Eli Day....

On Wednesday Christa decided she was going to have a garage sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday since it was city wide garage sales and Truman Days. Amy went down to help on Thursday and since she was going to have to bring all three of her children with her I volunteered to watch Eli. I never get to have just Eli so we had lots of fun. In the morning we went to Fleet Farm. He was so good. I saw that they had some little boy shirts on clearance  so I went to look at them. Eli got all excited because they had big trucks and tractors on them. He got even more excited when I told him I would buy one for him. He wanted to put it on right there but I told him he had to wait until I bought it. Once we got to the check out he once again wanted to put it on. I told him he had to wait again. So when we finally got to the car he could not get out of his shirt fast enough. He was very happy to have his new shirt on. He is just too cute :)

Rick stopped home between jobs and Eli got to help him get the mud ready for the next job. He was a big help. Rick even had him helping unload his truck.

 
After Grandpa Rick left Eli was playing in the sand box when he told me he was bored! It was so funny. I'm sure he does not even know what it means to be bored. I think he has been hearing his big brother say it and thought he should say it too.

Since he was so bored we went in the house and played with play dough. He did not even make much of mess. I have decided watching one grandchild at a time is the way to go :)

Grandpa Rick made it home again before Eli left so he asked him if he want to shoot bow and arrow. He did very good for a 3 year old! Rick was impressed with how fast he picked it up.

                                 He even figured out how to put the arrow on the string.

 After a couple of time with Ricks help he was able to pull the string back all by himself! The string was a little long for him because it is set up for Liam but he still managed to pull it back and release the arrow. He was so cute after it would hit the target he would get all excited and run and get the arrow. I think we have a new archer in the family!

Later Sharon

Ready For It To Rain.......

 I finally got my rain jacket made! I got the fabric this spring and never had time to get it made until this past week. I figure now that I got it made we will not get any rain for a long time :)

 I still have to get the button and button holes done. I have to get some buttons bought so I know what size to make the button holes. I have never sewn with laminate fabric before, it made for a lot of extra steps. Since you cannot iron it every seam had to be sewn down. It was also lined so you basically make it twice and then sew it together.

                                           Here is a view of the back and the hood.

                                     It is a very fitted jacket so lots of darts in it.

                                 It even had pockets with a pleat in them.

I think it turned out very cute and fun. I will be styling when it rains out now.

Sharon

The Killing.....

Cassie made me watch the show The Killing. It is such a good show Rick and I could not stop watching it. We have manged to watch three seasons in a little over two weeks. Now we have to wait until August first for the last season to come out on Netflix.

In the show they are in a graveyard several times and in that graveyard are the most beautiful gravestones. They had one like the gravestone above. They are so sad yet so beautiful at the same time.

So now looking at these gravestones has fueled my obsession with graveyards and statues of angles. They make me want to know the story of the the person that is buried there and the people that loved them.

I told Rick that since I am not going to buried I should have a statue of an angle now for the yard so I can enjoy it. He did not think that was a good idea for some reason.

Back to the show. If you love a good mystery it is the show for you. And it is only four season so it make for good binge watching. 

Happy Tuesday
Sharon

Beautiful......

Great song with a great message!



Have a great day and remember you are beautiful!



Sharon

Selfie Fail...

On Sunday after the parade when Cassie, Amy and I walked down to the river we all decided we needed to take a selfie with the Grain Belt sign. My first attempt I was talking to myself trying to get the sign and me in the picture when I took it.

Second attempt is no better. As you can tell it was a bit windy so my hair is really looking good.

Third attempt my head is covering up half the sign and I look like I am two inches from the camera. My arms are just to short! 

Forth attempt I took my glasses off...makes since....can't see a thing so I am squinting and have my hand in front of the camera when I take the picture.

So I look over at Cassie and Amy who are also taking selfie's and ask them why don't we just give our phones to each other and have the other person take the picture. We were all giggling pretty good by then. Finally Cassie stopped laughing and took a picture of me.

So I have decided that I cannot take a good selfie, I am a selfie failure.  But the girls and I got a good laugh at all the bad pictures I took of myself....

Have a Happy 4th Of July!
Sharon