Can it really be July already?!?

Warning: Photo Overloaded Blog!

Not much on the quilting front...alas, nor the painting front, but i have been creating! I finished the Santa stitchery and started on this "Seasons" stitchery. Its a cute design and should make a nice gift at Christmas :) Trying to stay ahead of the game this year!

Speaking of getting ahead...i also ordered some novelty fabrics that were on clearance at Hancocks...now im ready for the next I-spy swap. And of course, i just had to order some of that new Christmas fabric by Kaufman...isnt it pretty?!

We had family up for father's day weekend, and Jordyn had a ball playing with cousins. They pigged out on watermelon, swam all day in the kiddie pool, climbed all over the swing set...

and basically had a blast together! Jordyn loved having kids to play with, and i was pretty thrilled about the break too :)

Last weekend we celebrated my Father-in-laws 70th birthday!

He was part of the FAB Company back in the day, and this poster was given to him from one of the other band members. He was quite surprised, as he didnt know any of these still existed :)
For his birthday, Justin and i put together a slide show set to some of his original tunes. I spent a week scanning in photos from the first 60 years of his life (obviously the last 10 or so were already in digital format), but the whole project took longer than we thought, so Justin and i pulled an all-nighter to have it ready in time for the party. Needless to say, it was a big hit. Id share it here, but its 20 minutes long :)

This handmade bench was brought up from some family that couldnt make it to the party...an early birthday present for Jordyn, and as you can see, she loves it!

The evening winded down with laughter and s'mores around the fire. The kids were so exhausted, the were getting giddy...as were the adults. A lovely 70th birthday celebration.

Now for some randomness...are you still with me :)

Here is a lovely basket of flowers my cousin gave me for my birthday...they are so colorful and bright!

and this year, my orange and yellow irises decided to bloom for me too...arent they pretty.

Yesterday, Jordyn and i spent a day in town having fun...She received her first official hair cut (its taken this long for her to grow any :) She really enjoyed the experience, and thought she was quite the adult. She actually told me to "go sit down and read a magazine and ill be there in a minute". hehehehe

I think she was just tired of me taking a bunch of pictures...but still, look at the serious expression on her face. :)

Afterwards, we cooled off at the park. So much for the new hairdo! We also picked up some fireworks on the way home...a first for Jordyn...we are usually camping at this time of year, but decided to stay home instead, so Jordyn will get to experience fireworks for the first time. Im looking forward to that! Stay tuned for Independence Day Festivities....Cheers~