Spring Training & Gratitude

Some of you may remember that last year we traveled to Myrtle Beach, SC with our sons' travel teams for a long weekend of spring training.  This year, we decided to head down a day early and have a family day before the workouts began.

Friday was an absolutely beautiful day.  We hit the beach for most of the afternoon, walked some shops, and ended the night with friends at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville ~ yummy!!

This reminded me of a cathedral.  A nice place to sit and reflect.

All my boys on the beach.  Notice the teenager pose - head down texting his teammates.

Treasures found along the way...

Last year, my little guy wanted to ride the sky wheel, but we never made it.  It was his goal to ride, so ride we did!

My boy's with their buddies..if you read the newsletters from the Strawberry Sampler, you have heard of Beth's nephews and their love of baseball...the two redheads are the nephews!

So, on to spring training....not so sure it is supposed to look like this....especially in Myrtle Beach!

It all started as a cold rain Saturday afternoon...

This was Sunday morning...yep, snow...

I love the sign with the snow and ice...not sure this was the experience we drove all that way for!

After the snow and ice melted from the fields, it was time to get back to business.  Despite the cold and bitter wind, the games went on.

Maybe next year they should travel all the way to Florida!

We had a great time, but were happy to get home and see this face..

 

 

I have some thanks to give.  First off, I won Terri's Valentine's Giveaway over at Dixiesamplar.  Thank you so much Terri ~ I was surprised at all the goodies!

Terri sure knows how to spoil a person!!

This is the sweetest little pillow.

I love how she personalized the back.

Thanks again, Terri!

 

 Vickie,from a Stitcher's Story, had a draw for this magazine and just look at those beautiful pins she sent as a surprise.  Thank you so much Vickie.  I am looking for just the right pincushion to stitch up for these pins! 

 

Then, Peggy Lee surprised me with this beautiful heart box that she painted.  I love it!!  There were some chocolates and a skein of DMC in a lovely pink color inside.  So sorry to report that the chocolates didn't make it...they had to be taken care of before the boys got home from school!

Thanks Peggy Lee for the wonderful surprise!

 

I have managed a few stitches on the Pomegranate Study.  This is such a fun piece ~ hopefully it won't take me too much longer.

 

Thanks for sticking it out through another marathon post!  I really must try and post more often.  Thanks again to all of you who have made my February a little less dreary with your generosity!

 

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Where does one start?  My posts have been few and far between ~ by the time I sit down to write, it takes me some time to organize my thoughts.  Let's see....

The last month has been filled with, yep, you guessed it, baseball practices.  There has been a round or two of nasty germs.  And crazy weather...warm in the 60's one day and below freezing another.  The most recent storm, Nemo, brought us only rain ~ ending in a touch of snow ~ but not ending before trying to blow us away with it's wicked winds.  The boys are still waiting on one decent snow storm and then I think we are all ready for spring.

 

We celebrated a milestone birthday ~ I am finally a mother to a teenage boy.  Wish me luck!

 

We added some more eyes!

 

And Panzer weighed in this week at 132.2 lbs!  He'll be 11months on the 15th.

And, he thinks he is a lap dog!

So glad to have this guy in our lives.

 

Now for some stitchy stuff!  Here is the tusal for the month.  It is an illusion, don't think I have done major stitching...the jar is laying on it's side, so the threads spread out.  Also, a good number of those threads are from having to take out a number of stitches on more than one project.  January seemed to be the month of the frogs ~ hopefully they have all moved on now.

 

I finished the stitching on a couple of ornaments.

 

Finished "My Ways"

There was supposed to be an apple, but an apple under a willow tree just didn't seem right.  So, I stitched Panzer there instead.  Many thanks to Peggy Lee for sending me the fabric for this!

I've moved on to this piece..."A Pomegranate Study"

Such a fun stitch so far ~ just three colors!

I have to ask...have you ever had one of these join you while stitching?

He decided to take up residence on the inside of my glasses while they were on my head!!  Needless to say, he took a trip down the waterways to look for Nemo (the fish, not the storm)!  The worst part was that I couldn't scream out, everyone else was sound asleep!!

 

Have you ever had one of those weeks, and then, you go to the mailbox to find the best things ever ~ just when you needed a pick~me~up!?!

Myra was sweet enough to surprise me with one of her Valentine's mug mats ~ how cute is that! 

Thank you, Myra!  Whenever I see your name on a package, I know I am in for a treat!

 

Dawn surprised me with this great bag ~ she's been practicing with her sewing machine, and I'd say she's got it down!

Thanks, Dawn ~ it's already full of stuff!

 

I have some goodies that will be going out tomorrow, but I have to save those pictures ~ don't want to spoil any surprises.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks again to those that brightened my week!

“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh.
"There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh