Eric's 16th Birthday

Granola Models

Okay, not really modeling granola but, this morning I made homemade granola. Oatmeal, pecans, coconut, butter, and honey baked in oven 300 for 30 minutes. I added chocolate chips and dried cranberries when it cooled. Kevin wanted to know it you eat it like cereal with milk or if you have to eat it dry.

I started stringing beads into jewelry. 

 Here is Alea modeling a creation I styled for Lindsay, a lovely young lady that works in my office.

 Kevin took it upon himself to declare it Nerd day at his school. This is what he came up with. He was bouncing around this morning powered by granola anticipating his friends participation. I thin one of his friends came to school dressed like a Hippie.

Prom Night

Eric went to the prom last weekend. His date Sydney is on his right and her sister Ashley is on the left. He is a Sophomore and they are Seniors. It was Thursday morning and he called from the other room, "Mom, do you care if I go to the prom on Saturday?" "Hu?" was my immediate reaction. "With who???" As it turns out these beautiful, smart, involved young women wanted to go to their prom so they asked Eric and his other Sophomore friend to be their dates. He said they had a great time and even got dinner out of the deal.

Our new favorite place in town is here! I have been telling Jeff for years we needed a serve yourself yogurt place in town. One that has original Tart flavored yogurt. Here it is!! We are frequent visitors 

here. I think we paid the rent for the first month.

It was Mother Lode Roundup this weekend. The county celebrated with a Parade and a Rodeo. Kevin got to ride in a Camero 

sponsored by Sierra Motors. He is riding with my friend Tammy, her husband and son.

Eric and his Dad.

This made me laugh.

No Sewing In Sight.

There is no sewing going on at my house as of late. Summer is in full swing, well school starts this week but we are still in summer mode. We are triathlon-ing. Kevin and Alea participated in Tri for kids. and I did another sprint triathlon. I don't know if a triathlon that takes 1 hour and 47 minutes is considered a sprint but there it is. I decreased my time by 6 minutes this time.

Kevin has been asking me to go fishing for a couple of years now and I have tried to explain to him that we are not "fishing people" and he should go with his fishing friends. Well I got to thinking about that and decided it would not take to much to become "fishing people" so a trip to Walmart ensued. Two rods and a box of tackle, whalah.... We are fishing people!

We went from the above fishing hole, New Malones to below to Pinecrest lake in the same day.
We have spent several lovely days here fishing, swimming and diving off rocks. Summer has been fun and now, back to school.

Oh, Inspiration

This week we had a meeting of the local quilt guild and our guest speaker was Sally Collins. She was great and so inspiring. She had a a two day class but I have to work. Jeff gets cranky if a cancel a day of work to quilt.



Nicole and Kevin went to camp this week. I miss them. We did raffle this quilt to help raise money. Sorry Marion you did not win, but I was rooting for you. A lady named Dot won and she had the spot already for it and promised to take good care of it.

Kevin Turned Ten

Kevin turned ten. A great time was had by all. We rented the community pool and had it all to ourselves.
Here is Kevin with my cousin's son Nicolas. He is 5 and thinks the world of my kids. He is a great little guy.




We did another triathlon last weekend. this time Kevin, Alea and their friend participated. I did too, and still fit in my wetsuit. Don't worry I did not include that photo.

This event took place in Rancho Seco California. It is the home of a non operating nuclear power plant. See the towers in the back. This is the cooling reservoir for the plant. Kinda creepy hu?


They are the 2 in the back. They rode and ran together. So much for racing.
A proud girl finishing her first triathlon.
He still loves his Mommy.

Looney Tunes

We took a trip to Magic Mountain and Universal Studios. Here we are as we entered MM park. The kids were less than interested in the photo op when those roller coasters were calling to them (us).X2 was the 2nd roller coaster we rode but the others don't compare. They were OK but X2 was the best ever! It reminded me of skydiving. The boys liked it too. It was a bit much for Grandma and the girls. They spent much of the time in Kiddie Land and the ball house.


Waiting for the meet up at the merry go round the boys made good use of their time.
I di dspend a little time quilting on my vacation. I think I made a mistake early onin the quilting style. It is taking me forever to get it done. I am thinking about changing to an all over thing but the quilting shows so much on the back I better suck it up and keep going.

I dropped my camera and broke it so there are no more pictures of our vacation.



I am enjoying the pattern and the colors. It is from Moda's Bake shop.

Race Weekend

Ok I know it is Tuesday but this past weekend was race weekend. Kevin participated in his first triathlon. He loved it and can't wait to do it again. Maybe next month?Eric Participated in a Duathlon where you run, bike, run. His bike broke and he was not really having a good time. I wish he could have a redo.

My first time in a wetsuit. I am really motivated to keep my weight down or it wont be pretty. It is not too pretty now.

Have you ever tried to run after a bike ride?. Your legs feel like lead for a little while.

I finished 318th out of 532 so I am really happy with that. Here is a link to more pictures if you are interested. http://picasaweb.google.com/drquiltmom/Triathlon20100606# I haven't figured out how to put a slide show in yet.

Guitar Recital

DS #2 had a guitar recital last week. He had been practicing 15 minutes a day for the last few months. We installed a white board in the kitchen for every body's responsibilities and activities. It also includes the dinner menu. It has been received well and most things get done. If not done before dinner....it is done during dinner. There have been many dinner serenades. Needless to say he has improved measurably since last recital.His guitar teacher Kelly. She is a friend of mine and has been teaching guitar and piano for many years. She was a music teacher for several elementary schools at once but that was a little too stressful and now "simplify" is her motto.

Open House

This week the elementary school had an open house. The kids always love showing off their stuff and classrooms.

This is Alea's 2nd grade class, She was the teacher and her brother and sister were sitting on the carpet in-front of her. Maybe we have a teacher in the making.
This is Kevin with Mrs. Thompson. She is the neatest lady who really gets the kids to do their best. I think she is partial to our Kevin.
Nicole is the one who absolutely made sure we had Open house on our calendar. She loves her teacher Mr. Williams and is always coming home with stories about him.

Meet Bob

The kids have asked me to make them dolls. I thought that they should make them. Kevin was first in doing his designing. I helped by doing the cutting.
He did the applique.


Then he lost interest, I stuffed and closed. Quite nifty hu? This is BoBA picture of Nicole just because I want to share.