College Graduate!

I'm finally done!!! After many, many years in college I have finally finished! My official degree is a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

Have a great week!

My belated Valentine's gift.....

My hubby and I don't typically celebrate Valentines. But since we have been so busy lately we thought it would be the perfect time to spend some much needed time together. So on Saturday we celebrated Valentine's Day our way. Which included antiquing in Old Town Tomball and then dinner at BJ's brewery. When we got home Aaron surprised me with my Valentine's Day gift that finally came in. It is two yards of custom made fabric from Spoonflower.

I had never heard of this before, he actually found it online. He designed the fabric himself with my little angel Abby on it. Little does he know that this has just opened my eyes to a whole new fabric world of custom fabric!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!
In Texas we had perfect weather which made for a beautiful weekend!

Snoopy Baby Shower

This weekend was my last weekend of events! I helped throw a baby shower for my cousin inlaw. She is having a little boy in March. The baby's room is decorated with Snoopy. The momma works at a vet clinic and loves animals so it's really fitting. So we decided why not have a Snoopy baby shower. So here are some photos:These are the favors that my mother in-law got on Etsy at Bubble City Soap. My mother in law also made this adorable basket for the mommy to be to use in the baby's room.
This is the beautiful quilt that one of the quests made for baby Tyler:

Gabi's Wedding

It turned out to be a lovely wedding weekend for the bride and groom. Sadly the weather (Arctic Blast of 2011) caused the rehearsal dinner to be canceled. But that's okay we still had a blast that night. The entire wedding party headed over to the bride and grooms house where we had barbecue in our cowboy boots. Then the girls headed to a cabin in the woods to spend the night while the guys stayed at the house. Us girls enjoyed cuddling around the fire and sharing stories from our early years! The wedding was beautiful and the bride looked absolutely amazing. I'm so honored that she allowed me to be a bridesmaid for her big day!

The Beautiful Bride

The Bride and Groom
Me and the Bride

Congrats Gabi and Jonathon!

Adorable Baby boots

We are home from our small town fun. Before we left we made these adorable quilted baby boots. They where pretty easy and of course fun to make. I got this Curby's Closet pattern from Quilters Crossing.

We had problems finding Western fabrics but finally came across this little buckaroo flannel fabric at Hancocks. I did the pointy toe option but you could also do a round toe. I'm going to try to find blue jean fabric and bandana fabric and maybe try the round toe. I liked this pattern so much that I'm probably going to get the little girl Mary Jane pattern also.



When downloading the pictures off my camera I thought these ones where cute. The first one is Abby's mother Roo looking down on her babies and grandbaby "in jail." They where in the backyard playing while we where trimming nails so only three of them have made it into jail. These three jailbirds are Condi (Abby's sister), Abby, and Stitch (Abby's nephew).

The second one is Abby enjoying her couch sleeping time. She is not allowed on the couch at home so she spends as much time on it as she can when she goes for a visit to see her family.

And after a long day of running the field and playing with her family she was wore out!

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Happy New Year's!

I hope everyone is having a great new year. One of my new years resolutions this year is to post more often on my blogs. I will be posting on this one some but mostly to my sewing/crafty blog so check it out: http://thefabricjunkie.blogspot.com/

Here are some pictures from New Year's Eve night:

Our crazy friend Sean:

At midnight:

Merry Christmas to me....

I wish I could say I got a sewing room for Christmas, but I didn't. We own a two bedroom condo and so we have to maximize space whenever possible. So instead for Christmas I asked for a sewing machine cabinet that I could use as a piece of furniture, storage for my sewing machine and as a sewing desk. So here is the Arrow sewing machine cabinet that my wonderful in-laws got me for Christmas:

I haven't had a chance to decorate with it yet but I'm thinking of adding a lamp to it. It'll be stylish when it's closed and useful while I'm sewing.


My very handy father-in-law spent many hours, headaches, and curse words putting it together but in the end it turned out exactly how I imagined. I love it, Thank you so much Kevin and Linda!


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Fabric Junkie: My Momma's Chicken 'n Dumplings Recipe.....

