May fun

Well, that month went fast! Its now been a month exactly since my last class. I have enjoyed every minute of my "freedom" and reveled in my return to stay-at-home-momness. I horded every minute (thus no posting!) I could of this last month where the kids were in school and I had a few hours to myself during the day. I whipped out quite a few fun little quilt projects:

Most still need to have the bindings finished but I am loving them already, especially the Mary Englebright table runner. I'll post pics of it when it's finished and washed. The flowers are raw-edge applique and the edges will unravel and give the runner a bit of texture.

Let's see, what else have we been up to??? Well, soccer finished up. Now the kids are begging for gymnastics, so I'll have to see what I can do about that. We packed up the "brewery" and headed down to the homebrew shop to join in Big Brew Day- where the American Homebrew Association tries to set the record for the most gallons of homebrew beer brewed in a single day. Each local chapter logs how many gallons were brewed and adds it to the tally of all the others across the country. I'm not sure how much was brewed this time, our chapter made around 95 gallons. Several of the other local homebrewers brought their set-ups down and everyone brewed together. It was cool to see all the different ways people have set themselves up to brew.

For Mother's Day we packed up a picnic and "hiked" to Crystal Creek Falls, next to Whiskeytown lake. I say "hiked" because it is a quarter mile walk in from the parking lot up a gravel paved road to the falls, but the kids had a blast and there was a lot of water running, so that was neat to see. We're hoping to start hiking a bit more seriously with the kids this summer and this was a nice introduction for them.

School is wrapping up for the year for both kids, Thursday is the last day for Tony. Meagan joined Tiny Tots for the last month. It is the same preschool program that Tony went to before PreK. They had their annual bike parade and field trip to Turtle Bay last week. Tony had his spring performance this morning. They rocked out to Rockin' Robin and did the twist, very entertaining.

So there you have it: The month of May for the March family.

Class Assignment

(for regular viewers, this post is part of a class assignment, regularly scheduled (?) posts will return soon...only 2 more weeks of school to go!)


Hi Dr. Forbes!

The only thing I could think of that wasn't included from the original project was a hyperlink, so I am including one here. This will take you to a fun multiplication website we found for Tony to practice multiplication.

Segways & Soccer

Big adventures this weekend....
Mom & I took a little Segway cruise on the Sacramento River Trail Friday. Lots of fun! This was our first time segwaying and once you get the hang of it it's a blast zipping around on one of these things.

It's also soccer season, so I thought I'd put a couple new soccer shots up. Tony spent spring break at soccer camp and is learning new skills. He has found he really likes playing goalie. It's fun to watch him out on the field.

Tony makes the save!

2 more weeks of school, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel....

I wanna be a cowgirl...

So long, Tata

Last week was a bit of a blur for us. My great-grandfather past away after 98 years. To celebrate such a long life, we joined the many (35! 3 sons, 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren) of his descendants to say goodbye. We drove down to Southern California for the services, and then stayed to catch up with the rest of the family we so rarely get to see.

Big thank yous to Tom, who had the courage and determination ;) to round up this unruly bunch for a photo. In the picture are the 3 sons, 7 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and 2 great-greatgrandchildren (Tony & Meagan) and various spouses.

We decided to break up the return trip by stopping off in San Luis Obispo, for a little reminiscing and positive brainwashing for the kids. They are all fired up to go to Cal Poly when it time to go to college. Meagan has decided she wants to be a horse doctor after checking out the baby horses at the Horse Unit. Tony thinks it would be fun to build robots with the engineers. Tom and I just like that they want to go to college :) We also spent a day in Monterey, checking out the ocean and the Aquarium.

To my LA friends- I am very sorry I didn't have the chance to meet up with any of you- it was drive down on Monday, Tuesday with the family, and Wednesday drive back.

Is my Bunny done yet???

Meagan's much-loved Bunny needed a bit of repair work, so it was Nana to the Rescue! Meagan sat, somewhat patiently, and waited, asking every so often, "Is my Bunny done yet??" Thanks for fixing Bunny, Nana!

Lookin' Good!

Check out Tony's new peepers!

His teacher mentioned last month that there may be a small problem with his eyes. She had rearranged everyone's seats and Tony's was now in the back of the class. Every time he needed to copy something down from the board he was up out of his seat, walking up to the board and squinting trying to figure out what was written. We took him in, and behold, the little man needs specs. He's been slowly adjusting to them, commenting often- "Wow, everything is nearer now, I can see!"