Day 292

Tonight's dinner was brought to us via the Internet and a good old fashion cookbook. I need to go grocery shopping in the absolute worst way, but I'm cleaning out my pantry and using what I have to make my version of cheesy rice, chicken and broccoli casserole and sour cream and dill biscuits. Since I no longer use the cream of sodium soups, I found a recipe online that is a great substitute. It's also another cookbook I would like to have too.

Day 291

Crossroads Bible Church has started another capital campaign to raise money to pay off our moving bill and a few other improvements to our facility. This campaign is called Moving Further in Faith and Mike and I received coffee mugs as part of the leadership dinner. This morning was the all church service at Meydenbauer Center in downtown Bellevue as it is one of the only places that could hold every single person who attends Crossroads. This service was our commitment service where families make a pledge above and beyond the normal giving towards moving further in faith. We find out next Sunday the grand total of money pledged, but God has been faithful in our church and I'm confident this will continue.

Day 290

One Saturday each month, the Companionship Quilters get together to spend a day quilting on whatever projects we currently have in the pile and enjoy each others company. Today was a little different as we have a family who recently lost a son in Afghanistan and the ladies wanted to make a quilt for his family and one for his bride. He was married in May, shipped to Afghanistan in July and went home to see the Lord in September. There were quite a number of ladies who worked on the quilts and each of us had a part whether sewing, ironing, or cutting. This was one of the quilts set out ready to be sewn together. I took this picture before I left so I don't know how far they got, but I'm sure they had at least both tops down.

Day 289

In rare form, here is a picture of me and my little man courtesy of another mom. Today we went to Fall City Farms to the pumpkin patch with Andy's preschool. The field trip was both the morning and afternoon 4's classes and the children were able to see a few farm animals, learn about making cider and tromping through the rain and mud to pick out a pumpkin to take home. Even though the rain was a bit of a damper, my theory is the amount of mud equals the amount of fun and fun was had by all parties.

Day 288

Mike and I were getting ready for bed this evening and Mike wanted me to look at something he spotted. I'm pretty sure I have a certain two year old who might have been playing in mom's bedroom with his cars and decided to line them up. He usually knows where Red is, so we were both surprised to find our little treasure tonight.

Day 287

I was trying to get a picture of Aaron making one of his funny faces and in the middle of the snapshot. Well, Mr. AJ moved and this was the result. Most of the time cameras these days are not this blurry, but I thought it was a fun picture and about the only one I took today.

Day 286

I spent a good part of my time working on preschool treasurer work. My office/studio space is a little bit in need of a storage solution and every space is somewhat unavailable, so I have moved my work to the floor. Not the best working conditions, but maybe I need to finish up a quilting project or two or figure out how to store projects when they are in the midst. Until then, the floor or couch will probably be my companion.

Day 285

This morning my boys wanted to play with the play-doh, so mom willingly let them play inside on their little table in the dining room. I was absolutely amazed at how well those two not only played together but how quiet they were, too. I sure enjoyed my peaceful morning before the preschool rush.

Day 284

This afternoon while the boys were napping, I was able to head to my studio and work on some piecing for my buggy barn quilt. Mike and I were both downstairs so when the boys got up, they came downstairs to hang out with mom and dad. I was still wanting to finish up the block I was working on, so I kept working, but as you can see, I had a little helper. He also likes to push the buttons on my sewing machine, which unfortunately for me, I'm going to have to take my machine in to see if they can reset what he did.

Day 283

The. Best. Birthday. Gift. Ever.

Only the gift wasn't for me, but for the birthday boy and it's totally not in my size either. One of our good friends gave Aaron this short sleeve t-shirt as a gift and it only makes sense if you watch the television show Lost and know that my husband and I are big fans of the show. Our friends are also big fans of the show.