BABY UPDATE

Dan just got home from the firestation. Here is the update as he gave it to me:

Update on the baby: he has a very low white blood count and they are probably going to do a blood transfusion. Dan said they will know Friday if he will make it or not. The quilt is hanging on the end of his NICU bassinet. I was told by Dan to say "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU" for the comfort it brought. Everyone who goes to see the little guy sees it. It also brings Craig's firefighting family to him there. I got tears in my eyes while Dan was telling me that!!! As far as the brain damage...they won't know for awhile if the baby survives.

Please keep this family in your prayers! I know that everyone appreciates it.

PRAYERS NEEDED...

EDITED MONDAY MORNING: Dan just got home from the fire station and the outlook for the little guy is grim. Another fireman talked to Craig (the firefighter dad of the little guy) and it is pretty grim. They don't expect the little guy to live and if he does he will be severely brain damaged. *sigh* prayers that God wraps his arms around this littly guy and his family.

If you read my blog from today's "Mother's Day" post you know about the fireman's little 4 month old son who is in ICU with meningitis. IT IS NOT GOOD...Dan called me tonight and said that the little guy is probably not going to make it. This makes me so very sad...it is the couple's 3rd child and it certainly isn't news anyone wants to hear...much less a mother on Mother's Day. Please keep this family in your prayers as this will likely be rough times. I hope that the little guy is covered with the firefighting quilt. I will have to make sure that the wallhanging that I make for this station is VERY different from the others...I don't want it to bring back bad/sad memories for this fireman.

Happy Mother's Day and my Birthday

Grab a cup of coffee...this one is long! LOL

Friday was my birthday, the 19th anniversary of my 29th birthday to be exact! *You do the math!!!* LOL My youngest had to work on Friday and also on Sunday so we chose to celebrate the bday and mother's day on Saturday! YEP...my dd was going to make fajitas and my oldest DS was going to make guacamole and margaritas! YUMMY!!!!

Here is DD prepping for the fajitas!! Don't you just love her apron?

And here's DS making guacamole! It turned out incredibly FANTASTIC!!!

Someone was waiting for SOMETHING...ANYTHING to drop on the floor! LOL

Aren't these ingredients looking fantastic?

You can tell by this picture that the ingredients pleased me! LOL

I FINALLY got to open gifts! YIPPEEEEE!!!! This bag was HUGE but where oh where was the present???? AHA...a card labeled "WOW"...oh wait, it says "MOM"!!! LOL It was a donation to Susan G Koemen Foundation in my honor from DD! What a COOL gift idea!!!

Here is a picture of the goods! Roses, yankee candles, a movie, a certificate for a bike, gift certificate to Big Horn Quilts, the SGK donation, and a CD...all in all a great day!!!

The only bummer was the phone I got from my youngest DS. He ignored 3 pages from the fire station yesterday. They were in need of someone to work at 3PM until 8AM this morning. He ignored the pages because of the celebration we had planned. He couldn't ignore a personal page from Captain Larrison though so Dan called me and asked if I would mind if he went into work. It seems no one had responded to the pages and they were in a rough spot. Dan is only part time and wants to be hired on full time when a spot opens up. Of course I told him to go...it is his passion and I would miss him. He called later and said he was sorry to be missing things and he was called in because a firefighter was called to the hospital cuz his 4 month old son was sick. I told DS he was where he belonged! Later Dan called me and asked if I would mind if the wall hanging that I made for the station could be given to the baby, it seems the little guy is in ICU with meningitis. OH DEAR...of course the wallhanging can be given to the little guy. I can make another wallhanging and I said I would say some prayers that all is OK.

...the evening ended with a game of cards and the traditional birthday hugs!!

THANKS TO MY AWESOME FAMILY FOR AN AWESOME DAY!!!!!!!!
NOW...I can't let Mother's Day slip by without honoring my mom! My Mom has been gone for almost 16 years and I still miss her a TON! She was a classy woman with high values and morals. She taught me to love life and treat people with respect! She was my best friend!!! I LOVE YOU MOM!!!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

I also have to mention my MIL! She's a great lady as well! I am blessed with having married into a FABULOUS family that I love and they love me! My in-laws gave me one of the best gifts in my life...my DH!!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MIL!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOM'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can Summer be far behind???

Today was a great day! Our POOL was OPENED!!! WOOHOO!!! I am always shocked by the color of the water when the pool is opened! It always takes care of itself though!

I wouldn't want to swim in THIS water...would you???

This is a pic of our "pool guy, Jesse" exchanging our filter system for a sand system! WOOHOO...this should be easier!

