Empty Nest

Score! We just harvested the world's largest radish from our garden. The first vegetable we have taken from the garden. I am embarrassed to say that I forgot that I planted radishes and didn't pull them in time and now they are so big we can't eat them. So, now we are just going to have to name them, I guess. I think we will call this one Fabio and my daughter's request.










We are looking forward to some green beans and corn, though.



We are so thrilled and privileged to be receiving some of the beautiful quilts from Dana's quilt along. We cherish each and every one. Great job on the quilts, you guys! Hats off to Dana for doing such a great job instructing.


Alas, it was time for the puppies to go to their new homes this weekend. We gave this little cutie to our dear friends Bob and Marge. His name is Dino. Very appropriate--they already have a Barney and a Pebbles at home. I know he will bring them years of joy and pleasure.







Do these guys look familiar? Yep, you guessed it. These two beauties, Scout and Harpo, now live at Dana's house. I know they are as happy at Dana's house and they could ever possibly be!





Ginger is getting back to normal. Catching up on some much needed rest--you know, mother of newborns and all those sometimes unpleasant things that go with motherhood.







Rhonda:)

Dance Dance Dance

See My babies Dance!!!!

Tink getting ready to go out on the stage.

Pumpkin (right) and her friend getting ready to tap!!!

Tink dancing to Jazz

Pumpkin in Jazz

Tink in Tap

Pumpkin in Tap

Our Instructors dancing together

Pumpkin in Contemporary

Tink in Hip Hop

Tink in Ballet

Can you tell I am proud of my girls!!!!

Dad AKA Russ

The Class Quilt

We have been promising all year to do a quilt project with Tink's class. It is becoming a semi tradition. I say semi because we actually skipped a year and didn't do one last year. But we are back on track for this year and we have almost waited too long to complete the project because the year is almost over! Our school mascot is the Bulldogs, so we made raw edge appliques of Bulldog paw prints. Two large ones for the teacher and assistant and smaller prints for the students. The kids traced their own paw print and cut them out then we ironed them on the fabric. This was a little break from their countless hours of preparing for their end of grade testing, which takes place next week. Here is the class with their project.

This is Russ ironing on the appliques. The kids were so excited to see how it was going to turn out.

Now I have to stitch around all the paw prints, then borders and then on to the long arm it goes. Stay tuned for the finished product!

Rhonda :)

An Assortment of Chocolates

They're here!
Ginger had her puppies today. She surprised us with five little ones. Aren't they so cute? I am always so amazed by how nature just knows how to handle things. They are natural born mothers, always just knowing the right thing to do at the right time. I wish people could take lessons from them about parenting and childbirth. We had all the neighbors and friends stoppingby all day. It was quite a neighborhood event. All week long, everyone kept saying, "Do we have puppies yet?"
Now Russ no longer has to ask how many puppies Ginger is going to have, we now know that the magical and perfect number is "Five."



Rhonda :)

Finally a little sun. We have had so much rain I was beginning to think we were going to all be moldy.


It was nice to go to the mailbox yesterday and find a package that contained one of the blocks from our virtual bee. We also received a quilt from the giveaway we did last month. Amber we love your quilt and we will take very good care of it while it stays for a visit.



Here are the blocks we have received thus far from our virtual bee.





We can't wait to see the rest. Russ was excited to be able to do something for a boy this time. We love the pirate theme.











Rhonda :)