Family Weekend We had a family weekend..kramer and I saw all of the kids except Karl but he ll be home in two weeks. Between having a dad home from the hospital and a new little nephew, they all came home. It was so good to see them. Here s Kayla with Gannon. It was good for us to see her. In the midst of all of our stuff, Kayla s been having her own stuff. On the same day Kramer went in for his surgery, Kayla went in for surgery too. She s been having trouble with endometriosis. It s taken care of now. What a relief for me to see her in person and know she s okay. It was tough being the mom and not being there for her. She completely understood and Spencer, her husband, is really helpful. Still a mother worries.
Hubby was feeling good on Saturday and I felt comfortable taking Kayla and heading out on thrift store/grocery run. There is a thrift store that is a little further away. It s only open the first Saturday of the month. We didn t plan on going but then as we were driving I remembered and I said, Hey, it s the first Saturday of the month. We hesitated but both said YES, let s go. We both had awesome thrift store luck. I hit the jackpot of DMC embroidery 10 skeins in a bag and 50 cents for the bag. it s already sorted and put away!! This should help stave my cross stitch kick.
I found this and couldn t say no.. Buttons, buttons, and more buttons. All of the buttons are tiny.
See how small 1/4. PERFECT for doll clothes. I m THRILLED. I don t have one yet but if I get a granddaughter that loves dolls, I m set to make doll clothes. The entire bag was $4. All of the buttons cards have small buttons.
I also bought shirts.i know, I know. I m not suppose to be buying shirts but the colors were excellent for the pastel baby quilt. EXCELLENT.and then I found a few that were hard to find colors orange, purple, yellow. I couldn t say no. So more shirt deconstruction is in order.
Saturday night Kelli came too. We were all sitting at the table. Kayla was knitting. Kelli and I were cross stitching. Kalissa was nursing Gannon. Carver wanted some attention so he took a menu pad that a blog reader sent for the childcare kiddos and was taking our order. He s say, Na-ma, want? I said, French fries. Then I d tell him to write a J for Jo and and a F for French fries. He would get busy and try to write them. Then he d go to Kayla and say, Ka-da, want? It was so cute. It kept him busy for a long time.
Buck was home but him and Kelli both snuck by without me getting a picture of either one of them. Sunday was the annual Firemen s Breakfast was this weekend. Kramer and I gave up our spot as ticket takers. We tried to decide how long we ve done it and are pretty sure it s close to 15 or more years. Kramer wasn t up to it and I thought it would be better for a husband/wife to do it. I went and helped them set up and explained our system but that was about it. Kramer and our kids came to the breakfast. I helped Kalissa get the boys there and we all ate together. Here s their family picture for the day.
Volunteering is an important part of their family. Kalissa wanted to note the day with a picture. Sunday was a good day with the kids, visitors and at the breakfast. Kramer spent Sunday evening back in his chair. Sunday was a big day for him. A big shout goes to Buck and Kayla both for helping out on some of the chores around here. Buck got the new toilet in the basement Yahoo!! It was a great weekend of family, friends, extended family, and even thrifting