Busy April!

 We had a busy month! 

Hubby had a convention in Nashville last week and I tagged along.

We had a couple of evenings and one afternoon to take in a few sights.

We went to the Country Music Hall of Fame

The car from Smokey and the Bandit

Elvis Presley's famous 'gold' Caddy

Only a small part of the gold and platinum records on display

(that is a staircase in the middle)

Ate dinner one night at Kid Rock's Honky Tonk

We ate on the roof - it was getting dark by the time we finished.

Might not look like much yet, but this is where JBJ's Nashville is supposed to be. 

We will have to go back when it opens!

The convention was at the Gaylord Opryland resort.

A few photos of the inside of the hotel.

We didn't even see all the areas of the hotel! I did good to figure out how to get from our room to the coffee shop and back! They give you a map when you check in - but I'm not good at  reading maps either. LOL

It's huge! There is an indoor waterpark, it's in the hotel but is priced separately. 

We did see where it was but we didn't partake.

While hubby was doing convention stuff, I did some stitching. 

The seating/lighting situation wasn't ideal. I did take a light with me but the only place I had to sit it (where I could actually use it) was in my lap.

We spent a few days with the kiddos after we flew back to Texas.

Can't believe this sweetheart is already 5 months old!

Pa and Abigail sitting in daddy's work chair while we waited for him to get things put away after church. Pa doesn't know anymore about what all those buttons and knobs do than Abigail does.

Boy gets taller every time we see him! Next time he will be taller than pa!

We had a lot of rain while we were gone and my hydrangeas loved it. 

Last year I had one lonely bloom.

Looks like they are going to be pink again (they were blue when I planted them and I've added bags of that stuff to make them turn back to blue) but at least there are blooms!

Little River man was at daddy's one day while we were gone and my brother (River's paw paw) took this picture. 

Best buddies!

Hope y'all have a great May!

Happy Easter!

 I hope you all had a Happy Easter!

The weekend before Easter I went to the annual 3 Stitches Get-a-way. Will I ever get the projects finished? Maybe. I failed to take photos (except of a couple of the models for the projects - I'll share those later) It was a fun weekend.

Baby girl is four months old - the time is flying by.

We spent Easter weekend with baby girl and her mommy and daddy. 

First up was a visit to the Easter Bunny. She looks so small in this picture!

Daddy and Pa got her swing up - she loves it!

Doesn't she make that dress look pretty?

Her bow kept sliding down during church and we took it off.

Remembered the bow this time!

She was trying to roll over all weekend - she finally made it yesterday!

She's right proud of herself!

The weeks between visits are so long!

Well, I'm a bit behind!

 I guess better late than never!

I put all my St. Patrick's Day stuff in the white cabinet this year.

Easter falling in March threw my decorating off a bit.

My cute little leprechaun

Can't leave this hot mess out. 

He loves being outside!

I'll be back soon!

Three months!

I can't believe baby girl is three months old already!

She has started smiling a lot. She has the best smile.

I wish we lived closer so we could see her more often but we have the best daughter-in-law who sends us pictures daily.

Do you think she has her Pa wrapped around her little finger?

Happy 40th Birthday, Timothy!

I can't believe how quickly forty years have gone by.

Seems like jut yesterday you were my sweet baby boy.

Now you are all grown up with a family of your own.

Every day with you has been a joy.

Happy Birthday to my favorite middle child!

Ice Cold!

 Baby, it's cold outside! 

We got ice overnight! You can't see it in the yard but this is a shot of my driveway. And that's as close to outside as I'm getting!

I don't think anything else is going to fall but temps are not getting out of the twenties so it's not going to melt. Took this through the side door. Nothing moving out there. I've only seen two cars out so far.

Since I don't have any new stitching pics and my house is like a dust bowl, how about a few pictures from Christmas? Abigail got to meet her great-grandpa.

Aunt Brittany

and Uncle Brian

River just wasn't quite sure what to do so papa sr  (my brother is pawpaw so daddy is papa sr) and Kaitlyn helped him out a bit.

Ain't she sweet?

This was last weekend - she's growing too fast! Unintentional 'matching' shirts! 

Hope y'all are keeping warm!

It's past time

 It's past time that I pop in and say Happy New Year!

It's also past time that I take down my limited Christmas decorations.

I'm working on taking down what is inside today and hubby is planning to do the outside this weekend, if the weather allows. It's super windy right now and we are expecting 'winter weather' over the weekend. At the very least, the lights will get unplugged.

I only put up the two small trees again

(second year in a row)

This is the fireman tree.

Looks like its leaning but it's really not.

Hopefully next year I can get the big tree up again.

This one usually gets the ornaments that the boys left behind 

but I put the handmade ornaments on it again this year.

There are two new, non hand made, ornaments that were added

and they are the best ones!

He loves his baby sister!

I love that you can just pull pictures off of you tube

and turn the tv into art.

I thought I had a picture of my mantle on this computer but I guess not.

It's basically the same as last year.

I did put the little tree in the master bedroom. 

I have a few pictures from Christmas day but I'll share those later so this doesn't get too long.

Can't leave without a picture of baby girl.

That's it from here for today - 

time to get busy!