finishing touches

I am putting the finishing touches on 4 of my quilt blocks tonight.  Tomorrow I should have some pictures to post. 

OMG I am a winner!

I am totally excited.  I actually won a blog giveaway today at Sparkle Power!  How exciting is that?!  Now I just have to decide what pattern I want  from needle craft patterns.  Decisions, decisions.....

Annapolis Rocks!

Haven't posted in a bit 'cause we were off to Annapolis for 10 days.  I had a Fundamentals of Wetlands class there and hubby and son tagged along.  what a beautiful town!

While I was in class all day the guys got to go off exploring and having a great time.

They went to the Zoo & the children's museum

I really did enjoy my class.  We got to see some really wonderful restored wetlands.  In the evenings I got lots of appliqueing done.  I haven't done the last few embroidery details yet, so no pictures.  I have 3 blocks done and another 3 that just need the final details.  At this rate I may actually be done before fall.

After class was over on Friday we hit the road for the National Zoo in Baltimore.  It was absolutely wonderful. 

On the two weekends we spent time in Pennsylvania with close friends and their family.  The kids had a blast together. Expecially when we took them to Chocolate World in Hersey.  Ran really enjoyed playing with little Helena.  And when he and Kenny weren't screaming at each other they were great friends!

It was a wonderful trip - lots of driving but well worth it.  We were home for 3 1/2 days and then we hit the road again.  We went to our families cabin on the west side of Michigan for a 4 day mini-vacation to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary.