Fun Surprises!

After leaving the capitol building we wanted to go surprise Seth at work.  He did not know we were in L-town.  Finding the location of Seven Seas Tattoo was a bit difficult as all the phonebooks at the capitol building were from 2010:S  Mom finally stopped in at the restaurant where we ate lunch and asked.  I'm sure everyone was amused as she asked where the tattoo parlor was, hmmm;)  With the address found we headed out.

Driving through Lincoln at nearly 5 o'clock and I saw this:

My mother truly loves me, as she pulled over through 2 lanes of one-way traffic so that I could stop at this historical marker!  Thanks, Mom.  The kids and I joyously trotted over for our photo. 

 Hehe, what a fun surprise!

 We did find our destination and burst upon the scene quite raucously, totally surprising Seth:)  Hehe, sorry this is blurry.

 We had a nice chat, saw his work station and got his recommendation for a good burger place downtown.

Good times!

Alissa

A Day at the State Capitol.

The Nebraska Christian Home Educators Association hosted a legislative day at the state capitol this past week.  Mom decided that the kids are now old enough to attend.

 It was a foggy morning and we couldn't even see the towering capitol building until we were nearly there.  We did find it though, can you see the excitement it held for mom and I!?

 First on the agenda was the opportunity to watch the unicameral legislature of our state in action.  Hmm, not terribly exciting.  It was, however, interesting to hear them discuss and such.

 One senator even had on a bow tie.  How adorable!  Ironically, when we went into the other chamber to hear from some senators and other officials, he was the first we were to hear from.  What a blessing it was to hear from people in our state's government who desire first to follow the LORD.  Many thanks to Senator McCoy, Senator Fulton, and the others who shared with the group.

 The capitol building is such a grand structure.

 Hehe, and it has lovely old-fashioned-ness:)

 There are parts that make me think of a grand castle and make me want to move in!

 This is the ceiling in the chamber which is no longer used for legislature.  I once spent a week there during City On A Hill.

 We were able to go to the top and look out this time.  I'd never gotten to do that before.  Mom was pumped.  It took some coercion to get Quinn out, but he did it!

 Do you see "Occupy Lincoln" down there?  They even have a tepee.

 Finally, we ended our day with a fabulous tour full of lovely interesting facts.  I love Nebraska, and I'll admit to tearing up once or twice as she shared with us some of the history involved in this building and the building of our state.

Alissa

I'm Bad With Titles:S

This is the beginning of an exciting project!!!  I made my own jeans!!!  Anywho...this was a beginning stage.  I now just need to get out and do a little photo shoot with the finished product.  It was fun and not really as hard as I thought it might be.  I was working with a pretty light denim which helped.  I also didn't have to worry much about the fit because I was using an existing pair of pants which I knew fit very well.  Hurrah!

 This is the ending of another project.  Mom was the only person who chipped in on the sashing color, so aqua blue it was.  I like the way it turned out:)  It was a fast one do do in a couple afternoons.  I need to make more of these to use up all the batting edges I have.

 We went to a birthday party! This was one of the many faces Miss Conleigh made as we took pictures and sang to her with the birthday Princess Cake.  She's such a spunky kid, I love it!

 Kenson was pretty cool with his sister getting the attention and Big Dog was a little worried at the excitement over the pink apron/hat set;)

 He should have been worried about "Dr." Jared instead.  Melissa may have helped with the procurement of this photo;)

 Like I said, I need to make more little quilts to use up some batting.  Soooo, I decided to jump on the Tangerine Tango bandwagon.  Here are my beginnings using some Elm Creek Quilt block patterns.

Alissa

One Man's Junk...My Treasure.

Mom, the kids and I took advantage of the change of plans which happened last Saturday.  I had the day off because of previous plans.  We decided to take a trip to our favorite Junk/Thrift/Antique store, Tiede's Second-Hand and Antiques in Overton.  It proved to be a fruitful time.

We are a family of book lovers.  A lot of our time was spent sifting through the fabulous selection they have there.  I found some George Eliot's that I had yet to pick up.  So old and yummy!

I also found these sweet little note cards.

They were printed in 1952 and it is a full set, none used.

Each card has an attached insert with a Scandinavian cookie recipe.  How fun!

Klejner, anyone?

A surprise find that I came across also is this photograph.  It was hidden among the pages of Romola.

I, of course, searched among the sewing supplies.  I found a bag of zippers, mostly in shades of blue.  I found a bag of thread, with a wide variety of colors.  Several are wooden spools too, which will call for a future project I'm sure.

 

I also picked up some more double-pointed knitting needles, wide elastic, a bag of bias tape and FABRIC!
 

I just picked up a few fun ones.

So sweet:)

Alissa

Knitting Hats For Kids

Our local MOPS group is gathering hats and bags for charity.  They will go to children in Minnesota.  Project 16

My mom and I have been knitting hats:)

Here is hat #1:

Brain Slug Baby Hat

And hat #2:

Baby Jester Hat

Hat #3:

Viking Hat

And at last hat #4:

A Square hat on Round needles-Toddler (that is seriously the pattern name)

I also made a dinosaur hat, but failed to get a picture.

Alissa