Here is the final product of Jesse's work! Thanks Jesse! I appreciate the work you do so that I can just ENJOY the pool every summer! YOU ROCK!!

I think summer is coming soon!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH...I wonder how long it'll be before the mallards show up thinking this pool is THEIR home! ;o)

Laurie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!!

Today is the love of my life's 53rd birthday! Steve was such a surprise in my life. 26+ years ago I would have NEVER believed to be married to him. Let me explain...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back when I moved to a new middle school, I became best friends with Donna (dh's sister). Over the course of the years we played in the band together, went to the mall shopping, we went to movies, and all the stuff girlfriends do together!! When we were juniors in HS Donna wanted to ask Dave (a senior) to the "turnabout dance"...the one where girls ask the guy to the dance! She did NOT have the nerve to do it so one day I grabbed the pay phone in school and dialed Dave's home phone number cuz we knew he was home. I asked for him and handed the phone to Donna...who I might add was PETRIFIED! LOLOLOL...well, she asked him to the dance and from there a seed of love was planted! Donna and Dave got married on June 19th, 1981 and have been married ever since. (their son's wedding is in the previous post)

At Donna and Dave's wedding, it was almost midnight and the dance was almost over. I was sitting at a table with a friend when Steve started walking towards us. Mary (my friend) said he's gonna ask you to dance. I said, nope, he's gonna ask YOU to dance. She said I ain't dancing with him. I said I ain't dancing with him! Well, Steve asked me to dance and how could I say no? That would be rude! SO...I danced with him! And as I tell the story, we've been dancing ever since!

Steve and I hit it off so well...we talked for hours and knew our values, morals, and faith were the same. We were married a year later and I am thankful that God put Steve in my life.

Happy Birthday Hon!!! I hope you have a super day!!! You deserve it!!!

What fun weekend!!!

My SIL's son got married this weekend in MN. It was an AWESOME time!!! We now have 2 weddings out of 4 done! #3 is in August and #4 is in November! WHEW...it sure is fun but exhausting!!! Here are a few pics from the weekend!!!

This is Steve and his mom and dad. Isn't his dad looking great after triple by-pass surgery 3 weeks ago??? We were so THRILLED that he could make it!

Here is Jacob...the most AWESOMEST (I know it's not a word but it describes Jacob perfectly!) nephew EVER! He was the ring bearer and did an AWESOMEST job! LOL

Here are the happy bride and groom!!!

This is DH's sister and her husband...proud parents of the groom!

And here is DH and I! We sure had a great time!!!

Tomorrow is DH's bday!

*SIGH*

WHY OH WHY CAN'T ADULT KIDS BE HONEST????

Things that go BEEP in the night!

Thursday evening, right as DH was going to bed...BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! WHY does this happen at bedtime? After about 15 minutes we get those darn things that "go beep in the night" to shut up! Fingers crossed we go to bed! Thankfully, wee get a full night's sleep! WHEW!!!

Along comes Friday night. Bedtime...guess what??? NOPE, you are WRONG! There is nothing from those darn things that "go beep in the night"!!! WOOHOO!!! Maybe it was just a quirk the night before!

Saturday is a great day at Beerfest. DH is exhausted and decides to go to bed VERY early at about 9:30. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! WHY does this happen AGAIN at bedtime? After about 5 minutes we get those darn things that "go beep in the night" to shut up AGAIN!!! Fingers crossed DH goes to bed and all stays quiet! I go to bed at
midnight and all is quiet. Once again We sleep through the night!

Sunday I go to Home Depot and purchase 8 new CULPRITS!!!! The old ones have to go! My helper assists me in replacing the CULPRITS...have you guessed it yet??? SMOKE DETECTORS!!! They all had to be replaced...now we are safe, protected, and living in harmony!!!

Here is Fireman Dan doing his job...for room and board of course! LOL...Wasn't it smart of him to wear protective head gear? It made me giggle!!!

A thoughtful pose from Fireman Dan!

While I was taking a ladder back out to the garage Dan armed himself with the camera! He didn't think it was right that there wasn't a picture of me working on the smoke detectors! Gotta love this kid!

Beerfest!!!

We had a BLAST!!!! The weather was PERFECT!!! About 64 degrees, light breeze, and sunshine that peeked in and out of clouds! The beer was FANTASTIC, people watching was fun, the music was superb, and spending time with my best friend Steve was amazing!!!

Parkville is a very small town...it didn't take long to walk Main Street. Here is a wine shop we found! VERY cute inside and we'll definitely go back and do some tasting there!

