On of those moments you wish you had a camera!

There are things to be thankful for EVERY day! I count my blessings every single day.

But there are moments in time, where you just wish you had a camera glued to your hip all the time - am i right?

And as a mom... there are MANY of those moments where you are kicking yourself for not having a camera handy!  Well at least I do ! :D

Today was one of those times.

And one of those thankful "Mom moments"

You know the ones... the kind that just warm you inside and out, and reconfirm that you have raised good kids!

I had to run my high school sophmore son's lacrosse stick down to the school for him, and Calli was with me.  We pull into the school, and immediately see Bailey sitting posing on the bleachers. Obviously, he thought some girls must be ogling looking at him. LOL  Wearing nice jeans, a white v-neck T, and his shades. Could he look any cooler? (obviously we know that HE didn't think so! *coughzacheffroncough*)

Big man on campus and all that. High school years - remember those? :)

I'm rolling my eyes at the posing and huge ego, but didn't say anything. lol

He opens the van door, we chat for a second and he gets his stick, says thanks for bringing this mom. Sure no problem :) 

And then...

one of the moments that just defined him as the coolest big brother ever - he asked Calli if she wanted to come and hang out with him and his lacrosse buddies.

She about jumped out of her seat - YES!!

I asked Bay - are you sure? She'll be bored... and you really want her tagging along?

His answer - yah, it's totally cool.. i don't think she'll be bored. C'mon Cal :D

That little girl (9) was soooo absolutely thrilled !! And watching them walk up the hill together... (i have a "thing" for backside shots of big person and little person walking together) him in all his high school coolness... and her small frame hustling to keep up with him... and looking up at him with that look... you know the one... the one that only the camera can capture all the emotion in such a simple look of "my big brother is soo awesome!"

  And i didn't have a camera!!! Arrrggghhhhh!

But ya know what?

Photo or no photo, he earned points today. Mom points, sister points, and just all around brownie points! LOL  and yes... my heart swelled, as it often does in those moments, and I was thankful for my kids!

There are silly little tidbits like this every day. Maybe I'll start sharing more of them. They make me smile... and years from now, going back to my "online journal" that i dont make enough entries to it will bring a smile again!

What are you thankful for today?

In Progress...

In progress... working on getting this top pieced tonight :)   and then starting on some Christmas gifts. If i don't get a chance to post again before Thursday... wishing you all a very warm and blessed Thanksgiving!!

xo

Bren :)

1 UFO Finish!

First UFO finish! And as much as I struggled with this one - which was actually more of a struggle with my non existant creative juices at the time -it has turned out to be one of my favorites thus far! It is such a soft quilt... a soft drape, perfect suggle-ability for those cold nights on the couch! And I really think that denyse schmidt green floral made it all come together. I LOVE it!  And I'm happy to finally have it done! :)

We had a snow day yesterday (schools closed we got hit so hard) so I have no where to lay this to take pics, except thrown over my couch!

on the outer borders, I did free motion daisy chains with leaves in between. The border isn't crooked, that's just my picture taking skills! lol

 For the back, I used an art gallery print that I had a yard and a half of... and this other sweet print that is butter yellow with soft pink polka dots and flowers. I just love the feel of the art gallery fabrics!! And I think this backing was cheery and well suited to the quilt :)

 Binding was an old tula pink print that i found in my stash, and had just enough to bind with! I don't think it could be any more perfect! I'm loving how the greens pull everything together in this quilt!

 And... plopped on the back of our couch. Looking at this picture i am seeing how tired our couch is starting to look :(    (and in case you're wondering what that brown cushion is all about... we put a throw over the middle cushion, because we all like to curl our legs up under us when sitting on the couch - and knowing that would become the most dirty, worn part of the couch, I have always just tucked that throw on there to protect it! It looks horrible i know. And when company comes over, it comes off.  But I didn't feel like cleaning up before taking these pictures! LOL)

 And not to be left out of the picture taking, Lexi kept moving around trying to get IN the pictures. LOL  (if you zoom up to the first picture, you'll see her trying to be incognito)  So, to make her feel better, I snapped one just of her :) 

It's been a long couple of weeks. My mom is doing pretty good. It's slow healing, and frustrating for her, but it's amazing how fast the body heals and makes progress! Every day there is small improvements. 

I am beat. We've all been fighting this flu bug that has been going around... so far Dan, Bailey and I have managed to keep it from coming on full force. Calli wasn't so lucky ;(    She was sick all of fall break, and I was at my mom's all weekend and into this week. And while they all took a snow day yesterday (rest, movies, and play) I was busy trying to get the house back in order from my absence.  I'm mostly just taking it easy today. Finishing up laundry, cleaned the kitchen and made a pot of chili.  Wanting to sew.... but just not having the energy ;(   Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be feeling better rested!  Taking my vitamins and drinking echinacea tea and hopefully a little rest will keep this bug at bay!

Hope you all have a great week!

xo

Bren