So Proud!

Today I am a Proud Momma!  The 1st grade had their awards day today and I knew that KC would be getting an award for all A's (it is now referred to as Principal's List).  We all -you know Mason and Grace would jump at any chance to miss a little class time- watched as Katie Claire walked up to receive her "Principal's List" award...I took pictures (although since the whole walking up, accepting award, and returning to seat  process takes less than 5 seconds the pictures aren't the best quality) and then turned my camera off...
I completely wasn't expecting her next award~  yes, (sniff sniff) my baby was awarded the CITIZENSHIP award!!
As a former 2nd grade teacher this is, IMO, the single greatest award a student can receive.  Many students will be awarded honor roll certificates and, although my kids have never received Perfect Attendance, not missing a day of school either means you have a stellar immune system (which isn't to be sneezed at :P) or that Momma just doesn't want that kid at home NO MATTER WHAT!  Either way, unless there was flu epidemic that hit the classroom there could be many of those given out.  But most teachers only give the Citizenship Award to ONE boy and ONE girl.  Because only TWO of these awards were given out, a lot of time and thought goes into who will receive it.  It is awarded to someone who is helpful to both the teacher and their classmates, someone who is kind and considerate to everyone, and someone of good moral character.
So, bear with me for a moment while I bask in wonder and amazement and a little maternal pride at my sweet Katie Claire who received the girl Citizenship Award for her first grade class. 

Holding up her Principal's List Award for All A's



Katie Claire and her teacher Mrs. Hall.  We have LOVED having Mrs. Hall this year.  I'm a little sad because she is moving to Lynn Fanning next year where she will teach 2nd grade.  She will be missed!!


Congratulations sweet Katie Claire!! We are so proud of your hard work and good character!

I Told Myself I Wouldn't Post...

When I created this blog I told myself that I would only post once maaayybee twice a week...And really, I plan on sticking to that ~ After this!

International Quilt Market is over and all of the beloved pattern and fabric designers are now unveiling their new products.  I just so happened to be checking out Amy Hamberlin's  (better known as Katicupcake) new products and what should I find...a giveaway...the catch...I need to blog about it to up my chances of winning.  Fortunately this is pretty easy to do since her new products are AWESOME!!  You can check out her beautiful new fabric and adorable new patterns on her blog here. 

I will share with you MY favorite new pattern.  Is this not just gorgeous?!?


I will also post a picture of a dress I made for KC with her Peggy Sue pattern.  It was super easy and sew much fun to make.  And see Kara, you didn't see how the fabric would all  look good together but it did! :P

I have to say I'm glad I purchased the whole package from our church directory pictures now ;D

So anyway, hop on over to Katicupcake and check out her new stuff!!

Make Room for Chickens!

Like I said, building our chicken coop ended up being a bigger endeavor than we intended...I mean, it's for chickens- shouldn't be too complicated, right?  Uh welllllll...lucky for us Trent was working nights so he had time during the day to work on it.  Unfortunately that meant he didn't have much time during the day for sleeping.



We used the playhouse part of our old swingset as the base for the house.  Trent used the rest of the wood from it to build the nesting box and frame for the run.



 







We wanted to build it entirely out of reclaimed wood but ended up making a trip (or two or three) to Lowes...Darling husband's ideas kept getting bigger and better with each passing day! lol
I have to say that I do like the panelling we ended up using for the side walls.

Next comes the barn red paint... this is probably the closest we'll  come to having our own barn.  Yes, I did help paint but trust me, you don't want to see those pics!  It didn't take very long for the fun to wear off and eventually my three helpers dwindled down to one.
The only reason the two smallest helpers lasted as long as they did was because their daddy told them they absolutely, positively could NOT lay their brushes down!!




 A view of the nesting boxes...Trent built that part low enough so the children can collect the eggs.  I'm not sure exactly how many will make it to the house with Annaliesse picking them, though.



I don't know if you can really see the wheels or not but my amazing husband
built those himself out of one of the trees from the storm.  Yes,  he did, in fact, reinvent the wheel :) 
We ended up with more money than we had planned to invest, and I had to keep reminding Trent that it was for chickens not his family, but he really wanted a tin roof...It does look pretty cool, doesn't it!




All we have left to do is to put the swing door on the top of the run and then we are ready for our chickens!



Hey Ya'll!

Hey everyone, or no one as it stands right now :) I have decided to enter the world of blogging...mostly because I have so much to share and I am getting too old to remember who I have shared it with so I keep repeating the same story to the same people. And also because on the days that my life is not utterly boring it is completely interesting.

At the moment we are in the process of building a chicken coop. It has been a much more involved project than originally planned but I think it will be so worth it when we are finished and GET OUR CHICKENS!!

I will post some pictures of our progress soon...right now my computer keeps telling me that my memory is at capacity and it apparently doesn't want me to upload anymore pictures until I do something about it so... later!