Visit to the Ark

We enjoyed visiting the Ark replica recently. Because the hubby knows how adventurous I am and how I'd always wanted to zipline, he convinced me to do it there.

Visiting the kids in England

My son and his family moved to Cambridge, England last August.  He took a job that is expected to last 18-24 months.  I haven't seen them in person since February 2018 and was very excited to get to visit.I sure am enjoying my time with these littles.

Cambridge is a beautiful little place.  My beautiful daughter-in-love.

This tree smelled incredible.

 Sibling love....

I was able to go to church with them on Sunday. It was a beautiful old building.

 Such a sweet boy!

Guest/Grandkids Room Twin Beds

I refinished these beds recently for the grandkids room.  I've had this idea in my head for sometime now, and made the quilts a year or so ago with this room in mind.  I still have to get a couple of sconces to go above the headboards, some art work, and I'm thinking about a rug.  Stay tuned for the final update in a month or so.

Green/Blue Edinburgh Square

Finally finished this beauty.

Green/Blue Edinburgh square

I showed a little of this on my quilting website, rachelmhayes.com.  Here's a few more shots.  I searched in my scraps to try to find enough fabric to make a gift quilt.  I want it bed size.  I've been out of quilt making for almost six months now, so I had a hard time picking something to make - not to mention we still are without internet, so I can't search for patterns and fabrics easily (borrowing the neighbor's wifi and it's a little sketchy)

 So I settled on my Edinburg Square pattern.  Pretty easy and fairly quick.

I love blues and greens together and I had a lot of batiks in those colors.

I'm still not sure if it will be 'right' for the gift but figure, if not - we will have a great St Patrick's day quilt.

More House

Boxes and more boxes.  We gave these to friends who are also moving.  Most were given to us by friends who moved. 

 I'm a big fan of command hooks.  These work great on the inside of cabinets to hold dish towels.

 And these, perfect for things we like to hang in our shower.

We did frosted panels in our master bath doors. We both love the look, although I will probably end up putting some shades, or fabric panels on the bathroom side, to block the light.  The hubby doesn't like to see the light coming in at 5 am, on my work days.  Imagine that?

Our realtor is amazing.  She bakes home made cookies for the closing and also gives some fantastic gift cards in appreciation for using her and her firm.  So thankful our old home sold, and we closed on it last week.

Here's a view of the cool ramp they built my husband.  It makes it really easy for him to move around to the outside.  He loves no steps!

The cat has had a hard time adjusting.  He seems afraid to venture out in the daylight, but once it gets dark he often wants to go outside.  We don't want him out at night - coyotes!

 The front yard dirt pile......

Today was a great day for yard work. Well, actually it was way too windy.  Hope our grass seed doesn't all blow away.  

Installed one of these yesterday.  Someone in our house....loves a bidet.  :)  Did you know you can get these from Amazon, and only $21.99!  Super easy to install.  Low profile.  You'd hardly know it's there. I am not sure Americans are as into these as the folks in European countries. We'll do our part to spread the word.....lol

And before I close for the night, go check out my quilting website at www.rachelmhayes.com if you'd like to see what quilting project I just started.  It feels good to be back at my sewing, after a long time off.