On the tenth day of Halloween

On the tenth day of Halloween, the Great Pumpkin gave to me:

One camping trip to far northwest Missouri with the kids over fall break.  I REALLY REALLY needed a break from the constant go go go over here and so we went with no screens, no tvs, nothing but us and new things to see and do.  (At first Dave thought I was completely insane when I suggested this, but the entire time our kids kept saying this was the greatest time ever. Well, not Jack, but he is 12.)

 I made TWO stop at the Missouri Star quilt company.

 We stayed in a log cabin at Big Lake State Park. I wanted camping without the parts of camping that would be just intolerable for me with my health issues.  Our cabin had this fun little loft. It was really a tiny house like you see on HGTV.

 There were sunsets.

 S'mores.

 Canoe rides.

 Fungi to be discovered.

 A quick jaunt to Nebraska, I'd never been there before.

 There are still fall out shelter signs up in Falls City.

 Camp fires.

 Sun rises.

 Fishing.

 Man it was windy and chilly that morning!

And some interesting patterns on the windshield which screamed make me into a quilt. :-)

It was a nice break. Today we are already back to the go go go and I am dead already. Ugh.

On the ninth day of Halloween

On the ninth day of Halloween, the Great Pumpkin gave to me:

 Lovely flowers picked by the children;

 Exceptionally warm weather;

 Party hats for everyone! made by sammi;

 A peanuts party in the quilts;

 And a skeleton who the kids keep busy (and who is missing most of his parts by now), Here he was celebrating Jack's birthday;

And here reading a book. LOL

On the eighth day of Halloween

On the eighth day of Halloween, the Great pumpkin gave to me: 

 Die cuts everywhere.

 These are new. You can buy the new beistle on Amazon. (Party on Garth, I bought them all!)

I also bought a mobile kit on Amazon and turned these old teacher cut outs into a mobile.

On the seventh day of Halloween

On the seventh day of Halloween, the Great Pumpkin gave to me:

 The blowmold collection.

 Some are in the kitchen this year.

And this year's front door.

On the sixth day of Halloween

On the sixth day of Halloween, the Great Pumpkin gave to me:

 One Halloween mantle.

 Cats and buckets galore this year.

With party hats for everyone!

On the fifth day of Halloween

On the fifth day of Halloween, the great pumpkin gave to me:

Some garage sale finds (including a tablecloth you can't see).

Christmas stuff seems to be rapidly picking up speed!

And twenty loads of laundry. Yippee.

On the fourth day of Halloween

On the fourth day of Halloween, the great pumpkin gave to me:

The trees! 

Wire tree;

Feather tree, full of handmade goodness;

And the big tree. I had so much fun collecting for this tree in August. I've shoved a bit of everything in there. I can still fit more, but I had to move on to other projects. 

Off to soccer GAme two of the weekend!