Our little preschooler

Our precious preschooler had her first program last week. It was the SWEETEST thing ever!! Faith joined our church's preschool in January. She went 2 mornings a week and L-O-V-E-D it!! When she would wake up on a school morning, I would tell her, "You get to go to school today, Faith." She would immediately say, "Bye Mom. School Daddy!!!" (Murray drove her since he works at our church). She LOVES her teachers and we are so thankful that this was such a wonderful experience for her!! Here's the recap of her program....

First up, each child got to do "show and tell". Faith brought her Elmo phone. She said her name, what she brought and answered some questions about it. So cute!!

Next up, it was time for the 2 year old class to perform their song. There are only 3 of them. She and her friends Alexa and Tucker sang, The Itsy Bitsy Spider. (Tucker is a little afraid of girls).
After the 3 year olds and 4 year olds did their numbers, the whole school (12 kids total) sang a couple songs. Faith is on the far left.
Here's some of Faith's artwork...
And her cheering section...
NayNay brought Faithy some flowers....

Her WONDERFUL teachers; Ms. Marcy, Ms. Tiffy, Ms. SharonHer teachers gave her a basket full of gifts. It was so nice and Faith loved getting to open all her treats!


Here are 2 super cute (and super quick) videos of Faith's performances.....

She is on the far left and is a tad bit shy on this first number...

She warmed up a bit for the second song...

First Haircut!

It was finally time to take Eli to get his haircut! We tried to put it off till his 1 year b-day but his hair kept getting in his eyes. So here are pics from one of his big "firsts"....


Before pic (notice the kid in the background, he thought we were nuts with our camera, video and all the other crazy attention we were putting on this event)

First comes the spray bottle!
All ready for the cut to begin...
This is fun!....
I want to move around a bit....
All done!
Mommy and Daddy say I look like SUCH A BIG BOY now!!

Thank you Ms. Elizabeth! I love my new haircut!!

Quilting

Quilting is one of my FAVORITE hobbies. Here are some pictures of my most recent quilts!


This is the one I made for Faith's room. It's a farm theme. I made some curtains to coordinate with this quilt. They are red gingham with cow print on the trim. The cow print fabric in this picture will be on the back and will also be the binding. It will hopefully be finished soon!!! I'll post pics of her room once everything is complete!

My sister, Kim, and I made this queen-size (my largest quilt) for my mom. Mom and I picked out the fabrics when I was 5 days away from having Faith (she's almost 2 1/2 now). Kim and I finished the piecing just before Christmas and sent if off to be quilted shortly after that. Mom FINALLY got her finished quilt about 3 weeks ago!!

This quilt is very special to me for several reasons. Most importantly, it is a memory quilt made in honor of my dear friend, Jill, who passed away during my sophomore year in college. She was an amazing athlete and played all sports well! Softball was her passion. Her mom gave me these t-shirts that go all the way back to Jill's little league days. It was so fun to put this together and give it to her mom on her 60th birthday! Jill's picture is in the center of the quilt. All the sports she played are represented with the emphasis on softball. The border I used is a softball print fabric. I've never made a t-shirt quilt before. I took a 3 hour class and completed it shortly after the class. It was very easy and fun to make.

This is another special quilt. I made it for my cousin's baby, Evan. He was born 8 weeks early and had a lot of significant medical complications that arose shortly after his birth. He went home to be with Jesus last week on May 1st. When I made this quilt, I knew he wouldn't live long but I wanted to give something special to my cousin, Katy, to help her remember her precious baby boy. I hand embroidered his name. (I had an embroidery machine but sold my half to my friend (she was the co-owner) when we moved from Virginia.) I really enjoy hand embroidery and think it's my new favorite hobby! It gave me extra time to pray for baby Evan and endeared me to him all the more!

This quilt is for our dear friends Ben & Katherine's new baby boy, Grant. I enjoyed making Evan's quilt so much that I wanted to make another one. Katherine made an adorable nursing cover for me when I had Eli so I had to make something by hand for her. This is one of my favorites! I LOVE the fabrics!! I embroidered Grant's name on our road trip to Texas last month. I just mailed it to Grant last week. I hope he likes it!!!

I just got an email from Katherine with this picture attached. Looks like Grant is happy with his new quilt!!

Thanks for letting me show off some of my work. It's so fun to quilt and even more fun to share my work with others!