Happy Birthday Ashleigh!

Yesterday was Ashleigh's birthday. I am now the mother of a 20 year old!!! As with Tyler, I was obviously extremely young when I had her!!! It took 21 hours of hard labor to get her here and she's been a fighter ever since, mostly with me!!!

She is a sophomore at WWU and almost done with this year. Hard to believe! I was 20 when I got married and it seems so young when I look at her and see all that she has ahead of her. She is smart, funny, loving, and an incredible blessing in my life!

I love you sweet girl!

Mama

Spring

Spring is finally here!! How do I know this? I did a little scouting around the yard and this is what I found. Lilacs aching to bloom!

More lilacs and the pond is full!

The Heather and the "white stuff" is beautiful!

The true sign of spring for me is the return of allergy season. Three or four days of misery while my allergy medication kicks in, but then it's all good!! Bring on the lawnmower and the rototiller! I'm almost ready for action!!!

Hitch-hiking

Last Saturday, I came across this darling woman out on the road, all alone, looking for a lift. It turns out that her husband has just married his assistant and she had been a witness to the whole thing.

Okay, so her husband is a minister, she was a guest and she was just waiting for me to pick her up for our outing to the quilt shop! But wasn't she cute? This is my BFF Lynda and her dear husband Roger. For the record, they are very, happily married!!

There is this cute little chapel in Bow where the wedding took place. All wooden pews and a bell in the belfry. Wish we could have rung that bell!!! There were two little rockers in the little room on the side. I could imagine church services of old, with mothers rocking their babies in those chairs, trying to keep their babies quiet during services. A potluck scheduled after. It smelled like those old churches, where so much activity had happened. Weddings, Christenings, Teas and Funerals. Happy times and sad times. What a lovely place to gather!

Lynda and I had a nice outing. Went to some of our favorite places- Cotton Pickins, Homeward Bound, Calico Creations, which was closed, and the finale....Target! It was a great day!!

Holly

March Madness

Yes!!!! Both Sienna and Wisconsin just won their games in OT! This puts me back in 1st place in the family pool! I can be down in a flash so I have to post this ASAP!!!!!
Had a fun day with Ashleigh. Went to the craft show, again, and got a beautiful picture. It's even framed and hanging on my wall! Also got a bracelet for A's b-day next week. She got LOTS of fudge and a few cards. Later we went to Sole Obsession where my friend Tami, www.theladyinthestonehouse.blogspot.com, who was working there for the day. We tried on copious amounts of shoes!! A girls dream! Took home two pair! (Paid for them first, of course!)
Tyler is at a Halo party down the street and Ashleigh is at work so hubby and I ate dinner in front of the TV and watched basketball. We know how to party! We even had ice cream!!

Good Night! Holly

Treasures

Today I met my friend, Lynda, at the Spring Craft and Antique show here in Lynden. We got there as the doors opened and right in the front was our favorite booth! We made a bee line for it and were greatly rewarded! Last year Lynda relieved them of all their really good stuff and this year I did the same ! We both love primitive, old wood and metal, and we found some of everything today! Lynda's house is adorable and I know that as soon as she walked in her door she found a spot for each and every treasure. I, on the other hand, promptly displayed everything for a picture to post, and my treasures will probably remain there, for what could be, days!! It was so much fun! I'm definately ready for garage sale season now. I've been inspired!!!

Wish I had thought to get the names of these dear ladies!

On a side note, I emailed the Farm Chicks, http://www.thefarmchicks.com/, last night with a question and to tell them how wonderful their new book is. This morning I had a note from Teri in my maibox! Such great service and such lovely ladies!

March Madness

It's now 12:30 a.m. and I just finished with my NCAA picks. This is quite a process!

My brother-in-law, Brad, always gets things going and this year is no different. Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Brothers, Sisters, Grandma and Papa all participate. We had some technical difficulties this year, so I had to pick for my kids-sorry guys!

I've decided that I need to set up a special "Chick" site, as there are not enough details on any of the sports sites. I prefer to know the important things, such as location, team colors and mascot, the word to the fight song, how many cheerleaders and are they any good (the cheerleaders), weather, etc.You get the picture. Alas, I could find none of this info so I had to report to plan B.

This involved looking at each teams ranking,location, league...all the boring stuff that the guys look at. I had to create an edge so I decided to see if they had a #12 on the team, (my favorite number), or a Tyler ,( my favorite player). This process takes quite a bit of work and just a few web-sites!!!

With Ashleigh, I picked all the teams, within reason, that are local to us (West Coast), or places she'd like to visit! Not necessarily the best picks, but she could sweep with the odds!


With Tyler, I went will all the highest seeds, because that's what he would probably do!

No money involved, just bragging rights and the chance to trash talk!!!!

I'll keep you posted on my teams, but right now I don't even remember who I chose!!



Good-night!!!!

It's here

It's here!!!!! The new Farm Chicks book arrived today!

My best friend, Lynda , aka Betty, Burke gave me a note for Christmas this year, saying that I would be getting the book as soon as it came out and today was the day. It is Beautiful!!! Stunning!!!! I read it cover to cover in one sitting. The pictures are lovely and there are tips, recipes, ideas, history and lots of projects! It's very inspiring.

I've been going to the Farm Chicks show for 3 years now and it is so much fun! Can't wait to go back. Thank you, Lynda dear, for this delightful keepsake!