Moving

I made the switch! Keeping up with a knitting blog is so much easier at Typepad. I will also be posting my family pictures there as well. Two birds, one stone.

Anniversary Weekend

I may be over using the word great lately, but I had another great weekend. Patrick surprised me with a trip to the new yarn shop in Houston, Yarntopia. Isn't he thoughtful? I'm getting him a ring. Per his advice to me 14 years ago, "If I have something and its no longer useful replace it. That is the best gift you can get me."

I was also treated to my first knitting class! It was pretty interesting, my teacher was Brynne! Yes as in Knitty's Samus designer. I love Samus! It was funny cause I knew she was a Knitty designer, but not sure what she had designed. I should have just asked, but I was too busy making mistakes. Some whoppers I tell ya. My favorite being placing the stitches on the needle then finishing the row. HA! She is real sweet, down to earth, understanding and you can tell a really good Momma.

I hacked her pattern to pieces. I was a little too nervous to learn the pattern so just kept cabeling here and there. All the mistakes are right there at the bottom, but the rest is turning out really pretty. I found my own groove, and wonder how far off it really is from Brynne's pattern.

I am enjoying cabling. And MMmmmmmalabrigo. Oh my, there is nothing like merino is there? I had wanted the red that Brynne did the sample in, but well, somebody (heh) bought the last skien, so I picked this interesting "Purple Mystery". And will give it to Julia. Julia also sat in on the class. And Brynne gave her a ball of junk yarn to knit with. Which she loves! Julia also asked when she can come to another class and when she can meet other teen knitters.

Grace needs me.

Happiest Day of the Year

I heard another mother say "This is the happiest day of the year for me." And I couldnt agree more!

Julia was spectacular. She just started ballet this year and was given the main parts in both her jazz and her ballet. Her ballet dance was so impressive. She was the star!

Had to Share

More on baby blankets

Yeah! Dh said hes gona get me a new computer! Yeehaw! Uploading pics has become painfully slow. So I exstatic!

The blanket planning is going well. Too well actually. I've got ideas for 40 plus blankets.

I hate that we can have more ideas then we will ever be able to follow through on. All I need is 20 other knitters to help me make them all a reality. ROFL.

Baby Blankets

Becca is making this lovely blanket for her baby. It is sooooo soft.

I've wanted to make a blanket for Babycakes, but need something stimulating. I need to learn something new, like color changing. Not until tonight did I realize which way I should go on this. I have so many ideas, ideas for probably 7 different blankets. :) It's hard to choose! So off I go to find my graph paper. I'll upload a sketch when Im happy with it. eeeeeeee!

A Charmed Mother's Day

Thursday night we left for Concan. The kids did good on the trip. We stayed at "The Cowboy Hilton on the Cowboy Riviera". It was a nice house with 4 bedrooms, one loft, full kitchen, living room and dining, slept 16, and had 5 bathrooms! If you've ever been on a vacation with 12, heck just 6 other adults you know how awesome 5 bathrooms can be. There were about 15 of us and we were very comfortable. Pats parents are so sweet they watched the three babies while we took the kids down the river for a four hour float. The only regret about the whole weekend was that I didn't drag Patrick down the river. I asked him Saturday night if he would go with me on a (short) float that he had taken earlier in the day, and as we all know our communication is um, er, not the best. So he thought I meant a 4 hour float. Ridiculous conversation followed and of course I felt hurt that he didn't want to go with me.

Being with Kate on her first float down the river was wonderful. She and her cousin did great! She kept her life jacket on, she was tough, cried only when she got cold. Here adventurous spirit was out on display, she was in her element. So proud of her. Bryant finally got into the groove. He did good. Julia had a few "river" issues, it is a little slimmy after all and she is well, a princess. But she also folded in and had a great time. Nothing new. It felt so good to be able to do something on vacation and not worry about falling on my pregnant tummy. I'm not and wasnt tired at all after this weekend. Again I think cause not being pregnant was a load off, heh.

I finished mil's cloths, and darnnit no I didn't get a picture and the circle one was soooo pretty! She liked 'em.

My kids and thier Daddy gave me a a set of Denise's! WOOHOO! Now I can start the Short Snort in a Dirty Glass Girlfriend Tank in a stash busting excercise! Not sure when I'm gona be able to cast on. But I put the yarn, needles and pattern in a large ziplock, I've heard that's considered a WIP. heh.

The semi KH yarn swap is on! I'm excited. For fear of breaching anything, I'll stop there.

Speaking of WIPs, I'm finally to the decrease on the last arm of the plum baby sweater. I need to finish it. But really need to start on the tank for Kate. And maybe one for Grace.

Tonight is a special dance class for Julia. So I gotta make frito pie, and wash the kids up.

We had a great weekend. Saturday morning we went to a family reunion. I saw a wicked storm on the way over. I had stopped in Port L to pick up a sun hat of all things, for the baby. When we walked out of the store an older farmer pointed at the sky and said it was a hail storm (Yikes). It was a huge snake like cloud plowing across town. I called my dad and asked if he could look it up right quick and make sure there werent any tornadoes around as well. He said there weren't. We drove across the causeway and this cloud beat us across, it had to have been going 50 mph. It beat us to the clubhouse. Rained hard for an hour. The kids were exstatic, that we could blow the water slide up we had rented for the day and they played hard for four hours! We all had a good time, the food was good, the company sweet.

After church yesterday we got to visit with Pats family, with the new baby cousin. I brought over the sewing I had to get done for Julia's dance recital. The poodle skirt! And of course I can't make just one, three girls equals three poodle skirts! I'll try to get a picture up soon, they are adorable. It took nearly all day and my mil helping with the kids. So glad that is behind me, it was a fun project, just so time consuming.

We've got a big trip this week. Going to the river with his family. All fourteen of us counting the babies. Should be fun, and exhausting.

Knitting up some washcloths for MIL for mothers day. The round star one is almost done.