Do you have a green thumb?

For years I've tried and tried to develop a green thumb.

I'm beginning to think that a green thumb must be something

you are born with and not something you can learn.

But you know what?

I keep trying!

About a month ago I planted some sweet pea seeds

in one of those seed starting trays that you can buy.

See?  It says Professional!
That's me alright!

This is what the plants looked like just a few days after planting.

Yesterday I transplanted all those little plants into thier own little pots.

And I'm just crossing my fingers hoping that I can keep them alive

and thriving for another few weeks or so.

I'm hoping to use them as decorations for a gathering I am having.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if they were actually flowering?????

I know, I know...Wake UP!

I must be dreaming again!

Hope springs eternal in my soul!

Oh MAN! 250 blog posts!

As Easter day is slipping away
I take time to count my blessings.

I am so blessed to have my children live in the same town.
Here we are just after Easter dinner.

Don't I have a beautiful family? 
And have I mentioned lately that my family is growing?
Mia is pictured here at 27 weeks. No you can't see her yet,
she's still got a little bit of growing to do before she comes
out to greet the world. 

26 years ago on this day MY family grew when

Brian was born.

Here he is sharing his birthday cake with a

nephew and niece.

Birthdays are always more fun when you can share it with a child or two!

Saturday night we celebrated Brian's birthday with family.

Dinner at home and then off to the Coyote's game.

While at the game I came across a TRUE FAN!

Look at this sweet little face posing behind a Coyote's cutout player.

But THIS is the funny part:

A pint sized fan!  What a cutie!

Bunko babes

What a great group of ladies!

Bunko was at my house last night

and we really had alot of fun.

First was had a really nice dinner outside

in my secret garden.

It was a beautiful balmy evening

just perfect for eating outside.

Here we are intent on rolling the dice.

After bunko we play another game called

LCR

Left, Center, Right.

We all start with $3.00

and roll the dice passing the bills

to the left or right or put in the center pot.

The last one with a dollar in front of her wins!

My baby girl was the lucky winner!

Here is a picture of the whole group!

What a weekend!

This wall in my living room has been bugging me

for ages now!

Just before Jenny's wedding I painted it turquoise.

Then I couldn't seem to coordinate

the rest of the room

with that color.

Then I painted it royal blue.

Liked it, but it still was not quite right!

So this weekend I got new curtains and  

painted the wall sage green color to match.

I'm thinking that this may be a keeper!

Now to work on that kitchen color......

I bought an extra curtain panel and made this pillow today.

I loaded the fabric onto the longarm and

quilted this design onto this pillow and

also another one that is still waiting to be sewn together.

Here we are.....

Hot babes at the bay!

Mom, Jenny and I

picked up some Quizno's sandwiches

and headed down to the bay for a picnic

while Jenny and I were visiting last Wednesday.

Hard to believe that we needed jackets.

It was a beautiful sunny day in San Diego,

but was pretty windy down by the water.

One last post about my California trip.

I failed to mention that along with Disneyland

and visiting with my mom and dad

I managed to make a couple of business stops.

You know what they say about all play

and no work.

I made some fabric purchases at

M&L Fabrics.

M&L is located between Knotts Berry Farm

and Disneyland so I really had to stop......

I was right there.

Looking a little PINK!

I had to stop at the Quilted Rose.

I needed some new thread for the longarm

and also some baby designs.

I picked up another bundle of Camp Reach for the Sky quilts

at Rosie's when I dropped off my last bunch.

And made a little purchase as well.....

Very late...........need some sleep!

Mom's shirt

Last week I showed you

the BACK of a shirt I made for

my mom.

I couldn't show a picture

because I know my mom

 reads this blog and

would see it before

I gave it to her.

I can show it now!

Mom is a long time Elvis fan!

There's no place like HOME.......

There's no place like home........And I just clicked my red sparkly slippers together today and I arrived at home...........

Well, it wasn't quite that easy, but my shiny blue Camry got me here in about 6 hours!

Jenny and I left Phoenix bright and early Monday morning and drove over to California. We had a wonderful chicken dinner at Knotts Berry Farm before we checked into our hotel.

We stayed at the Anaheim Plaza hotel.  Value priced, but a very nice, clean older hotel located just walking minutes away from the maingate of both Disneyland and California Adventures. 

Jenny and I had a great time at Disneyland on Tuesday.

Our very first stop was to visit Chip and Dale right on Mainstreet USA.

You may remember that while Jenny was an intern at Walt Disney World in Florida she was a VERY CLOSE and PERSONAL friend of Chip and Dale!

(ie....she WAS Chip and/or Dale!)

Pirates of the Caribean was our next stop followed by

the Haunted Mansion

and the Jungle Cruise.

I was literally attacked by this StormTrooper

while watching the Jedi training session!

It was pretty startling to have a Storm Trooper

get in your face while brandishing a weapon!

No trip to Disney is complete without visiting

It's a Small World!

We also checked out Nemo's submarines, Captain EO and

Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, as well as the Disney train.

This was the view of the Tom Sawyer's Island

and the river that the Mark Twain Steamboat travels on.

Quite shocking!

The river was completely drained as repairs and updates

are being done.

No Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Big Thunderbird Railway

or Splash Mountain for me and my pregnant girl......

Not this time anyway!

Here we are at the end of a fun day!

California here We come!

Jenny and I are on our way to California tomorrow

for a Mother/Daughter trip to Disneyland.

The LAST for Jenny as just a daughter

since soon SHE will be the mother!

I wanted to create some shirts for us to wear at Disney

and since Jenny used to be Chip and Dale

when she was a Character Performer at Disney World

we just had to wear Chip n Dale!

I also made a shirt for MY mom,

but it is a secret until we get to her house on Wednesday!

Along with running errands and getting ready to leave

I also quilted this quilt top today.

Lee made this for her grandaughter Andrea.

Guess that's all for now.