futbol, Futbol, FUTBOL!! (and a quilt update)

Today was opening day for fall soccer! But let me tell you--It. Was. HOT!! Cheese muffins was it hot!! My knees are sunburned. My knees!! And we were sitting under the SportBrella...man. But fun was had by all *grin*

R played first, but I didn't get to see her 1st game because I had to go to another field with E because her 1st game was starting before R's finished.

That's my sweet R, above. She plays every game, all game long, with her tongue out. A true athlete! Haha!! When she and my sister made it over to E's game, she told me she made so many goals that she lost count. Way to go R!!

E has improved SO MUCH since the spring...she made 2 goals in her first game and 1 in her second game! She also played defender and kicked some major butt! (sorry the pic's so far away--E is in the peach jersey, right center, next to the tall girl in orange)

I'm so proud of how well E played!

I got to see R in her second game, and it was quite humorous. R played more than all the girls out on the field put together. One little girl (R is in a younger bracket) kept walking off the field in the middle of play to get cheese crackers. Another chased a butterfly around--I kid you not! Her coach: "chase the ball, forget the butterfly!" And then at another point, R was basically the only one left on the field because all the other little girls got tired of playing *grin* Good stuff!

Now for the quilt update. The actual quilting is coming along nicely, and I have the wounds to prove it! I put the binding together last night, so it will be ready and waiting when I complete the quilting portion of the exercise.

koi is swimming along!

 I'm really proud of how it's looking so far!

And now I am probably going to go to bed even though it's only 8:30 p.m. I'm POOPED from today! (I also went for a jog this afternoon--but there was a wonderful breeze, so it wasn't too bad or too hot).

Thanks for stopping by!

Soccer Day!

Hi everybody!  

Saturday was soccer day x4!!  Four games--two for R and two for E (my two beautiful nieces). They both played SUPER hard! I am so proud of them!!

R scored at least one goal--maybe more, I just can't remember for sure.

Going for the goal...

Right after the goal!!!

While E didn't score a goal today, she played extra hard in both games! I'm so proud of her! She stuck with the ball and made some really good passes. She also made several shots for the goal but was just barely wide each time. So close!!

E after the ball :)

go E...go E!! (far right)

And the weather was PER---FECT!  Love my little soccer players!!! *grin*

Stay tuned--I'll have a "before" picture soon on my next project--reupholstering some little stools I bought a couple months ago.

Thanks for stopping by!

So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable.

Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, 

for you know that nothing

you do for the Lord is ever useless.

1 Corinthians 15:58

National Quilting Day

Happy National Quilting Day!!

If you're a quilter, I hope you do something quilty today to celebrate :)

Me?--I'm going to work some more on ripping out 

the embroidery on my koi quilt top. 

(see back-story here)

WooHoo!!

Here is a little bit of history about National Quilting Day.

Now I'm off to 4 hours of soccer with my nieces!

Oh, and--

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  

Wear some green so ya don't get pinched!