WIP

He feels the need for speed!

Dad signed Ryan up for a race camp this summer at our local indoor

go-cart track. He's been driving here for awhile now, but he has to drive the

smaller cars because he's younger than 16. After completion of the race camp, he's now able to drive the adult size cars and race against adults.

Coming around the curve...one-handed.

Dad and Ryan

It's official!

After the course, he got to challenge Dad to a race.

I think he's ready!

I had a hard time taking good moving photos.

The first blur is Ryan and the second one is Hop.

December babies

{Parents relaxing in the shade}

My kids are both December babies. We have a family

birthday party for them right around Christmas, but they aren't

able to invite their friends. We decided to do a 1/2 birthday party

this year with a few friends.

The kids had a great time!

{Badmitton}

{dear friends}

{the birthday kids!}

{5 and 1/2}

{9 and 1/2}

{cake and icecream}

{playing with all of her fun gifts after the party}

Wild Animals at the Zoo

We tooka few of them home with us!

A Quiet Afternoon

Yesterday, Ryan attended a birthday party that lasted all afternoon. Emmalee

had a playdate at a friend's house. I had the whole afternoon to myself!

{Just a little taste of what's to come once school starts, although just a few days here and there will be like this}

So, I went just around the block to my favorite part of this city...our local library.

This is the view from the front of the library...quite the eyesore, eh?

I loved the yellow and purple together!

My favorite view inside the library. :)

Next stop was my favorite retail spot in town.

Me and JoAnn...we're good friends!

I only bought a few things that I needed for current projects, but

I did browse the aisles a bit. No lack of inspiration!

I did buy this from the cutting counter...it happened to be laying there from

the prior person. It's a bit thicker...what they make pillows out of. I'm thinking

that the extra thickness might just make a great bag.

A couple more recent fabric finds....

Then it was home to spend a bit of time sewing. I'm quilting my first project, just straight rows. The "Sew Darn Cute" book I'm using suggested using masking tape to keep

your rows straight and even ... it's proved to be a lifesaver while quilting!

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What a great way to spend the occasional afternoon!