Fall Fun!

Lots of fun going on this fall! It is going to be a busy one for sure!!

• Working overtime through the middle of Oct. (4 weeks of working Friday so far...I miss my 3 day weekends)
• 2 Weddings
• 1 Wedding Shower
• 1 Family Reunion
• Can't forget about Alabama football!
• Making 2 DVDs for a wedding
• Sewing projects for friends and family
• Other little projects (my list seems to be getting longer)
• Our big fundraiser at work (more cookie making coming soon!)
• Last but not least a BIG trip in November to see Laura and Ginny, too!!

*I cannot log into my FB account. :( They do not respond to my help questions and reports and emails, etc. So frustrating!

Dad's Birthday

Friday night we all celebrated dad's birthday. We went out to eat and then came home to dad's favorite cake...homemade strawberry cake! He got this as a surprise last year and requested it this year. I wanted to try something new; however, he reminded me that it was his birthday and that is what he wanted, so that is what he got. :) After cake and ice cream, we played a little Wii! I had not played in forever, so my arms were burning the next day.

Cheese!

I am sure his wish was for Alabama to be #1 this year!

Me with the birthday boy!

Happy Birthday dad!

Around the Clock Shower

My mom and her XO friends hosted a wedding shower at our house today. Here are some pictures!

There were clocks everywhere!

Food!

Very delicious cupcakes!

Very cute, too!

Cute little fruit cups.

XO sisters, the bride, her mother and future MIL!

And the Winner is...

...Nekayeh!!!
So what did I make...

Is it a bird?

or a plane?

No, it's super capes

For super kids!

I had to make 21 for boys and 17 for girls but made 4 extras just in case! I still have more fabric but after sewing through my finger on the last few, I am going to wait until I make any more yellow capes! ha!

The cute shirts for the graduates...boys had blue!

The kids were sooooo cute this morning! I don't have pictures for privacy reasons, but seriously they were cute in their shirts and capes!!

Thanks for guessing! There were some really good ideas that we might could use next year!!

Contest/Giveaway!!!

*Edit 7-30-2009* Last hints: I used Velcro; one class is singing "I believe I can fly."
*Edit 7-29-2009* Great ideas so far! Hint #2: There will be one for each kid!
*Edit 7-28-2009* Hint #1: graduation is Friday morning

This is my first contest/giveaway so get excited!!! I volunteered for a sewing project at work that required 17 yards of yellow fabric and felt squares in pink and blue. I really don't know what I was thinking as it seems to be the never ending project. Everything must be finished by Friday morning. Here is the contest: What am I making?

• Guess as many times as you want!
• Hints may be provided throughout the week!
• If no one guesses correctly, I will draw a name for the prize.
• If multiple people guess correctly, I will also draw a name.
• Ends Thursday night!

Prizes ( you get to pick one of these): 1 custom burp cloth, 1 custom dish towel, or 1 owl journal

Start Guessing!!! (If I told you what I was making please don't participate this time! Thanks!)

Hotel Hopping Vacation

Mom and I took this past week off from work for a mini vacation. We started out in East TN on Sunday to visit with my granddaddy and take care of some things while we were there. The hotel we stayed at was brand new...like opened Friday! It was soo nice and great knowing we were probably the first ones in our room! Monday we were out all day to take care of some things with and for granddaddy. When we got back that night we had a note that there was no hot water but that they hoped it would be working by that night and it was! Tuesday morning mom got in the shower with no problems. When I got ready to take mine there was no hot water and then no water at all. She found out that the water was not working throughout the hotel but that I could go to the hotel next door to shower. I gathered my things and walked across the parking lot only to find a line for a shower...that's right a line! They were frantically cleaning bathrooms as people checked out! So, I finally got a shower then walked across the parking lot to go back to the room to get ready...fun times! We finished up some things and then headed to Nashville for shopping and time with friends! We arrived at our first hotel and were really not impressed. It was not bad but not great, so we made reservations for another hotel the next night...yes that is 3 hotels in 4 nights or 4 hotels if you count the one I showered in on Tues. morning and we were only in 2 cities!
Wednesday we met some of my friends in downtown Franklin for lunch and some shopping. The food was so good as was the company!

After lunch and some shopping we decided to try some cupcakes (MBS is still the best!)

Hannah with a strawberry cupcake and mom with red velvet.

I got lemon and Stacie picked vanilla! All were very good!

That is a lot of icing!!!

After shopping in Franklin, mom and I headed to some outlets east of Nashville. We found a few good bargains and had just about crashed, so we headed back to check into our final hotel. We then ate at one of my favorite places, CPK in Green Hills! I just love their pizza!!

Thursday morning I moved my car to a closer spot so we could load it up one last time. As we were getting ready to drive off, I noticed my key was missing...kind of hard to start the car with no key. We looked all over the parking lot and hotel...nothing. Luckily, mom had the spare set of keys, so we could continue with our shopping adventures.

We meet Lindsay for lunch! Lindsay and I went to church/school together. She is a couple of years younger but we spent lots of time together in youth group and on mission trips. She is in grad. school right now. We missed seeing the rest of her family though!

After lunch mom and I continued shopping. At some point in the day I noticed lovely scratch marks in my car. I don't remember hitting anything but it doesn't really look like a car backed into mine, so who knows what it is from and how it happened...just another story to add to this crazy mini vacation! ha!

We finally decided we had had enough shopping for one week and headed back home. As we were unloading the car, my keys were found! Too bad the car can't be fixed that easily! This was definitely a vacation I will never forget!

Another Owl Baby!

I love this owl fabric and finally got to use it for one of my dear XO friends who is having a little boy very soon!!