Here is the first band, The Buttermilk Boys, that played at the Parkville Microfest. The were fun and entertaining!
Take a look at my necklace! LOL...it's a pretzel necklace that a rugby team was GIVING AWAY for free...they had a donation bucket thought! GREAT IDEA!!! OH, I am NOT two fisting drinking, I had to hold Steve's while he took the picture to prove I was there!

Here is Steve demonstrating the correct technique for beer tasting! Notice the crooked pinky? LOL He's a dork, but he's MY dork!

OK...the story behind this tshirt...there was a fire in Waldo (a community in KCMO) and a brewery was involved in it. The gal wearing this shirt, her dh worked at the brewery, told us that a firefighter said "SAVE THE BEER" when he got there!!! LOL...Since my son is a fireman I had to have a pic of this!

Do you think the music is too loud?

This is the view you get when people decide to stand in front of you instead of BEHIND you! DUH

Steve totally fell in LOVE with this gal and her outfit! JK

Aren't this brother and sister dancing too cute?

AAHHHHH...serenity along the Missouri River! Gotta love the backdrop for the beer fest!

That's all for now!

Keeping our kids safe

I turned my cell phone on and my text message sound went off. Here is what it said: "I love you guys!!! Not sure if I said it enough!" It was sent by Kev! GOSH it made my heart melt and it was the BEST start to a day ever!!!


This happens later in the day:
My stomach is in knots. Dan was looking at my cell phone's txt msgs and said, "OH, you got the same txt from Kev that Joe and I did." I said, "Sarah probably did then too." Dan told me that he tried to call Kev but didn't get him. He suspected the Kev got robbed. I said naw, he would've called me about that. I asked where these thoughts were coming from. Dan told me from Kev's facebook posting. I went to Kev's facebook and found this:

2:55am Kevin thinks nobody really realizes what happened tonight.
2:48am Kevin is happy to be alive!

OK...WHAT IS GOING ON? Then Dan's phone rings and it's Kev. Seems that Kev and some of his friends were at a bar last night and got jumped by several guys while leaving there. Kev got away and called 911. One of his friend's is beat up a bit and one got a slight concussion. Seems that the guys Kev were with were trash talking to this group in the bar. Kev told Dan that he tried to get the guys to knock it off but they didn't. Anyway, no one was hurt and I hope that THEY LEARNED A LESSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am thankful that all is well but sad that Kev and his friends were very unintelligent! UGH...KIDS!!!

After talking to Kev tonight, one kid who he was not with, but is on the soccer team, was doing all the trash talking. It was a Latino gang who came after them. One stupid kid put several kids' lives in danger. It was great to hear his voice!

Thank you God for keeping my sweet child Kev alive!

Updating the Master Bedroom -EDITED 5:09 pm CDT

After finishing the binding on our new king sized bed quilt, I felt the need to update the bedroom! I am very PLEASED with how this turned out! Thank goodness for Target! LOL...I still want to add a topper to the round table and possibly doing some dark green paint behind the bed and other places around the room. The pictures above the bed look out of place now too! *SIGH*...Anyway, here is the before picture

And, take a look at my helper!!! He got home from the fire station and came up to see me...he ended up putting the brackets up for the valances!!! Thanks Fireman Dan! ;oD


Here is an after picture! I am PLEASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aren't these pillows adorable? I got them at Target! WOOHOO for Target!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!

EDITED: I just could NOT wait to get something on the small table so I went downstairs and whipped this up! MUCH better!!!

Just need to hand stitch the binding!!!

WOOHOO!!! The king size quilt for our bed is off the machine. Now for the handstitching on the binding! This will take awhile! (click on pictures to see details)

Ignore the youngest! LOL...he said he just couldn't resist...if you look closely at the left side of the picture above, he is peeking out! I needed this laugh today!

Here is a closeup of the quilting. I used the Circle Lord Aztec template for the white spaces. I am pleased with how it turned out.

Here is the backing...this whole quilt was done from STASH!!!!!

Closeup of the quilting in the floral block...I think you can see it better on the back...hopefully anyway!!

I had this MN fabric...many of you know that MN is definitely HOME for me...I lived there all my life til 6 years ago and I still miss it!

OK...Here's the fabric busting I did on this baby!!!
TOP: 9 yards
BACKING: 13 yards
BINDING: 1 yard
TOTAL FABRIC BUSTED THIS QUILT: 23 yards

TOTAL FABRIC BUSTED 2008: 70 yards
TOTAL FABRIC BOUGHT 2008: 75.75 yards
NET FABRIC 2008: 5.75 yards (woohoo...I am almost getting caught up my spree in California!!!)