Eating cake

So how do you get a little girl out of a shot? You get close

Closer then this!

Oh there you go she is out of it!

But stood there by Larry the whole time.

you think she likes them?

See nice shot of Nancy and Larry right?

Oh look who is coming there in the back

Oh what is happening here?

Oh my Larry is talking

They are my people Mom get back! And Larry told me to leave her be! Silly Girl!

Nancy and Larry by the cake

I got Nancy and Larry to get together long enough for a few pictures. Good thing I got this one off as wait till you see the next series. There are not amny with them alone.

The wedding cake

Kristie ordered the cake

And got the topper

you have to love that!

No worries

no worrries that we would run out of food. Not if you know my family. Shorty is as bad as Mom and loves to make lots of food! As we set it out we of course sampled it to be sure we were not poisoning anyone.

No owrries that you pj top is lost. And that you swam in freezing water in a pool. Larry will hold you and warm you up.

No worries about getting food out Mom you sit. We love making you watch and not do!

No worries we will find something for you to do Larry we always do!

No worries Grandma is always there for a hug. And a piece of candy Mini! She never lets you down!

poor dog

I felt so bad for Twitch. Way to many people way too many kids. He put himself in this kennel a hundred times and 99 times got drug out by kids. He got snippy and really I do not blame him. But the kids did finally figure it out to leave him alone. And he went to bed then until all the kids left and then at night he came out to hang by us adults.

hanging out

The best part of Saturday was hanging out visiting with family. Huge numbers of us do not get together that often and it is so nice when we can, and it is a happy occasion.

Notice at first the girls and boys were seperated. Just like in hug school dances.

Heaven forbid we get together to talk. The women talked and the men talked. But no worries as the day went on the groups got together. And I got to beat the boys at eucre and take some of their money.

The love they have

A great many things can be said of Mini. But she loves freely. And she loves Larry always.

And he loves her.

Even when she messes his hair up and laughes when she does it too yet!

Bear

No he is not mine but oh is he cute!

He is Kay and Jim's dog. He is 6 months younger then Twitch and oh so cute.

My garden plants

My tomatoes are getting bigger. And if you look at the ones the kids planted right next to mine, they are growing too. How no one knows. We cut it off a plant. They stuck it in the ground and watered it like no tomorrow. And now it is growing as big as mine. And they have flowers on them!

The pepper plants too are getting bigger. But the cold weather here has not been the best on my pepper plants. I have one in the house with my herbs and it is huge now! So I know it is the cold days we had at the beginning of June.

Nancy and Larry's quilt

These are some shots I got of the quilt. I meant to get more. But you know things happen and pictures do not get taken. It is amazing how many form emboirdery I forget to get before they go out the door. 66 blocks are embroidered. 66 blocks are just a print material. I love it and they loved it. And I am glad I am done with it.

Birthday party fun

Julie has such nice form

Mini not so much so

The boys I think were trying to change scores!

It was a birthday party for Miss Abby and the others got to come along. And we had so much fun! It was good to get out of the house and have a good time. The kids were ready for Mom not to be at a sewing machine. And I was readyt o join them. I bowled horrible but I had a good time visiting with the other Mom's. Thanks Abby! Happy Birthday!

Making a quilt

Linda took pity on me and came to help sew the blocks together once I had them embroidered. Well I was still sewing in my office for awhile after she started. But 66 blocks got done. And Linda sewed them together. Tia came over and ironed out each black. And then Wednesday we went to the farm and quilted it. And I hemmed it Thur, Fri and Sat. Yes even the day of the party I was hemming that quilt. I hemmed while I worked on the jackets I am embroidering. It is a double project so that is good.

Mini was not impressed that we were sewing. She just made a nest and crawled in my office and went to sleep. I do not know how her neck can do that but it does.

Twitch was not impressed either. So he brushed his teeth. Linda talked him into it not being a toy finally and he ate it.

Larry and Nancy loved the quilt and that is all I wanted. Now onto finishing the other projects on my table.

Happy Father's Day

Father's day here this year was busy. And not so much about Dennis. We had been at the farm the night before. We got up at 6am with Stephen as he had to be back here in Elk River by 7:45 to be at Boy Scouts. So Dennis and the other kids stayed at the farm helped clean up and I left with Stephen. And Dennis and the others got home at 11am. And then Matthew had soccer at 1 and 2 yesterday for tournaments. So until 3:30 when he got home it was running yesterday. And then we hung out and I took Dennis for dinner.

Well we were going to take the kids with they wanted to stay home. There is no love there I tell you! So we got to have a quiet dinner just the 2 of us and then we went to walmart and got the material for me to make Stephen's Boy Scout patrol flag so the boys can decorate it when they get home. So yea not a day about Dennis but it was a good day none the less. I caught up on sleep that I had not been getting.

Now I am sewing to finish up these jackets. And I will download pictures today to.

going home

Sat came and 4:30pm rolled around and it was time to head home. We were ready. Samantha was short on sleep and could cry at the drop of a hat.

We were all so dirty I am surprised the drain did not clog with the dirt. We were a tired stinky bunch of people headed home to see Daddy. It always makes it easier to leave the cabin when Daddy is waiting at home for us to walk in the door.

And just in case we got lost teh GPS would guide us home.

Forts galore

The kids worked on their forts while up at the cabin. Winter was not too hard on them but they needed to replace a few logs. Then the play started and they got to play in there and hide in there and in general get dirty in there. It takes me back to the days I had a fort and hung out in there for days at a time. Life was so much easier then.

So quiet

Mini was big time into sleeping at the cabin. We got up there late Wednesday night. She slept with me. On Thur she discovered her old pack n play and asked for a nap by 10am. In she climbed and when I went to check on her she was fast asleep. And she took 2 more naps Thur in the pack n play. SAhe slept there Thur nigth. And Friday for a nap and for bed. She hated this thing last summer and now she loves it! She hung out in there and slept away the nights and part of each day too. And she was so dang cute in there!

the girls

there was much playing on the benches by the fire. Talking and playing that is what the kids did. And eat a lot of hot dogs and marshmellows.

Well some laughing and crying too but you know how that is.

But in the end love is what they had for one another. Thank goodness they still work out the problems and hug in the end. I hope they can always get to that point as quickly as they do now.

Puppy in need of love

I went fishing and came back and my poor puppy was in need of some love. He was soo dirty though as he would roll in the dirt and throw himself pincones to stay busy. He too was ready for a bath when we got home. And he turned my water black! That white and tan puppy was all gray and black. his front line worked great though the tick that we found in his fur was dead and not bit on. It is good to know it works!

Trees and sunshine

Trees and sunshine is what we had up there. And a few sprinkles thrown in there for good measure. It was nice during the day and sprinkled each afternoon. And rained one night but cleared by morning. We fished hard and got a few. But no fish were jumping in our boat. But it was nice to sit by the fire with family and visit. A trip to the cabin is always a welcome distraction. I hope it happens again soon. But I do not know when we will get up there again. Summer is busy.