Star Quilt Square #5

Here is my square #5. I had to rip out twice and
there is a little shortage in the lower right hand corner
but I'm sure it will work out in the end!

Star Quilt Square #4

I had a wonderful Memorial Day quilting. I'm not sure I like these 2 fabrics together but it will have to do. After making this square I finished cutting all of my remaining setting quilt pieces. Now I just have to sew them together. But first I want to make star square #5-maybe tomorrow!

Happy Memorial Day!

Graduation Day for my neice!

One of my favorite nieces,(I have 4 of them), graduated from high school this weekend! It was a wonderful celebration!

Career Options!

Final Resting Place

I AM GRANDMA

Here are the loves of my life! It wouldn't be the same without them! They are AWESOME!!!

Happy 13th Birthday, Trevor!

Tomorrow, Wednesday, is my 1st grandson's 13th birthday! As you can tell by this picture he is really cool. The best part is that he likes to hang around with me!

Star Quilt #3 and Setting Blocks

Star Block #3














Setting Block


I was able to make 2 squares today & I think they turned out pretty good. Maybe I will make another setting block again tomorrow!

Happy 10th Birthday Tori!

Last weekend there was an American Idol Birthday Party!



Three cousins all will turn 10 years old this year-all our American Idols!









Singing & Posing




















Everyone was posing!



American Beauties!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day To Our Mom!
Here she is with her boys.

Here she is with her girls!
Here she is serving our country in the Navy where she met our dad.

She was the glue that held our family together and she loved us all the time no matter what we did or where we were! Thank you God that you gave us a mom that showed us Your unconditional love!

Star Quilt Block #1 Do Over

I did my first block over again. I'm still off but only 1/8 " on two sides. That is better than last time but still not perfect. I don't know how that is possible because I measured & sewed just right. Anyway, it's close enough for now. Hopefully it won't screw things up in the end. I can always rip it out but I really don't want to!

2nd Star Quilt Square!!!

I can't believe I did another square & all in one day! This one turned out MUCH better. I think I might do the first one over again!

I cut out the squares from my scrapbook cardstock so I would have a more exact pattern, then I taped it on my plastic ruler to make my cut better and it worked! I can't wait until next week Monday for the third star square!

Mom's Stash

I am going to try to make my very first quilt with an on line group that my sister, JAS, found. Our Mom loved to quilt & make all kinds of craft things and she left us with an abundant supply of material in all styles and every color of the rainbow. So this weekend my sister helped me pick out some colors and now I am on my way.
Even though this quilt will be in my spare bedroom, I am making it in honor of our Mom!

My Very First Quilt Square

I know it's FAR from perfect but I actually made a quilt square! Even though it's not completely square & I know it will cause me problems in the end I still love it and Mom would be proud!

Flowers & Family

Here we are with our BEAUTIFUL flowers! Now they are part of our family!
From Left to Right-(as you look at the screen), The third oldest in our family, my sister, JAS, then my dad, then my sister-in-law, RDV, my niece, KKM, the oldest in our family, my sister, EMM & also our horticulture expert & then at the end there is me, the second oldest in our family
! This is the very first year I have added flowers to my family & boy are they beautiful! I just hope I don't kill them!
Would that be considered murder seeing they are now part of my family!
Well, look for further growth or death updates on my new additions!
Happy Spring!

A Day With Flowers & Family

Today was our annual trip to the greenhouse to shop for flowers. Two of my sisters & one of my nieces met my dad & sister-in-law to shop for flowers for our yards.We drove 45 minutes & my dad and sister-in-law drove about an hour to meet! They have the MOST beautiful flowers!

My First Blog Entry

My sister just helped me set of my blog.

We named it Don't Drink Milk For Thirst because that was one of the things my dad would say to us if we wanted 2nd's on milk at meal time.

There are many other sayings we've heard along the way, so every once in awhile I will be sharing some of them with you!