Happy Birthdays

First, I want to say thank you to all of you who sent prayers our way. Things are getting back to normal here so I hope to be more regular with the posts.

Secondly, I want to say Happy Birthday to my Dad (yesterday) and Happy Birthday to my Mom (today). I have been blessed with such good examples. May you have many more years to come.
I love you both.

Closed

Our shop will be closed on Tuesday, August 16, 2010 due to the death of my father-in-law Dale Bellairs.

Rugs from the BYOP

Hooked by Karen Carey of Marshalltown

Sharon Townsend?

"Pumpkin Guy hooked by Charlie Reeves

Antique Reproduction by Charlie Reeves

Rug design by Anita White hooked by Elsie Ulland

BYOP PICTURES

Busy with wool applique

At least ONE of them is working...... :)

I wish I looked this happy when whipping a rug!!

Morning roll call

Hard at work!

Specialty wools and new patterns

More wool and patterns!

Challenge Rug................American Dream

As promised, here are the Challenge Rugs........................American Dream. I was worried about getting the proper picture taken and what I should have worried about was getting my foot out of the picture!!!!! I don't know about anyone else but it was exciting for me to see how the same pattern can be done in so many ways. Everyone is getting more creative with each rug that you do!! The above rug is done by Charlie Reeves

Elsie Ulland created this rug................I do believe that is Miss Fertile in the center.

Karen Carey got creative with her rendition and has her wedding anniversary in the center with two trees.

Avis Shrier, of Joined At The Hip, added her quilting block to the center of her rug. I know there was meaning behind this block but I think I forgot to ask...............sorry.

Sharon Townsend from Altoona I believe hooked her rug in less than a week? Hit and Miss surrounding a grouping of flowers.

Last but certainly not least this rug is hooked by Marge. She got creative and placed her 4 wonderful children in the center of this rug! ;) Nice job Mom

Just curious to see if anyone has begun next years challenge rug? Mom has her wool picked out but has yet to start! Looking forward to next year already!!

YIPPEE!!!!!!!

Yes. YIPPEE....................a great day was had by all. We met new friends and caught up with "old" friends. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have like to but will be posting them within the next few days. I promise to be better at blogging. I am hoping that our schedule will be a bit more normal...............if there is such a thing!?!

Washington DC trip

Dave and I had the privilege to be chaperones for our high school band trip to Washington D.C. We were gone for 4 days from start to finish. We left the high school parking lot at 2 a.m. on June 1st and returned June 4th at 2 a.m. We had a rough start to the trip with airline reservations for 80 but no tickets!! Somewhere along the line either the travel agent or airline never processed our tickets and Dave and I were omitted altogether! We missed the first flight and ended up taking 3 flights to D.C. At 6 p.m. that evening we all gathered together at a well known restaurant called Phillips Seafood by the waterfront. We were all tired and hungry so I think we would have eaten anything!!

A long the way we meet Abe and his brother while touring the Ford Theater ;)

This was part of day one. We had just arrived in D.C. (at least 1 group) and this is in front of the White House. Don't they looked thrilled? My son Drew is in the blue shirt! He was so excited about the trip that he never went to bed!! It eventually caught up with him..............he fell asleep in the Archives Museum!!

The first concert the band students played was at an Assisted Living Home. The band played on the front yard and we were treated with snow cones and lemonade after the concert! The residents really enjoyed the kids and the music. It was a little windy..........one sheet of music flew as high as two stories.

Wouldn't you love to have this handsome young man sit next to you when you are this age?!

A quick view of the White House

This picture sort of sums up the trip. It is 8 a.m. and the kids were in front of the Washington Monument to play. This poor girl fell asleep on the sidewalk while we were waiting for stands and drums to arrive. Can't imagine the sidewalk was very soft! I am just now getting back to normal. The chaperones averaged 31/2 hours of sleep each night.............we had hall duty too! All in all it was a fun trip and the kids handled themselves well.