blocks blocks blocks.

improv blocks for ella...



butterfly blocks for emily



must finish a couple of these blocks by the weekend...  ;)

picture shamelessly snitched from taya...

friends and birthdays.

i was born on labor day, the ultimate in irony.

since spencer and i have been married we have usually gone somewhere over labor day.

just a small birthday trip.

this year we went to McCall to visit our dear dear dear friends... 

Adri and Brant

adri and i met in 1998.

she and i were on our college dance team together. 

the CSI Golden Girls (yes, its true)

(that is her front and center.  me in the back, on the right.)

we were such good friends. 

two peas.

i love her.

she met her husband, Brant, that year and they have both been very important people to me.

she was the only person that was "in" my wedding.  

i remember driving with her to one of our receptions listening to smashing pumpkins with my veil on.  

silly.

we have remained friends over the long years since we were at CSI but as life goes along haven't been able to spend as much time together as we would have liked...

then this year, we had a CSI dance team reunion... 

and it waas a blast!

(jamie, leanne, adri, me, jaron)

and we made plans for september.

we had a wonderful weekend filled with laughing and movie talk and laughing and kids fighting and the big lebowski and white russians and more laughing.

(if you look closely you can see brant, spencer and little miss S in adri's glasses!)

i thoroughly enjoyed being able to reconnect and have a wonderful wonderful birthday weekend.
i am now looking forward to october and them coming to our house to visit!

xx

nicke

do the hustle...

miss kelsey is hosting the 100 day hustle...  because i love to make a list and because this summer has seen very very little productivity on my part i am hustling in... with a vengeance!

1. finish the do.good quilt that has been on my design wall for ages!
2. bind all of those damn quilts that haven't been bound yet!
3. a few bags...
4. quilt my fly girl. (then add it to the pile to be bound!)
5. finish my improv chevron quilt... in time for christmas~!
6. loose another 10 lbs... 
7. make a few coffee cozies with this awesome pattern...

i think that should keep me busy...  

i guess my "with a vengeance" is lacking "in extreme degree"...

xx

nicke

F- you fat body! Never Again!!!

so, a few months ago spencer and i joined the rec center.  i was hopeful that they would have some good workout classes and that i would be able to get in better shape.

little did i know...  crossfit had entered my life.

ever heard of crossfit?  oh heavens.  it is the most intense, most amazing, most effective workout i have ever experienced; and i have tried a lot.  i have been an exercise junkie for most of my life.  i danced in high school and college, i took endless strength, body pump, aerobic, kickboxing, blah blah blah classes and nothing, NOTHING compares to this workout.



and i am proud to say when i stepped on the scale last night i had officially lost 11 lbs! yes 11!
and what is even more encouraging and exciting is that my body is looking different better, so much better.
i have muscles!
i am stronger.
i love it.
spencer loves it. ;)
i love that he loves it.

i love that i feel good. and healthy. and strong.

strong is the new pretty!

how did this happen?

how did you turn 4 so fast?

how did you get so big?

how did you get so incredibly adorable?

how did you get so smart?

you can count to 100.

you know all of your upper and lowercase letters.

you spell words like ball and stop and today you spelled... 

kayak!

you write your name perfectly and amazingly enough, you can write your brothers name too!

 you started preschool this week and are so grown up that i don't know what to do.

i am so excited for you to become whatever you want to be.

you will move mountains.

you will forge a new path.

you will wreck the curve.

(you really should be extra super nice to everyone in your class to make up for that.)

i love you so much angel face and i hope that you love being in preschool!

xx

nicke

you filthy sailor!

i very happily joined the sailor mouth swap a month or so ago because i am a glutton for punishment and when sarah told me about it i just couldn't help myself (if you have been following my blog for a while you know that i love a little dirty quilting/stitching/sewing... ).

so i decided to make a little jane market bag for my partner...  and i have to say, i kept it pretty clean considering that there were a lot of very VERY dirty words flying around this group.  i wanted her to have something that was really for her!  she suggested some words and i had to comply because they were just so funny!  i don't think she follows my blog so i really think this is safe... if not, oh shit!  hope you like it amy! ;)

if you haven't made a jane bag i highly highly recommend it.  it is such an easy pattern and it comes together like a dream!  and at $6.00 for the downloadable pattern, it really is a crime not to try it. i see many many many more in my future.  this is the backside.  i love those lizzy house butterflies so much!

i also had a little scrap of the herringbone left from the do.Good host swap and i made her a little pinnie filled with crushed walnut shells and another slightly dirty word on the backside... and just for fun, a couple summersville fat quarters.  lovely!


i am excited to see what filthiness arrives for me.  i really hope my partner loves this and uses it often.  ;)

p.s.  you have to see what sara made for katy!  hilarious, totally awesome, and super filthy!!!

xx
nicke