Braves Vs. Cardinals Tickets!!

Brian managed to get FREE tickets to a Braves game in July...and they play the Cardinals!!!  Double score!  Just so happens that the Braves are his favorite and the Cardinals are my favorite.  This should make for an interesting game. 

 

Memorial Day Weekend

Brain asked me to make him an American Flag to go on our flag post by the mailbox.  So we bought two of the bigger flags on wooden sticks from Walmart and I sewed them together.  By the way, the confederate jasmine at the mailbox smells great. 

 Brian and I went to Charleston, SC for his Debevec Family Reunion.  It was a really fun weekend and Brian got to see extended family and cousins he has never met before. 

 

Brian's Mom, Marsha had done some research before traveling down and found a nice quilt shop.  While Marsha, Brian, and I shopped, Chris (Brian's Brother) and Glen (Brian's Dad) found some rocking chairs outside.

 

Historic Downtown Charleston had a nice park that had a couple fountains.  This one was designed for people to run through.  The water would rise and fall and completely stop for a few seconds. 

 

This was a pineapple fountain in the park.  It was neat because at the base it had two steps that were a wading pool.

Chris, Myself, and Brian posed for a picture at Rainbow Row for Marsha.  Rainbow Row was a section of townhomes that were painted different shades of the rainbow.

 

 Carl (Brian's Cousin), Brian, Grandma Boyls, and Chris before we left on Sunday.

Visiting on the porch is what we did most of the day Saturday.

It was a great weekend and at some point we want to go back to explore more of the Charleston area.

Before & After

Before fabric changes.

 

 After Fabric Changes.

I think when I officially start putting this together I am going to place the red and green leaves diagonally across from each other to break up the gold colors a little.  The only other decision that needs to be made is which green to use for the middle sashing bars?  In these two pictures I used two different greens.  The one above has a leaf pattern that looks like it is white but it is actually a print that is a lighter shade of green.

This Sums Up My Day

Happy to worried to sad.  

Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort

We went to Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort this weekend for our Annual Alabama Athletic Trainers Association Meeting & Symposium.  This is a beautiful place and I am sad that we will not be returning here for the conference next May.

 Brian, Lesia, and Laurie at dinner one night as they shared a seafood bucket.

 Such a kid at heart.

Talladega Was a Bust

I'm a little late on this post because Talladega was the first week of May.  This was the worst year we have ever had at Talladega.  I got there Friday night around 9pm and it was raining when I got there.  This wasn't just any rain, it was a torrential down pour at times that didn't stop until 1:30pm on Saturday. 

 

Friday night we stayed in a tent that was covered by a tarp and easy up tent.  At 1:50am and 3:15am the easy up collapsed on us in the tent.  It was about to collapse a third time when we got up at 6:30am that morning. 

 This picture actually looks good compared to how bad it really got.  At one point you couldn't see any of the grass or the green washer boxes on the ground.  The tent you see was not with our group, but in the middle of the night they woke up floating in about 5 inches of water in their tent and starting banging on the door of the RV's in our group.  One of the RV's let them in and the guys slept in the front seats.

 This was Saturday afternoon as the rain was letting up.

 This is a shot of the road next to our campsite. 

Quilt Block Rough Draft

My Grandma has asked me to piece her another Maple Leaf Quilt.  This was a trial run of colors and I don't like it.  The leaf that is suppose to be a mixture of green-gold-brown colors just doesn't match.  Guess I'm on the hunt for a specific fabric. *sigh*