Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Deployment Ceremony

Deployment has started!!!!
For 2 months, the Major worked 3.5 hours away doing pre-deployment work and all of that time didn't count towards his deployment time.

But now, the clock OFFICIALLY started ticking!!! Woot! Woot!

  I can do it....


I think.....


I hope...

I pray...

I'm feeling like the Little Engine That Could..."I think I can! I think I can!"

SO, on Saturday there was a deployment ceremony at a local church....

Nice little send off service....


Lots of our family came to support him...

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They even gave the kids these soldier dolls that you can put a picture inside the face part....We call them our "Daddy Dolls", and the girls have since put a photo of their daddy in it....

...and slept with the doll every night since they got it...
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Here is Brooke with her doll....She loves it!
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Here are both of our girls with their dolls....


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She's only 3, but we've told her Daddy is going on a long trip....and she's not happy about it...
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Our family...
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I love this picture...you can tell by the way he looks at her, he's in love...

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Taking a deep breath over here....

Hoping time passes quickly!

I think I can! I think I can!



Sunday, July 11, 2010

A Burlap Table Runner...deployment project #6

I have missed sewing and creating things this summer....

Life is crazy entertaining 2 kids while the hubby is deployed..(kudos to you single mothers out there who do this on a regular basis!)

But I carved about 45 minutes out of the day recently to make a burlap table runner...

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Sooooo extremely simple and fast....

Although I don't have any step by step pics, I can tell you how I did this....

1. Measure the length of your table...add 20 inches to the length (this is so you have some to hang off each side when you are finished)


2.  Decide how wide you want your runner....Mine is 12 inches wide. You can make yours as wide or narrow as you want.  Cut out your burlap according to your length and width measuremtns)

3.  You will also need two 3.5" x 30" strips for your ruffles.
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4.  With a chocolate thread, I stitched all the way around the table runner with a 5/8" stitch, just to give it a little more character.


5.  For the 2 strips, I did fold one end under and stitch to make clean edges.


6.  With right sides together and the strip upside down, sew the two together, folding as you go to create the ruffle. Do this on the oppsite end as well.

7.  Fold down and press.


8.  I decided to add a little color by sewing on a strip of aqua ribbon on the ends, but this is optional...

9. I also took some "No Fray" and put it on every edge of the runner to avoid fraying.


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Sooooo, here is my boring table BEFORE...
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.....and here it is AFTER.....

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The bowl on the table is one I already had....

It's amazing what just a little decor can do...and this didn't even cost me a penny since I used stuff I already had!!!

Happy Sunday!

Come back tomorrow...I'm sharing pictures of the deployment ceremony! 

Thursday, July 8, 2010

A little weekend recap...

We had a nice July 4th weekend....

It was the Major's last weekend home before he deploys to Iraq... :-(

So, we made sure we filled our weekend with wonderful quality time!

I didn't get a chance to take too many pics...but did get a few....

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We went to see my sweet grandmother. She's 88 and her health is getting worse, although mentally she's a pistol!!!! I LOVE my grandmother..she's my mom's mom, and we're very close.  My mom passed away 5 years ago and we have leaned on eachother to get through the heartbreak of me losing my mom and her losing her daughter.

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My sweet husband and his brother (right) celebrated their birthdays together this weekend.  We enjoyed hanging out with him and his awesome kids!! We always have a blast hanging out with Uncle Corey!!

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To cap the weekend off, the hubs and I got to go out on a date!!!! With no kids!!!! The last date for a year, since he's deploying....a bittersweet night because we were celebrating our 11th anniversary early since he won't be around on the actual day....

We ate at the same restaurant where we had our first date....and enjoyed a quiet conversation WITHOUT KIDS!!! Woot! Woot!

Sooo, what's in store for this weekend?? It's a send off ceremony for the deploying soldiers....and lots of tears and tissue...

More to come on that...

Happy Thursday!!

Friday, July 2, 2010

New Friend Friday

It's "New Friend Friday" over at The Girl Creative, and I choose to participate today.

Those of you with a blog, hop on over, link your blog up to her page, and meet some other bloggers.  It's actually really neat!

I love meeting new friends!!!!


 

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