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New Jersey, United States
I am the wife of a wonderful husband and the mom of three super adult kids and their spouses. I also proudly have five adorable grandsons. I happily taught preschool for 25 years. When I'm not with my grandsons I spend much of my time indulging in my "Quilty Pleasures."

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Awesome Adventures with Ryder and Logan - November 2016

Awesome Adventures with 
Ryder & Logan
November 2016

The month of November found Ryder and Logan 
(and their mom & dad)
still living with us as they awaited their new house to be available.

We were blessed to have them and our entire family together for Thanksgiving.  I cherish these times as they become few and far between.

Our adventures...

We had a lot of fun enjoying the fall weather:




Library Fun...




Fun with Counting & Measurement at the library...










Music time at the library is a blast...

We've been busy working our way through the 
Disney Princess Cookbook

So far we have made 
Abu's Monkey Bread:



Magic Carpet Roll-Ups:


Under the Sea Sand Dollar Crackers:


Sea Turtle Cupcakes:



We can't wait to try more recipes in the cookbook!

I took a nasty fall down 14 steps in our house and Ryder made me this sweet picture:

Ryder loves doing things with his daddy such as going to hockey games:

And making Pez Parades:


Logan and I enjoyed a yummy lunch at McDonalds:

Thanksgiving was extra special this year because we could all be together.  The boys loved the delicious meal that GG made:


And Ryder dreamed of the promise of Christmas under the tree that he helped Grandad to decorate:

As I write this post, my wonderful son, Kyle, and his family are beginning to settle into their new home.  
Our December Awesome Adventures will be split between our home and their new home because they did not move in until 12/11/16.  

As soon as Christmas is over I should be able to get back to my quilting.  These past 3 1/2 months have been filled with so much love and memories, and very little quilting.  Certainly a trade-off I would do over again in a heart beat.  

Until Next Time...Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn

Monday, November 28, 2016

Make-A-List Monday November/December 2016

Quilting has been low on my priority list this month and I expect it to be given the same priority next month.  As things begin to settle down around our house in the next 3-4 weeks, I should be able to finish more quilts.  In the mean time, please enjoy the few blocks I was able to finish during the month of November.



November
(in review)

NO PROGRESS on any RED HIGHLIGHTED ITEM.


1.  Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.



2.  Attend Saturday Sampler at Pennington Quilt Works



3.  Continue working on 'Round the Stars quilt made with my Dear Jane scraps

4.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt



5.  Civil War Tribute

   6.  Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt:  En Provence





7.  Five Yard Quilt - Top Hat



 8.   Waste Knot

9.  Basketweave from Quilted Living

  10.   Quilt Square Quilt Along

  11.   Zippy Strippy Bags

 12.   Baby Quilt - A Quilt for Chase


  13.   PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler

    14.  Striped Table Runner

15.   Dancing Stars

16.  Just Takes Two

17.  Double Twisted Wreath Fall/Christmas

18.  Crumbs

19.  Christmas Wall Hanging

20.  Baby Quilt - Crazy Eight Tools

21.  Five Yard Quilt



December

1.  Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works.

2.  Attend Saturday Sampler at Pennington Quilt Works

3.  Continue working on 'Round the Stars quilt made with my Dear Jane scraps

4.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt

5.  Civil War Tribute

   6.  Bonnie Hunter's new mystery quilt:  En Provence

 7.   Waste Knot

8.  Basketweave from Quilted Living

  9.   Quilt Square Quilt Along

  10.   Zippy Strippy Bags

 11.   Baby Quilt - A Quilt for Chase


  12.   PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler

    13.  Striped Table Runner

14.   Dancing Stars

15.  Just Takes Two

16.  Double Twisted Wreath Fall/Christmas

17.  Crumbs

18.  Christmas Wall Hanging

19.  Baby Quilt - Crazy Eight Tools

20.  Five Yard Quilt


Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Awesome Adventures - October 2016

Awesome Adventures
October 2016



The month of October found little Ryder and Logan still living at Mimi and Grandad's house as they anxiously await their new home.  

We had lots of trips to the playground - 







Trips to the library - 

Lego Club:


Music:

Science Club - Halloween:













We played a little soccer - 


And we played in the yard - 

Helping Mimi sweep the porch:


Searching for frogs:

And squirrels:

And snakes - Oh MY!!!


We like to climb trees:



And swing on the swing:

We had fun at the farm - 




And Sahara Sam's - 


We enjoyed snack time - 

and quiet time - 





Haunted Tonight was a lot of fun!





And Trick-Or-Treating was a BLAST!







Such a FUN month!!!

What will the month of November bring???

Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn