Slice of Life Tuesday {Delight}

I haven't been taking pictures for the Slice of Life project these past few weeks but decided to jump back on the bandwagon this week. I may go back and "fill in" the few that I missed in the coming days.

This week's "subject" was Delight. I've been delighting in the foods of spring the past few days!! And this....summer squash....is a HUGE delight for me! I love making summer squash casserole and that is exactly what I did for Mother's Day for myself!! Here's to many more this spring & summer!

Weekend

It was a beautiful Mother's Day weekend full of family, friends & flowers!! My sweet daughter (with the help of her Daddy) got me wonderful gift cards for coffee and craft stores and took me out for dinner.

Then yesterday we spent a lot of the day planning dinner for my mom & grandmother. Even though I like to be spoiled I'd much rather be planning the spoiling of others! It was a beautiful weekend and I'm so blessed with my wonderful family!

This Moment {Flying kites}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Joining Amanda again this week!

(Despite the kite in the tree we really did have tons of fun!!)

Fabric goodies

I got ambitious just before Easter and decided that I wanted to make up things as little gifts. And then didn't take pictures of things before giving them away!

I grabbed the few things that are still at our house and took a few pictures:

I made up three of these bags for the little girls in our life and filled them with some goodies. I loosely based them on the pattern from Noodlehead: The Library Tote.

And these little chickies I made by cutting up a chick my mom had made before I was even born and using it as a pattern. While over her house awhile ago my husband saw my mom's (she has a whole bunch) and wanted some. So these 4 little lovelies were in his Easter basket. I made doubles of each color and gave them away as little gifts.

That's just a smattering of the projects that were taking place here in the weeks leading up to Easter!

Yarn Along!

This week once again joining Ginny's Yarn Along!

I'm working on a few Mother's Day projects for my mom who LOVES penguins! At Christmas time I made her a few dish clothes with the penguin pattern. She uses them all the time so I decided to make up a few more for her.

This week not too much reading going on again but I have been looking through many different patterns looking for things to make my daughter using the sewing machine. I checked these two Anna Maria Horner books out of the library: Handmade Beginnings and Seams to Me.

Let's go fly a kite!

Yesterday was the 2nd birthday of a little friend of M-T's so we all went out to fly kites, swing on the swings & have a little birthday celebration. This was the first time the little's got to fly kites and the wind sure did cooperate!! It was so much fun! Although I think us Mama's had more fun then the little girls!

This Weekend....

We:

~found a new playground

~enjoyed lots of time outside

~had a surprise visit

~watched a Royal wedding

~worshipped our God

~took naps

~knit a whole bunch

~spent time with family

~made play dates for this week

~ran errands

~smelled the flowers

~shared meals

~finished chores

~counted our blessings & gave thanks to be alive!