking a giraffe home, if only it wasn't as tall as the house!

Tate also translated what the gorilla was signing to his keepers for me. That's a skill I want him to keep, it helps with both man and ape (although I think most of the apes we meet are outside the zoo). I might need to take a refresher course to help him stay up on it if it's not used in his class next year.

Finally, Last weekend we had a surprise 80th birthday party for Douger (my gramps), the most hilarious man I know. So much fun!

Um, this is Makaylee doing the "Bok Bok Salute" to Gramps. So chick-a-dee-licious!














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