Miscellaneous Photos from August

Our church has a prayer garden and one Sunday Janice caught Kyleigh there.

Because SAC closes for a week before school starts, Kyleigh spent some time at our house while Janice and Devin were at work.  For some reason, three kittens appeared in our driveway and one was extremely friendly and followed Kyleigh around.  It's big for a kitten, but it definitely isn't a full grown cat.  I haven't seen any of them since.

This was her expression when Janice told her she couldn't keep it.

Also because SAC was closed, Janice, Devin and Kyleigh took a short vacation to San Diego and spent some time at a hotel Devin stayed at when he was a child.  Kyleigh had a chance to view the eclipse while there using special glasses provided by a local library.

 

Yes, she's in the water.  She's a fish and spent a lot of time there.  She also got to ride a paddle board some friends she knew from SAC had and some kind of floating device that Janice rented.  That's her standing in the front.

 

She also got to do the ropes course at Belmont Park.

 

 

All in all they had a wonderful time and plan to make this an annual occurrence.

Important Day in My Family

August 29th is important for two reasons this year!  First today is the first day of fourth grade for Kyleigh. She met her teacher last Thursday and is excited to have a man this year.  Below is this year's obligatory 1st Day of School picture. 

The second reason that August 29th is important is that I gave birth to my daughter on this day in 1981,  That means Janice is celebrating her 36th birthday today.  We can't get together tonight, because both David and Devin work, but we're making plans for Thursday.

Happy Dance - Red Wagon

Started: 8/17/2017

Finished: 8/23/2017

This is Red Wagon, part of the Winter Holiday Collection by Mill Hill.  It's stitched as charted with the materials provided except that I only used two strands of floss for the cross stitching as I like to be able to use the loop start.  

I added a hanger of leftover beads and it will be hanging on my Christmas tree this year.

Happy Dance - Flower Fairy

Started: 8/12/2017

Finished: 8/17/2017

This is the free cover kit that came with the World of Cross Stitching #252.  According to the magazine, this is the Scentless Mayweed Fairy.  It was stitched as charted and finished with the materials provided.  It has been added to my box of unknown purpose for now.

Happy Dance - Kris Kringle

Started: 8/8/2017

Finished: 8/12/2017

This is one of the Charmed Santas from Mill Hill.  It's stitched according to the directions with the materials provided in the kit with the exception that I used two strands for the cross stitch instead of three.

The hat and face are stitched separately and then glued together.  I made the hanger out of leftover beads and it will be hanging on my tree come Christmas time.  I have a bunch of these in my stash so you'll be seeing more of them in the coming months.

Kyleigh at the Angels' Game

The Angels had a day game yesterday and the SAC that Kyleigh attends took advantage of that fact and attended the game.  Since grandpa works in the control room and Janice told him where they'd be sitting, Kyleigh and her friends spent some time on the video board.  These pictures are taken from the monitor at grandpa's station in the control room.  When Kyleigh saw the pictures, she thought she had been on television.  BTW, the Angels won!

 

Happy Dance- Summer Rose Card

Started: 8/4/2017

Finished: 8/8/2017

This was the free cover kit from the World of Cross Stitching #256.  It's stitched with the materials in the kit except that I changed the backstitching on the leaves and stem from the same red as the rose to DMC 895.  It's been made into a card and has been added to my drawer of unknown purpose.

A Busy Weekend

After Kyleigh got home from camp, we went to a nearby McDonald's for a late lunch and then she got "thrown into the bathtub" for a much needed shower and hair wash.  Then the three of us (Janice, Kyleigh and I) went to the Angels' game with "Uncle" Bob.  This is what Kyleigh and Bob do during most of the game although usually they both have rally monkeys. 

 Saturday morning we met for breakfast and then headed over to the local Home Depot for the Kids' Workshop.  These are held the first Saturday of the month and the materials, necessary tools and instructions are free.  The child gets an apron and a pin for each workshop completed.   Today the kids built Penske Truck. 

 On the way back to the car, we walked past some sheds and Kyleigh took the opportunity to test out the wheels on the truck.

