Reflections on the past ten days.

Things on the blog front have been pretty quiet lately, if you haven't noticed.  We've been doing so many different things, it's just hard to keep up with them all at once!

Nanny got here 10 days ago, and, as usual (and we completely expected it) we have been having a blast.  Sadly, the time seems to go by so extremely fast, and we never have enough time to do all that we wanted to.  We're going to console ourselves after she leaves tomorrow with cleaning the house, possibly some sewing, and eating pizza and watching movies in the evening. 

We thought we would give you a sneak peek into our 10 days....

::The truth is now out--- we plan on having a booth at the International Quilt Market in Kansas City this May!!!  We really could fill up this whole post with lots of exclamation points, as it's such an exciting thing for us, and really, a dream come true.  Since Nan and Paps are so sweet (!), they're planning on coming along and helping us (Paps is already at home sanding + painting for us --- he's a real sweetheart), so we spent lots of time while Nan was here going over what we wanted our booth to look like.  We set a 'mock-up' booth the day after she got here, and moved around all our dress forms, picked out different outfits for each one, chose a color scheme, ordered a coffee table for the booth, and played around with all the other little details that end up being so important.  We even got Dad and the boys in on it one suppertime.  We're praying for everything to be beautiful, to run smoothly, and to enjoy every minute of it!! 

It's a really interesting thing to watch all five six of us bounce ideas off of eachother.  It's almost a lesson in accepting eachother, as our styles and preferences can vary so much!  Coming up with combinations and ideas that suit everyone, and bringing all our different styles together and combining them to come up with something that sorta represents all of us together.  It's a really neat thing. (Not that there aren't times when we strongly disagree with eachother.  Then it's Nan and Mom's job to play umpire.  Ahem.)

::Okay, we did the usual, things that we always do when Nan's here..... puzzles, flea marketing, Mexican food, sewing, eating with friends, staying up late, watching movies, fabric shopping, and just plain talking.  We talk about everything from our latest sewing projects to our future hopes to our vacations to Biblical things to hair cuts, and everything in between.  It seems that that's one of things that make Nan's visits extra special.  Everyone just relaxes and soaks up every minute (with a few folding laundry times in between).

We hope your last 10 days were as blessed as ours! XOXO

Comments

[Cynthia Lewis]

Good luck at Quilt market! Lots of work but lots of fun!

[Linda H.]

I hope to be at quilt market, working in a friend's booth, so I hope to meet you there! I know how fun market can be. All the best as you continue to plan.

[pam]

I will see you there!

[Sarah-Anne]

Congrats on the quilt market...and quality time with Nanny!