My friend Joan Donnelly ^ (bottom row, in the center, beautiful red head)
I may make one that says Gators on it for my niece for Christmas.
Happy Birthday Nicholas!!!!!! Thanks for the party. Building bears are fun!!!! The kids had fun building their bears. All the way down to putting the hearts into the bears. I can't believe all the accessories they have. It is a stuffed animal paradise.
Yeah, I got to get my hands dirty!!!!! I was planting lantana. It doesn't require that much water. Most of the plants were drought tolerant, and likes the shade. I can't wait to see how it looks in a couple of months.
Barry came to see my softball game. He is so awesome. My kids were cheering the whole game. I think this is the video of me hitting the ball. It feels good to smack a ball. It also feels good to run around the bases. We won the game Yea!!!!
I will have to post more soon to catch you up on the other things I've been up to. I hope to do this this week. Take care.
I can't believe I won another blog contest!!!!!!!!!Thanks Caps. I've been reading Catherine's blog for over a year now. She is very funny and overall a good egg. She has interesting posts that keep me going back to her blog to read it. Happy 100th post!!!!!!Check out her funny blog Thanks again. I will post her awesome gift when it gets here. Thanks again Cappy!!!!!
There was a mistake. I went to pick up my items and they said This doll should have a blue ribbon on it. Then she said this other doll should have a red one. I ended up with a $60.00 check. I couldn't believe it. I was so excited.
Here are some of Austin's entries. He was very excited. Then he found out his paperwork was missing. He has to wait for his $70.00 check. He is being patient about it. We think we are going to enter next year. If you haven't entered a fair it is fun and rewarding, give it a try.
I made a knitted bag for my mom for Christmas, it was my first knitted bag. I won a 3rd place ribbon. It was very exciting seeing that I won something.
I entered the two dolls I made for my daughter. The one on the right is the one I just finished making. I was disappointed that I didn't win anything on those. Maybe next time.
My son on the other hand did an awesome job. He received Honorable mention on this painting.
He took some photos at a school field trip and won some ribbons. His photo of a sheep on the bottom right hand corner won First place. A photo of a dolphin won him Honorable mention. His photo of a goat won him 2ND place. Awesome job Austin!!!!!! I am very proud of you!!!
He also took some black and white photos and won First Place on all of them. (From Left to right) a photo of a turkey, hibiscus, and building. I think he did an awesome job on the photos. They look awesome!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to get started on next years entries. It was so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! I enjoyed looking at all the entries, Central Florida has awesome talent.
Stone Mountain Georgia is a beautiful area. There are many things you can do there. You can hike up the mountain, go on a sky hike ( I don't have pictures of that, my mom does), ride on a cable car lift up the mountain, ride on a train, putt putt golf, see a 3- D movie, eat yummy home style food where they actually throw your roll at you, and admire the beautiful sites.
Austin and Barry were tired from climbing up this mountain. O.K. this is trick photography, but it sure looks like they are climbing up it.
Whew, we stopped for a break, Aidan, my 3 yr. old climbed the whole way with out me carrying him.
We were at the Atlanta Tea Party. There were so many people there. It was hard for me to see what was going on from my chair, but I heard people chanting for our constitutional rights, and for govt. to cut back on spending. It was a unique experience. I pray that our kids will not suffer from all this spending. How is it all going to get payed back? 
My most comfortable shoes ever made it to Atlanta, Can you see the CNN building in the back ground? We went to the Georgia Aquarium next to see the fishes. I am wearing a knitting hat my wonderful in laws gave me from there vacation in the islands. I love it.
They had some cool jelly fish in this tank.
The coolest animal they had is the Whale Shark. They shipped it over to the U.S.A. from Taiwan using UPS. They are the only aquarium In the U.S. that has one. The biggest one was 28 feet long. They also had a huge manta ray.
On the way back we stopped for some gas and I saw this beautiful wheat field. I ran over to get a photo, you don't see this everyday in Orlando. This trip was made in 2 1/2 days. We crammed so much into these days. If only the tea party was going on the same time as Stitches South. I missed it by one week. Barry assured me that if it is held in Atlanta next year, I could go. It didn't make sense to head back up one week later. Not to mention Austin's got a little behind in his school work. We are slowly catching back up. We saw our prizes we won at the Central Florida Fair. I will post it on my next one. It was very exciting for my son Austin.
Check Cindy out!!!!! Her First FO Yeah!!!!! Cindy FO means Finished Object. Now you need to learn the lingo. I can't believe how fast she picked up knitting. I am very impressed. I am going to teach her how to purl next. She didn't even drop any stitches. You are amazing Cindy. I love you!!!!!
This is my Nephew Nicholas. He caught a dragon fly. He is sneaky. We went canoeing down the Wekiva River. It took us 4 1/2 hours to do.
Here is Ashley and Austin. They helped me row. They were excited to see the wild life up close.
Here is Nicholas, Mathew, and their dad. They were counting all the turtles out on the river.
Here are two out of the 19 turtles we saw.
We found animal tracks. There are deer, turkey, human, and bear. Can you see them?
Here is a Blue Heron. It flew away and the bird is absolutely beautiful.
Ahhhhh!!!!! You wouldn't believe how close we were to alligators. We saw 5 of them. One was a 4' gator and it went into the water 2 feet from where we were. I couldn't see where it went and I was scared. I thought my kids were going to lose it. I had a great day out on the water, paddling the day away. It wasn't too hot. it was just right. I highly recommend going down Rock Springs to Wekiva river in a canoe. You could also go down on a tube. If you are ever in Orlando, check it out. It is very beautiful. Don't forget the sunscreen and something soft to sit on.
Another dream of mine was to teach my twin sister how to knit. She picked it up faster than I did. I was very impressed. Go Cindy, Go Cindy. Now I'll have to tell her about Ravelry. She will never leave her house now. Oh no what have I started. I am sorry Cindy for the new addiction, but I think you are going to love it.
On this same day I went to my daughter's soccer game. It was raining a little before the game. She ran hard, and had some good blocks. In the end it was a tie. Both teams gave it their all. I was entertained.
This is her kicking the ball. Here we are after the game. We are dry now. If you look closely you can see Ashley's doll in the seat to the left.
Austin played with his right and his left. He is left handed and enjoyed playing using both. Mathew got a strike and several spares, as did Ashley, actually they all got a spare or two. Thank God for the bumpers!!!!!!!!!!! well, this was a long day, Did I mention I had yummy taco salad for Dinner. 
This week I did a couple of things. First, I went to my niece Krystin's 18th Birthday Party. I can't believe she is 18. She got her hair cut. It is so pretty. She had so much fun around her family and friends. Happy Birthday Krystin.
You are probably wondering what in the world is this. Well I did some research and You can sew these together to make things with them. This is going to be a laptop bag. It will be done soon. I am waiting on my boys to finish drinking some more of these so that I can finish this bag. I am looking around my house at things I can reuse to try to sell on my etsy shop. Next I will be reusing my kids tshirts. It is fun to make and easy. There are tutorials on you tube.
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