Seven years later....

Wayyyy back in 2005, I went to the Houston Quilt show and bought this beautiful pattern.  About every six months, I have taken it out.  Looked at it.  Dreamed of making it.  And the promptly put it back in my "quilts to make someday" list.

Then I had a vision.  A vision of a year without quilt presents for family and friends.  A year when I would only make things for myself.  I'm calling this my selfish phase.  And I'm loving it!!!

Trust me, a king size quilt is VERY time-consuming.   I get an A+ for selfishness!

Thanksgiving 2012

In random order..... here is a little peek into our Thanksgiving weekend.

Four generations of love

Jaxson's photo shoot.
Shea is a fabulous photographer!!

baby toes - my favorite!

Tammy working on a Christmas craft

Kids table!  Only now we have to say "everyone under 23 years old"
waahaahaaa - where did my babies go??

Beautiful sunset from the deck

yep - our dogs have matching sweaters.
Greg and Robert want matching sweaters now.

another beautiful shot from the famous photographer

Uncle Braden

Auntie Shea

Great Grandma Zee

Uncle Andrew

Family

Halloween 2012

Yep - it's Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.

and I'm one proud mama.

 Four Jedi Knights, Batman, Dorothy, Superman and a witch.

Makes for a perfect Halloween.

Ottoman maker - that's me.

I saw this ottoman online and thought it would be perfect for our living room.  But it costs $399.  That is crazy expensive!  So I decided to make my own.

It just took a wood pallet, professor honey-buns to reinforce it, upholstery fabric and a nail gun.

Ta-da!

How can I leave this baby??

We head back home tomorrow morning, and I'm not sure how I'm going to leave this cute thing.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Kenna

Jaxson and Grandpa snoozing

USC fan already!

Halloween photo shoot...

At least Grandpa is awake this time.

I LOVE THIS PHOTO!!

out for a walk....