Quick Pic.

. . . jumped up from quilting long enough

to run over to the new homestead. We

are truly so very excited about our new

gorgeous home. We love every single

inch of it and are count, count,

counting the days until we can move

in . . . lock, stock, and barrel. It will be

awesome to get all of our "stuff" that we

just couldn't live without for a YEAR, out

of storage and everything out of the

many, many boxes that we trample over

every single day. We are getting so

excited. Moving . . . we.love.it.

Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With Strings.

In preparation for my very favorite

soon-to-be-twelve-year-old's birthday

extravaganza, I whipped up these

brown paper packages that will

conceal my firecracker's birthday

gifts. My sewing machine has been

a whirling and, as usual, I am

wishing that there were more hours

in the day . . .

Hours, hours, hours, and hours.

Holy smoke!! I spent 11 hours quilting

this puppy today!! This Dr. Seuss quilt

is going to be the cuuuuuutest ever. Wow!

It took every bone in my body to stand

up from quilting. I had popcorn and

red vines for dinner. Now it is time

for fluids and a little snuggle time

with my most favorite peeps!!

Quilting . . . I.love.it.

Last Semester.

Holy smoke! My advanced statistics

book arrived today. I tried to tell

the UPS man that I was on vacation

until July 8 and he could take this little

treasure back until then, but he just

insisted on leaving it. Well, this is a

gentle reminder that all good things

must come to an end and to enjoy

every spare moment this week and

this weekend. I am, however, excited

to put my last two courses behind me

and get on with the rest of my

PhD journey.

Vacations.gotta.love.'em.

My Sunday.

Busy, busy, busy day gathering fabric,

quilting, watching an I Love Lucy

marathon, and eating some of my

very favorite snacks!! I am getting

excited to be adding new quilts to our

new home and whipping up some

exciting CHRISTmas gifts also!

Windy Moon quilts is one of my

new very favorite finds in Reno!!

A day of quilting just wouldn't be complete

without a little stop at JoAnn's fabrics to

pick up essentials and tools of the trade.

I had to purchase these quilting gloves

for a quilting class that I took. Let me

tell you, these are worth there weight

in gold and make machine quilting

a breeze . . . Gotta get back to the machine!!

182 Days.

I'm a CHRISTmas in June kinda

gal and have been one busy little

bee all day working on some

exciting CHRISTmas gifts.

There are only 182 days until CHRISTmas!

I must get crackin'! I have tons of ideas

brewing and cannot wait to get these

projects rolling.

Now that I have three weeks off

from school, I am one busy elf!

Sharing the Road.

Another one of my very favorite things

about our new home is the winding

road that we take to get up to it.

We love going up and down the

twisty road to get to our house . . .

and I guess that all of God's creatures

must love it up there, although I

did not know we would be seeing

slithery snakes . . .

Scramble!

Where, oh where is my Luke?

This is the cute group of golfers ages

6-16 that play in the Somersett

Junior Golf Program.

(Oh, I know where he is . . . they ALWAYS

put that tall "kid" in the back!!)

What a be-a-uuuuu-tiful swing.

It was a gorgeous day out on the links

and the kids had a total blast playing

a scramble . . . One of the cutest kids,

Luke, drove the ball the furthest. They

used his ball every.single.time.

This is one of my favorite holes on

the back nine, there is a bridge, a

windy road, and a stream.

. . . gettin' ready to tee off.

Somersett.golf.gotta.love.it.

Internship = Check.

After ALL of the grumbling and carrying on,

my administrative internship was completed

as of 12:15 today!! I love every aspect of

learning and teaching, but being away

from the nest is hard on me and my family!

Here is my little internship desk.

Here is the door to Mr. Chronister's office.

The evaluation from Mr. Chronister was

so amazing and it made me cry to read it.

I really did have a wonderful experience

and am so thankful that I was able to

intern at Westergard Elementary School.

Here is the corner of my little internship

desk that I kept hitting my leg on

repeatedly which left a huge honkin'

purple bruise.

I am so excited about the next stage

of my PhD program and so thankful

that my little family stuck by me during

my internship experience.

Internship=Check!

All in a Row.

When Luke and I were driving down

the road today we saw this mama

duck and her little ducklings!

They even used the crosswalk . . .

I just couldn't jump out of the car

fast enough to catch them.

I am reminded of what an awesome

calling being a mom is. It is such

a great blessing to have my boys and

I love "keeping them all in a row".

These little ducklings were especially

cute when they had to hop to get

up the curb.

Goings On.

It's all hands on deck working

on our new home!

We rented this machine to help

the guys put the facia on the front

of the house and to lift the

heavy plywood on top of the roof.

Guns were ablazin' as the guys

work to get the plywood on top

of the roof.

Sam and Luke were excited to help

Mike work on the electrical . . . Luke is

working on his Electrical Merit Badge.

. . . not for me . . .

Luke has already found a bazillion

spots to hide in all of the nooks

and crannies of the new house.

This IS for me and I cannot wait!

. . . quilts, comprehensive exams,

and dissertation . . .

Happy, Happy Father's Day.

Happy Father's Day to our very favorite

dads! We are so blessed to have such

wonderful role models and great,

great dads!! Needless to say, we had

a great day with our fun family.

The guys could not wait to dive into

these 75 chicken wings with all the

fixings!!

Millions and bazillions of blessings

in our family.

Red Cap.

Congrats to our Luke! He mastered all

of the skills necessary to move up

from yellow cap to red cap in the

junior golf program.

As his golf instructor said, "Luke, you

didn't even have time to get the

yellow cap dirty" . . .

Yep! We are on to studying the new

red book in our quest for the

coveted gold cap.

Congrats, Luke!