Fabric Junkie: My Momma's Chicken 'n Dumplings Recipe.....: "INGREDIENTS: 1 rotisserie chicken (pull meat off the bones) 1 carton of chicken broth 1 can of cream of chicken soup ¼ cup milk 2 c..."

I'm in love.......

I'm in love with the Oliso smart iron, it has i-touch technology. So when you touch the iron it warms up and then with you let go of it it lifts up on it's own so it doesn't burn anything. It's amazing! I have been able to use it in quilting class and at a friends house. It took a while to get used to it and stop standing it up on its side. Once I did get used to it I feel in love with it. I will be asking for this iron for Christmas!!!

Busy Baby month...

June has already been a busy month. So far one baby shower and two babies born.
I had the privilege of helping out with Aaron's cousin Kali's baby shower. She had her big 9.1 pound baby boy Tyler two days after the shower. Here is a picture of the diaper cake and towels animals we made for the shower and a picture of Tyler.



















The second baby is my cousin Rebecca's baby girl she was born just one day after Tyler and both babies where due the same day and arrived a week early. Ellanor Katelyn was 7.2 pounds and beautiful like her mother. Here is a picture of Rebecca and me at Rebecca's baby shower believe it or not she was 8 months pregnant and looks great. Also a picture of baby Ella.










We are done yet we still have three babies due this year and a baby shower next month!

Carnival Cruise - Cozumel

We have made it back from our Carnival cruise adventure! We had a blast and highly recommend it. However, I do recommend that you do the 5 or 7 day cruise. We did the 4 day because we where nervous about getting sea sick and in the end we where not ready to leave. We did have some choppy evenings but once you get use to it, than it's no problem. Here are a few pics around the boat.







Our excursion in Cozumel on a private ecological park beach.

DON'T BUY THE PUPPY IN THE WINDOW!

If you are considering purchasing a puppy in the future please read this article.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/puppy-mills/


I have been an Puppy Mill Activist for a very long time. I think many people do not realize that puppies in pet stores are from puppy mills where female dogs are bred nonstop for profit. When the female is no longer capable of breeding than she is put to sleep. The adult dogs and puppies are keep in horrible conditions and are rarely if ever touched. Most of them live on wire their whole lives and will never get to run in grass, play with other dogs or with toys. By purchasing a puppy from a pet store you are supporting these kennels and allowing for the cruelty to continue. Pet Stores will tell you that they get their puppies from great breeders, but THEY DO NOT. Please think about this before buying one of these puppies. Remember that shelters and rescues are overpopulated with puppies and adult dogs. If you do not want to go to a rescue or shelter and want a purebred dog from a breeder, than PLEASE go to a reputable breeder. Make sure to go to the reputable breeders home and see where the dogs live at and the conditions they live in, if they will not let you do this than they are NOT a reputable breeder. You can find reputable breeders at: www.akc.org

Happy Birthday Abby and count down to vacation!

Happy 6th Birthday Abby!



The semester is wrapping up and finals are next week. In my pursuit for higher education I having been driving two days a week to Huntsville since January. As the semester comes to an end I can't help but think of my first day in Huntsville. I remember feeling very alone and very old. Now I walk the halls and smile at the people I have met. It's amazing how things have changed over a few months! But as the semester ends the summer begins, so now it's a countdown to our vacation in two weeks! Cozumel we are coming soon!

Houston Rodeo 2010

It has been a while since I last posted, time has been flying by. Aaron and I took time out of our busy life last week for Spring Break which included two trips to the Rodeo. Believe it or not I have lived in Texas my whole life and have never been to the Houston Rodeo. We where offered tickets from some friends to see Keith Urban in a VIP suite.





It was my perfect first trip to the Rodeo. My favorite part was the bull riding. Keith Urban was awesome and put on a great show, including running around the crowd and having a seat in the audience to sing.



















My Canadian friend Summer came in town for Spring Break so we decided to plan a group trip to the Rodeo before she left. We got cheap seats for Eli Young Band on Friday night and had a blast. Gabi's little brother Ryan was the only guy we could get in the pics.