Just plain busy with life

Well, it may seem like we fell off the earth... when in fact we did not.  School started, and with that... normal life.  The only change up is that all four kids are in school, for the full day.  That means that Diedre has extra time, but all that time has been swallowed up at the sewing machine.  I have been going crazy with a few projects that some awesome people have let me make for them.  Like, I have a hard time keeping things simple.  Anyway, the kids have been busy with school.  Caleb, like always has homework each week plus he has been taking time away from tech to read and play with his siblings.  Peter has  a teacher that really likes him and Peter is one of the Math Masters in his class.  With all this Peter still claims that school is terrible.  William is doing so much better about getting up in the mornings for school!  William also has a great teacher and he seems to enjoy class more.  William has also made some great friends who love to hang out with him.  Haley loves her teacher and loves lunch and recess time.  She also loves to play school at home.  However, when describing school she says it is, "long."  After school the kids have been busy with soccer.

 Caleb went to a rec league this year.  He has enjoyed it so much and gotten a lot of play time!  After the first game where he felt he might die because of dehydration and exhaustion, he stepped it up and has been running home from school each day and has improved so much over the Fall season!  He even scored a goal, off a header which I totally missed (BOOO!) and has assisted in several goals.  Plus, he is an asset to the team.  Yeah!

Peter is still playing up on Fredrico's team and does such a great job.  He says he wants to go down to his own age division next year, but for the mean time playing with a bunch of other 13 year olds has not slowed him down.  He does awesome!

William's team has had a really rough season.  They have faced some great teams and their moral is low.  With that being said, the few games where they were able to click were great.  When William has the determination he can drive that ball down the field so well and even scored a goal this season!

 Not many pictures of Haley playing her first season of soccer.  She did well.  It is that age of bunch ball and just having fun without much skill.  She was a social bee and had a lot of focus on where her friends were on the field rather than the ball.  However, she also did a really great job of running with the pack and even drove the ball down the field a few times.

Remember that sewing machine I received for a birthday present about 5 years ago?  Boy has it gotten a lot of time in.  I feel like all I have done is sew, laundry, tidy and sew.  And that is not an understatement.  These are only a few of the table runner projects I have done for friends.  There are more that I sent out the door, carelessly not documenting them.  However, I think that each one is great!  Simple no.  And some have been down right stubborn buggers making me take way more time than I wanted!  But working with all this pretty fabric is fun and time consuming.  This Christmas one was for a fellow soccer mom/friend.

 For another fellow soccer mom/friend.  I love how the pumpkins pop with the black!

 Halloween for Dacia.  This one I took ideas from here and there and made it my own.  So thankful that it worked out!  I am sometimes way too critical of my work.  Also, I am never sure how it will go until it is washed and dried.  Then I can either take a sigh of relief or aggravation and having to start over.

 Christmas for Dacia.  Again, took ideas and ran with it. The nativity was actually my own making.  And I must give a shout out to all my sweet friends who are so patient with me and let me harass them with ideas and giving me feedback.  They are awesome helps.

Final one I have a photo of.  Another one for Dacia (because she was sweet and let me make her an extra), because teal is her favorite color.  I love making things for other people.  The projects I have around my house give me a smile and that is what I want to do for others.  I just hope that when I give them over, they find a happy home and bring a smile.  

That is what we have been up to the past 2 months.  Now we will get ready for Haley's birthday, winter indoor soccer and more sewing for the holidays.  I still have a few more projects to take from simple to complex.