Margaret's Hope Chest

http://www.margaretshopechest.com/

I have blogged about this once before, but I wanted to make a separate post for this. This charity makes and collects quilts for children who's father or mother is serving time in jail. They also travel to local jails and preach God's word. This cause spoke to me. It's hard to have a parent in jail. Often times the child will feel forgotten or abandoned or even that it's their fault this is happening. These quilts are sent to the child on their birthday with love from the parent who's incarcerated. They send hope. The little guy I quilted for is going to be 1! What a milestone! I hope this quilt will bring him joy and hope!

The super moon

The best shot I was able to get of the moon, courtesy of settings from Jamie :)

February Catch up

Nothing says I love you like heart shaped pancakes. It's a Valentine's tradition around here. I wanted to make a big fuss about Valentine's day this year. For one, the kids LOVE it and two, this month marks a year of their daddy being home. How awesome is that? lol It was cute to see both older boys get into making the Valentine's for their friends. Of course they were more excited with all the ones they brought home.




In other news, I finally finished the quilt for my grandma!! It should be there tomorrow. I am in love with it, and it almost didn't make it to her. There is another one in the works for me now, lol. It quilted up so nicely once I washed it. I only wish I could be there when she opens it. Lots of thanks to Amanda Jean from Crazy Mom Quilts (found here ) Her tutorials rock!

Reflections

Life has gotten busy. Guess it has a tendancy to do that. The boys are growing like weeds! Benjamin weighed in at 68lbs and 4ft 4in. He's going to be taller than me in no time. Patrick was 38lbs and 3ft 5in. He's finally Growing! He's so skinny. Andrew is terrified of drs right now. The best we could get for him was that he weighed 32lbs. Silly boy. He's finally making progress with his speech. I'm so glad we were able to catch it in time to get him help. So, mamas trust your gut. If you think there might be something wrong with your baby, speak up.

I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately. I've been mostly considering the person I want to be and remembered as. I guess there's decisions I need to make. I know, its confusing to me too, lol.

I signed up yesterday to participate in a charity quilt drive. Its called Wrapped in Love. They donate quilts to children on their birthday whose parent is in jail. They travel to various jails and preach the Bible in hopes of turning their lives around. It definitely spoke to me. My quilt will be going to a little boy who will be celebrating his first birthday. I am beyond excited to be doing this. I've had a drive lately to give back. I've got a few more projects in the air right now. More to come later

El Paso CAN freeze over

We got snow, and a decent amount of it. At least enough to shut everything down. So all my boys are home. It was so cute to see the excitement on their faces when they saw the snow outside. I'm glad it was enough for them to toss at each other and hopefully will be gone soon. We bundled them up as best we could as we don't have snow gear on hand. They had a blast. Well most of them did. Andrew wouldn't wear his gloves. His little hands were freezing. He was out there maybe 5 minutes and kept saying "cold, cold, cold" over and over but wouldn't go back inside. He's an odd child, lol. Eventually, after taking daddy's gloves, he tried playing a bit. The older two had fun tossing snowballs at daddy. We warmed them up inside with some hot chocolate. It's been a great morning. :)

01 - What they do - Part 2

They game...lol. They absolutely love the wii. It's so cute to watch them concentrate.



This one is not quite old enough for the wii although he wishes he was. So he watches them play and chugs milk. The boy loves it.

01 - What they do

One of the many blogs I follow showcased a photography challenge for February called "Finding your Love" it can be found here, you should join!
I thought what the heck, it can't hurt. I've got a camera that I don't really know how to use so I could use the practice. For the first prompt its "what they do".

My husband "does" a lot of things. One of his favorite things to do in his spare time is play games on his computer, Suprise! :) I can't really complain though. It really is his only vice and most days it doesn't get on my nerves too much..lol. So here it is: