Me and My Alpaca & Freddy Too

Smile at the camera Blue.

I needed to get a new picture of me and I thought Blue would love to help me out. Most alpacas look soooooo funny after they get sheared, but in my opinion I think Blue always looks cool! 

Freddy even got in a picture! I was also happy to finally get a picture of me in my Postcard Cardigan. I really don't have any good pictures of me wearing it so I was very happy to get a few shots of it.

You may be seeing some of the above pictures in a magazine this Fall :)

For the Boys

Summer has been flying along! I can't believe we are half way through July. It is amazing how fast the Summer goes.  The boys have been loving the pool. They have been in Art Camp for the past two weeks. They are loving it. The Art Camp is right down the street from Chelsea Yarns so I am loving it and hating it at the same time. For the days I get to stop by and hang out in the yarn store I love it! For the days I have to drive by I am sad.

This past week I was asked by Chelsea Yarns and the Long Island Knitting Guild to come to the store for a private event. I brought samples of my hand knits and my patterns to Chelsea Yarns on Tuesday and set up a table.  Before I knew it there were over 50 woman (an entire bus load) in the store. They were trying on my knits and even showing me their works in progress with my pattern! It was so much fun. I was overwhelmed with how many pattern sales I had and how much support I got from all the wonderful woman that came! I also got to spend some time with Toby Roxane a wonderful and amazing knitwear designer!  She also had a trunk show and her knits are just beautiful! I didn't take pictures while I was there because it was CRAZY! But a very good kind of crazy :)

Back on the home front Freddy had to have a second surgery. He has a complication after the first surgery and now he is home recovering.  We are keeping our fingers crossed he will be all patched up and ready to go for our next camping trip.

My boys have requested hand knits!!! I am so excited. They usually tell me if I make them something they won't wear it. Tiny has requested a sweater and Brady has requested a puppy dog. So they each went into the yarn store and picked out yarn for their special projects. I look forward to working on them on our next camping trip. I am so excited to make things for them. I really hope Tiny likes his sweater. He really wants a red sweater. But there wasn't enough red in stock, so he though orange was great too. If he wears the orange one I am going to make him a red one too!

I'm busy working on a new design so I don't have many progress pictures to show at this time.  But I can say I am loving it!  Now just to find the time to work on it!!!

The Mason's

 

This past weekend we celebrate the marriage of our friends the Mason's. I was secretly hoping that since his last name was Mason that the wedding would be decorated with Mason jars. I was not disappointing!!! The Mason jars were glowing in the church isle, on the tables at the reception, even in the bathrooms and as wedding favors! All the details and extra touches the bride put into the decorations at the wedding were just perfect.

The weather couldn't have been better. Their reception was at a family friends private airport. There was plenty of room for a tent and parking so with the help of many of their friends they turned a field into a beautiful place for a wedding! I did my best not to elbow the professional photographers to the side so I could take some pictures of the bride and groom. I think Freddy got the brunt of my picture taking since he didn't have a choice :)

The food at the wedding was from Billy Bob's BBQ and I don't think "Best Damn BBQ" is the right slogan. It doesn't even come close to explaining how mouth watering delicious it was. I know I am going to be making a special trip back up to the Poughkeepsie area just for that BBQ! (Side note it is only 30 minutes from Rhinebeck. Note to anyone looking for good food heading to the NY Sheep & Wool Festival). Really it was awesome.

Thank you Garth and Krista for letting us celebrate your big day with us. We had a wonderful time and we wish you many years of health, happiness and love!

Last Week in Pictures

The boys will be finishing up school this week and then we are officially on Summer Vacation! I am very happy to turn off my alarm clock and no longer have to rush around from bus stop to school and back again. I have signed the boys up for an art class this Summer, which hopefully will minimize the amount of messes they currently make with their projects in our house. Tiny and Brady had a sand block that they mined for gems. Or as they were convinced DIAMONDS! 

I am just about done with my additional versions of my Standing Stone's knitting pattern. The other night my shoulder was hurting so bad from knitting that I set it down and decided to go on the computer and catch up on some Blogs. My shoulder really needed the break. I keep track of my rows with my counter. It was about 10:45 pm and all of the sudden I heard "Click, Click, Click"! Brady had come out of his room and onto the couch and started playing with my counter! EEEK! No worries though thankfully I remembered what row I was on, but you should have seen how fast I jumped up to that noise! 

Brady's class had a play and he did awesome! He has never been one for standing in front of a group. He gets very shy and usually is like glue to me and won't participate, but this time he was loud and proud. He was all smiles during the play and in my opinion was the best cat ever!

I got myself a gift. I bought a bracelet from A Bit of Nature. I'll admit it was a Pinterest impulse buy. I saw it and new I had to buy it. I think it will be great to photograph with some of my upcoming patterns. I love it! I tried getting a picture with my boys to give as a gift to Freddy for father's day but they didn't want to participate so I took a picture of me wearing it instead :)

Freddy has been helping the boys learn to ride their bikes without training wheels. They are doing great! I am not sure if I am much of a help in that department, but I enjoy watching them learn and taking pictures of flowers in the mean time. Freddy took the peddles off one of the bikes and they are learning to ride down hills and keep their balance. They love it! Brady is peddling now without training wheels. I think one more round of practice and he will be very hard to keep up with. Tiny isn't far behind.

Happy Father's day to all the fathers out there especially to Freddy and my Dad and my father-in-law! I hope you all have a wonderful Day!

A Mother's Day Adventure

I learned quite a few years ago that "Mother's Day" does not mean a day off. After learning that lesson the hard way I decided that on "Mother's Day" I got to enjoy an hour to myself. That was wonderful. But now as the boys are getting older they are more eager to please and understand that it is a special day.  I requested that I got to go take lots of pictures and didn't have to cook or clean anything. The day was a success. We had the most beautiful weather today! I spent the morning laying out on our deck sun bathing, knitting and listening to my audiobook "Outlander".  I had two cups of coffee from my Jenny the Potter Mug before the kids woke up. Does it get any better than that??? I don't think so!!!

 

After a long day of relaxing and NOT WORKING. Yes I took off work today! Well I worked extra on Saturday, but for the record I had Sunday off! We headed up to Sandy Hook to explore. It was the first time my husband and kids have been there. I have been there on many field trips as a kid.  I always enjoyed going there for the history and the nature. My boys loved it!  It is like a never ending exploration.  We live so close to New York City, but I never have a desire to go there. However, I am always in awe of the skyline of NYC.  I am so glad we had so much fun there and I think maybe we might need to plan a camping trip there.

 

For my mom, Happy Mothers Day!!!

For my mother-in-law, Happy Mothers Day!!!

I love you so much!