#24- Outdoor Sports

Their are so many different outdoor sports! We love playing soccer but you could also play: baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton or come up with a mix of your own. 

18 Treats for July

July is here! I love this time of year although right now I can't stop thinking about all of the yummy and fun patriotic treats I keep seeing via pintrest/blogs. Here are a few of my favorites:

1-Decorated Ice Cream Cones @ All You

2-Cookie Cutter Fruit Salad @ Wit & Whistle

3- Chocolate Covered Strawberries @ Grin & Bake It
4- Fruit Skewers @ Classy Clutter
5- Spangled Sandwich Pop @ Family Fun

6- Patriotic drink @ Baby Center
7- Red, White & Blue Cupcakes @ Betty Crocker
8- Redvines @ Room to Inspire
9- Brownie Bars @ Munchkin Munchies
10- Flag Cake @ Glorious Treats
11- Red & Blue Velvet Cake Pops @ Taste & Tell
12- Red, White and Blue Ice Pops @ My Recipes
13- Layered Jello @ Glorious Treats
14- Berry Trifle @ Six Sisters
15- July Breakfest @ Be Different, Act Normal
16- Chocolate Firecrackers @ Six Sisters
17- White & Blue Cookie Bark @ Your Homebased Mom
18- Rice Krispie Treats @ Controlling My Chaos

Downeast Giveaway Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the Downeast Giveaway!  We love Downeast and the fun and modest clothing they have to offer.  The winner of the giveaway is Jessica L.  She will be contacted via e-mail.  Thanks!

Picnic Quilt

I have spent the past month working on this quilt. Yes, I did say the past month.  I followed along with Rachel over at Family Ever After. If you are into sewing you will love her blog.  The picture below shows how she broke the project up. 

Being a mom I find it hard to do projects I enjoy...ya know like sew, scrapbook, ect. I loved the way she broke the project up...she put a couple hours aside on a certain day of the week for a full month. My quilt is now finished instead of shoved into a closet waiting to be finished..yeah!!

This quilt is a simple picnic blanket made from old jeans and a bed sheet from college.  

This is the first quilt that I have actually done binding on...It was pretty easy.  I followed a video and did it all by machine. You can find the video I followed here. (I used an old denim dress for my binding material.)

Here is what the finished binding looks like. 

When I finished the blanket the kids were just getting up from naps. I held it up for my little boy to see and said "Yeah, I finished sewing my quilt!"  He looked at me and got really excited and said "Woohoo, we can go on a blanket ride." Glad he was excited as me!