Catching Rolls, Thrill Rides, and a Trip Down Memory Lane

This weekend I headed to St. Louis with my Sunday school class to go to Six Flags. We stopped at Lambert's on the way there! This was my first experience eating there, and it was definitely a fun/interesting experience!

The girls while we waited on a table.

One side of the table...

...the other side of the table. We caught lots of rolls...some were better at catching than others. ha! If you look in this picture, you can see the word rolls in the license plates. They served way more food than I could possibly eat and could have split it in about 3 meals, but it was pretty good!


Our first ride was Superman. I considered this to be a mild ride because it did not spin! It was a pretty good view of the park way up there!! Some people liked this more than others...it might have been my favorite this trip.

What goes up must come down!!!

This picture is hilarious...I have no idea what I am doing...giving thumbs up?? I don't even remember! I did think it was fun though!

Awesome! ha! This was while I was waiting for everyone to ride the Batman ride...one of my favorites in the past, but the heat and spinning on other roller coasters made me slightly dizzy, so I didn't want to chance it on this one. Maybe next time...if I ever go back...I definitely prefer Disney in cooler weather! ha!

Before leaving, we had to get one last picture...naturally we waited until we were all a hot, sweaty mess!




This morning my mom and I made our way to Rossville, TN to hear her Uncle Frank preach. Rossville is very small but such a sweet little town. This is where my grandmother grew up. My mom tells stories of Christmas Eve and Christmas morning when all the cousins stayed together and then came down on Christmas morning to find tons and tons of toys.

This is what the house looks like now.

Photoshop fun!

Here is the church we went to today.

After church the family and some friends went to Collierville Square to eat at the Silver Caboose...yum!

Flashback Friday

I am headed to Six Flags in a few hours! Here is a picture from my early amusement park days. We had one in my hometown that was a lot of fun (and is now a lot better), so the summers were spent riding rides in the hot, hot sun! I wanted to post some old pictures from my adventures at Six Flags, but I am going to have to wait until I have time to un-install my brand new printer/scanner and reinstall it...just a few minor technical difficulties! Oh the joys of technology!

Dad, Jason, Me...I am guessing this was around 1988.

E is for Ella

This set is going to one of my friends and XO sisters who just had a little legacy! I hope she doesn't read this because I have not put it in the mail! ha!

I have been wanting to use this super cute owl fabric and was planning on using it for a pillowcase dress, but thought that this would make the sweetest blanket with pink minky dot fabric on the other side.

*More owl gifts coming soon!!!

C is for Cade

After my marathon sewing adventure last week, I was definitely ready to take a sewing break (and get some sleep!). I had a few more gifts I wanted to make before putting everything away. I made this burp cloth and bib for my mom to give to one of her coworkers. I have not had a chance to use this airplane fabric, and I thought it was the perfect opportunity!

3 Babies, 1 Shower

No triplets...just 3 OTs pregnant at the same time! Yesterday we had a shower for coworkers who are all pregnant and due around the same time. I just had to make something for these precious little ones to enjoy! There will be two girls and one surprise and no names have been picked out, so I had to get pretty creative with something somewhat gender neutral and no initials to use!

The giraffe set may be for a little girl or maybe a little boy! We will know around the end of August when M's little one arrives! The little blanket has yellow minky dot fabric on the other side.


The monkey set is for a little girl who will come home to a jungle themed nursery! I think the little bow is just too cute!

The little owl set is going to a little legacy! Yea! This one was the easiest to come up with since her mommy is a XO, too! (There are 6 or more of us at work...crazy!)

The cute little cake!

Only 2 could make it to the shower as E is on bed rest until her little one arrives. It was kind of crazy watching two people opening gifts at the same time but lots of fun, too!

I Survived the Weekend!!

This weekend I drove to Memphis with a friend from OT school for a 3 day conference on Feeding Therapy. It was really a great conference but oh so long. We lasted in the chairs up until the morning break on day one and then moved to the back of the room on the floor for the rest of the weekend. The speaker who is not an OT walked by later that day and said, "You two must be OTs." ha! I fell asleep during the videos that lasted about 30 sec. or more on day 2 and 3! I don't know how I survived OT school because I barely survived 3 days of class! We did squeeze in some fun with dinner with my brother and sis-in-law Friday night followed by playing Apples to Apples...so fun...well, that is b/c I won 2/3 rounds! We also had dinner with my family Saturday night. The girls headed to MBS for some yummy cupcakes after dinner! We did get stuck in traffic following the storm on Friday and drove in crazy rain Sunday morning but other than that no weather problems...thankfully!

We never took any pics during the weekend and of course waited until the end of the weekend when we look like we haven't had any sleep and have been sitting on the floor for 3 days! oh well!

J & J (and Ruby)...Thanks for letting us stay with you this weekend...we had fun!

These two pics are from my Arkansas trip last month...they were on my other camera, and I totally forgot about them. The pic above is proof to Laura that they do still make the boxes! I got so excited when I saw them and ordered a HM just to take this pic! ha!

The one below is leaving the beautiful NWA mountains!!

Just Another Random Overdue Post!

Well, once again I am a little behind on posting!! Back in May my Sunday School class had a cook-out/Luau! It was a lot of fun and a great way to start the Summer. I made dessert...of course! I decided to try my two favorite cake flavors together...YUM! I made PD's strawberry cake recipe and put that cake on the bottom. I then put lemon icing on the cake and put lemon cake on top.

Homemade strawberry icing went on the top.
This cake did not last long. I don't even think everyone got a to try it!

I made cupcakes with the extra batter just in case the cake was gross! ha!

I just recently made this cake again for work...it didn't last long there either!

Sunday School Class at the Luau!

I finally made time to experiment with photoshop for a co-worker's beach pictures. It was so much fun, I decided to try out some other pictures. The one above is pre-editing.

I did some of this on my own with the help of a great book and used some actions, too! I really like how it turned out! What do you think?

I then converted the picture above to black and white...just because! I was so excited about learning how to do all this last night that I had a little trouble sleeping...now I am just having trouble stopping!

This weekend I am headed to a 3 day conference on feeding therapy for picky eaters...that would be me...should be an interesting weekend! One of my classmates will be there, and I am sooooo excited about spending the weekend with her. We will stay with my brother and SIL. I hope to take her to MBS for a cupcake (or 2! ha!)

Next week I will be sewing away as there are 3 OTs at work who are pregnant and we are having a triple shower for them on Thursday! Pictures from the weekend and sewing projects coming soon!