After that we went and looked at a few condos (Janice has decided she doesn't want a 3-story one after all!).  Later Saturday evening, we went to Movie Night at our church.  There was a hot dog/pulled pork sandwich supper as well as candy and sodas and popcorn available during the movie.
There were also several games that Kyleigh participated in.

First, the sack race; she had quit hopping and started running at this point

The egg/spoon race; she won this one

Sunday, of course was church.  The kids have been doing serving projects such as rolling bandages, etc.  This week they made place mats for the Senior Moments luncheons.

 

She's Back!

Kyleigh arrived home from Girl Scout Camp right on schedule!  She had a fantastic time and is already to go again next year! Here are some pictures.

Stuck on the Bus until Mama made it to the front of the line.

After she got off of the bus

With the friends she made at camp

The next four are a series.  Devin (Janice's fiancee) works at a store in the mall where the buses unloaded so he was able to come out and say hi!

She ran and jumped into his arms

They looked at each other as he recovered

Posing for a picture

And finally the hug!

Kyleigh finally made it to camp

Kyleigh was supposed to go to Girl Scout Camp on Monday, 7/24, but she woke up with a 101.8 degree fever so mama kept her home and this is how she spent part of the week.

This was her second year and she was really looking forward to it.  She had an ear infection, what was thought to be strep throat, and a headache as well as the fever.  Mama was able to reschedule her for the camp session the following week and after a few doses of antibiotic, she was good to go.

This is Monday, 7/31. 

A much happier little girl.  The camp posts pictures during the camp session, but the following is the only one that looked like she was having a good time.  She loves archery and her dad used to be an archery coach so she's an experienced archer.

She comes home this afternoon!

Catch up Post - Mill Hill Finishes

Frankenstein

Started: 6/4/2017

Finished: 6/9/2017

American Pie

Started: 7/20/2017

Finished: 7/26/2017

This one will have a magnet added to the back of it and will go on my refrigerator with the rest of my collection of Mill Hill food.

Down the Chimney

Started: 7/27/2017

Finished: 8/2/2017

The hanger is made from leftover beads.

Clock Shoppe

Started: 6/13/2017

Finished: 8/3/2017

This is the third Christmas Village building that I've stitched so far.  I plan to stitch them all eventually.  It's stitched on 14-count pewter Aida with the called for threads.  This took so long because I accidentally dumped out one package of beads and had to get replacements.

This catches you up on all my missing Happy Dances.  I've now finished 20 projects for 2017, but as you have seen, most of them are small.  I do have some WIPs that I've worked on some, but I'll save those for the next time I stitch on them.

Catch up Post - Miscellaneous Happy Dances

Ladybug Cow

Started: 4/22/2017

Finished: 4/24/2017

The pattern for this came from Silly Cows and was stitched for WOCS (World of Charity Stitching).  It's a fun theme that we've done several times through the years.

February Fairy

Started: 3/2/2017

Finished: 4/21/2017

March Fairy

Started: 4/25/2017

Finished: 5/16/2017

Both of these were stitched from the free Calendar from the December 2016 Cross Stitcher magazine.  The designer is Lily of the Valley and I plan to do all of them at some point.  Both are stitched on 25-count Lugana with the called for DMC.

Cardinal Hangup

Started: 5/22/2017

Finished: 6/4/2017

This is from Diane Arthurs (Imaginating).  It's stitched on 25-count white Lugana and will eventually be made into a banner.  I'm keeping this one!

Catch up Post - Projects for Kyleigh

Back in early April, I took my granddaughter to Barnes and Noble for her free birthday cupcake and at the same time, bought the March issue of Cross Stitch Crazy.  While eating her cupcake, she went through the issue and chose some projects for grandma to stitch for her quilt. 

The first one was the free cover kit and although she didn't request this one, she wore it home one day and I haven't seen it since.

 

The next one she chose because she had done an art project at school shortly before she saw the magazine.  It's from a series of dresses through the decades.

The next two were chosen because she loves science and wants to be a scientist when she grows up.  They are from the Crazy for Science section of the magazine.

 

There were several other projects also chosen from this magazine, but when I pulled the colors for one of them, I decided against it (it was a fox and there are much better looking foxes out there) and the others involve some modification so I haven't done them yet