It appears that we are boring Ethel beyond measure!  Guess she is saying..."mom! not another picture".

We got out in the shop to play with my new Cricut cartridge - here Kitty made a 4" Sweet Shop building.  Isnt it the cutest little thing.

Next we made a 71/2" house from the same cartridge. This is the best cartridge.  It makes boxes that look like a cupcake, a double dip ice cream cone, a cake slice, these houses and shops.  They will hold treats are you can add the insert and they will hold 1, 2 or 3 cupcakes.

Next we used Campin' Critters and made tents - these are cut at 7 1/2" - they even have the slit in the flap so you can go inside the tent.  We made no cards this time, but we went wild with the Cricut

Kitty was working on her quilt, and  we were laying the squares out as we made them, and Lucy had to get on top of them and roll around...

And here is Kitty showing off her first quilt ever!  And not only is this her first quilt but her first time to sew.  She did a wonderful job - so proud of her.  It measures 40" x 50" - made up of 20 10"  blocks....so a big project for her first attempt! 

Well, it is hard to believe that summer is half over....dont know where time has gone to.  It is just flying by.  I must admit that since it is so hot outside that we are both staying inside a lot more this summer.  I am either in the house or in the shop.  As you can tell by the first few pics I am playing with my Cricut a lot.  I have not really done a lot with the 3D portions of the cartidges so this past week while Kitty was here I did.  Thurs/Fri Lily was also here so all 3 of us made sweet shop and house.  Ken has gone in and had the casting made for his new leg.  Cant believe that it is time for him to get a new leg.  He has had the first fitting, adjustments were made, it has been sent back to company and we are awaiting the revised model to come in.  He will have probably 5 or 6 fittings to get it just right and then the final leg will be made.  We are hoping to have it by time we go to Georgia for Sept. wedding.  We have been pretty quiet this summer, we have made a trip to Tyler and we plan another one in Aug. if all goes well.  Cherry's girls have a busy summer but are finding time to come to "Camp MooMoo" as Kitty calls it. (LOL).  Too funny.  She thinks I should do this for a living...have a summer camp and teach everyone to sew.  I DONT think so.  I chose the crazy string quilt for her cause it is oh so forgiving, and for someone who has never sewn before - the perfect start.  Lily will be here next week for her week and she wants to learn to sew to.  Think for her we will do a pillow or something smaller.....at 9 think a big project will be tooooo much.  We started sewing Kitty's  quilt top around noon, broke for dinner and then finished up at 12:30am.....yep - I said 12:30am!!!!  She was like this sewing machine.....more MooMoo, more!!!!!  But we stopped at 20 blocks.  We got up the next day and sewed all the blocks together.  Today I will add the backing and batting, and then instead of quilting it, I am gonna tie it at the intersections of the X.  We are using bright neon colored flip flop buttons.....gonna be great.  She is still admazed that she did this all herself.  All I did was cut the fabrics, and then iron.  I taught her to use the rotary cutter, but it scared her a bit.....so she left cutting to me.  Now she wants to do another one....to learn a new quilt pattern.  We are thinking of doing a log cabin, or 9 patch pattern.  These are less forgiving, will be a bit more challenging but still an easy one for her to do.  It seems hard to believe that this time last year Ken had already had a couple of surgeries and we were still looking at several more.  He had a rough year last year, but this year we  have been blessed and he is doing so much better.  I am lovin' the new power chair.  He doesnt really use it much in the house, but it is so wonderful when we get out and about....he just zooms everywhere.  I will get a pic of the finished quilt and post it next time.  Will probably have pics of Lily and her projects.  Hope everyone has a wonderful week and make sure to hug the ones you love...... Ken and Glynda :)