Mother's Day

For Mother's Day, Nate outdid himself and got me some antique glass bottles from a nearby antique store. He tried to find replacements for the 2 glass bottles we got on our honeymoon in PEI, which have broken in a couple of accidents in recent years. It really made my day that he gave me such a thoughtful gift. I made the cinnamon blueberry muffins --a favorite recipe from Epicurious.

Jakey has been really into Birthdays recently so he wanted to sing Happy Birthday and blow out a candle with his muffin. He looks a little tired because he had an ear infection. Both he and I ended up with ear infections that week.

Potato stamping

We had a special project to do for Jacob's preschool class--his first homework assignment. They gave us some paper to trace his body and we were instructed to decorate it. I didn't want to cheat and color it nicely myself, but I also didn't want him to have a bunch of multi-colored scribbles, so I decided to let him decorate with potato stamps. He had a lot of fun. He chose the shapes and got really into the stamping.

RH Quilts 34 &35

Sorry for the bad picture quality. I had to try to photograph these quilts on the windiest day of the year and so decided just to do it inside. I think this one is #34. We managed to use up all of the quilt blocks with none left over and I think our combinations still look nice.

Another crazy thrifted sheet for the back.

A few of our "Thanksgiving" and "Christmas" blocks made it into the quilt. Lovely. =)

I love the pansy thrifted sheet on the back of this quilt. I'm going to miss having an excuse to grab every vintage sheet in sight. I'll have to think of another reason to hoard these great sheets.

Shelley and Abby's quilts

This quilt was made for Shelley. In our haste to put it together, hers didn't get any batting, but since it will probably spend a lot of time in Hawaii, it might not matter. Most of the blocks incorporate the hula cow fabric she got at a yard sale in Hawaii, so it is fitting that this quilt should go to her.

We also made a quilt for Abby, our pastor's wife. Hers was made up of our favorite squares and there is batting in this one.

Descanso Gardens

We haven't been to these gardens in a while, and I have to say--April is probably the BEST time to visit them. Everything was blooming. It was absolutely beautiful. They have areas that are very cultivated and wilder areas filled with native plants. It was a great day to wander and explore the gardens--and the lighting was perfect to capture the vividness of all of the flowers.

Jakey was especially happy to see his cousin Trevor at the gardens.

Having some serious conversation about goldfish.