hi grandma!

got to experience my first sonogram, what an awesome treat and i saw wiggling & waving from my newest to be!!!

what to do next?

Dominic & Olivia's visit is almost over we're camping at the beach through the weekend then they leave with their daddy for the drive back to Missouri....what to do when my real life is back, it will feel lonely & quiet....
picked up this fun fabric at my sister's quilt shop for new grandbaby coming, daddy surfs, plays guitar and mommy is a modern day hippie earth mommie, so when i saw this "perfect"....so after a couple days of rest and major cleaning i'll get back into the quilting mode with a fun baby quilt....

july's primitive quilt winner....

JennieLynn@AppleseedPrim has been chosen for july primitive quilt giveaway.... she has a wonderful needlework & life journeys blog, you should check it out....
yes JennieLynn you definitly can do more than change diapers & sweep up cereal, but i do believe those to be very important life tasks, i was quite well at them for several years!
email me your address and your little quilt will be on it's way....
cheri

july's quilt...

here's a little primitive quilt for a july sewing day....
for all half square triangles cut 2&3/8" squares, cut in half diagonally, from some lights and dark scraps....
all squares are cut 2"....
border is 1&1/2"wide....
enjoy

july primitive giveaway....

finally binding finished, washed & tea-stained ready to giveaway to a fabulous someone....

first quilts....

showing off their very first quilts...

choosing fabrics....

waiting for fabric to be cut practicing "one half yard please"....

new fabric....

needed to drop off patterns yesterday at Fat Quarters with Olivia & Dominic in tow...."grandma just needs to look real quick! then back to swimming, the park & crafts"  lucky for me Crossroads to Texas line just arrived, half yard of each & we were out the door....aren't they lucious, can hardly wait till i actually get to use them...

fun in the sun....

me, cooper & dominic in the pool staying cool....really i have planned on stitching the binding for the July primitive quilt sharing and giveaway but as of yet hasn't been accomplished...
have had five grandkids here with us since thursday, two went home today down to three and back down to two tonight so maybe i can stitch tonight....quilts are except for that part, honestly, planned on keeping up but summer fun has been taking presedence....
have done alot of pool activities, walks and laundry!!!
will try to have them posted by July's end!
p.s. to Robin/Cranky Crow tried to email you a couple of times need your address to mail out June's primitive quilt...
thanks all for your patience
enjoy your summer gatherings, cheri

home sweet home.....

arrived home late last night starting to unload, put away, do laundry and answering still a multitude of questions already "what's for dinner?"
and I'm grateful and happy that I've been blessed with these grandkids of mine.....
may be exhausted at the end of the day but will treasure every moment...

a set of booties....

one set of tiny baby booties just need to stitch them up....enjoying the beautiful morning in Flagstaff Arizona before heading back to Buckeye and wait for truck to be done so we get home....only supposed to be 107 today better than 118! will be waiting in their little waiting room with a 7 & 4 year old Greg says that should make them speed it up so they can get rid of us sooner!!!!  hope so the indians are getting restless....

nap time....

day two of the drive home almost out of New Mexico and all is going well....we camped last night in Texas, swam, barbequed and played a dice game using Jolly Ranchers for betting, they loved that!
now is nap time so enjoying the non question moments and finishing second baby bootie....

on our back...

starting the drive back home been on the road for 45 minutes and have heard "how far is california grandma? how long till we stop for gas? how much farther????" at least 40 times!!!!  oH how i love them dearly, but it's going to be a long drive!!!
went through all the new toys & games already, naptime soon?!!!

look like a bootie?

only a couple mores rows of ribbing left then seam it up and make another....
only 8 mores hours till Grovespring Missouri YiPPee!  spend the night and turn around and head back to grandma cheri's house!!!
enjoy
p.s. greg said "your're blogging about boobies?"  "no BOOTIES!"  hearing going or a one track mind!

happy travels again....

got our rental truck, brand new YiKEs!!! (now we need to watch out for spills
and dings)  but we're back on the road again....spent our first night camping in Flagstaff Azornia much cooler, my toes were even cold last night!
our truck needs transmission seals fixed, if we had kept going would have broke the whole thing, better it happened like it did....
all in Buckeye were friendly and helpful despite the horrendous heat!
safe and uneventful travels today Hopefully!!!

the long day continues....

our belongings out of the truck waiting for rental truck, dripping sweat as i type, then we are back on the road again...
back through here on tuesday to hopefully pickup fixed truck and head home where at least there's air-conditioning, grandkids and a pool!
gotta keep smiling :)

it's been a long day....

broken down already, patiently!!! waiting to be checked out & hopefully on our way again, spurting what i've been told is transmission fluid...
stopped one place got checked, then sent limping to another and we're only in Buckeye Az where it's now 118!!!  the service waiting area feels good been driving without air for awhile now....
on the portion of the drive that was uneventful i started a pair of baby booties who knows my finish while waiting!
stay cool everyone