3:30 PM Saturday

Thomas Household Saturday Afternoon

PLEASE do not come ring my doorbell

no one asking me to do something

no one asking me to make a decision

peaceful

quiet

loving this HOT afternoon

 time to sew with no interruptions

I started this quilt Friday night

it has been fun to put together - quick and easy

I pulled the pattern from Moda Bakeshop and had the charm pack already

I will show you the others I have been working on when they are finished

gotta get back to sewing before they wake up

Good Neighbors

Our neighbors (Amy & Corey) are moving later this summer

their house is sold, so I guess it is official

We got together to celebrate summer and as a  farewell to them

The menu was fabulous

crab legs, grill corn on the cob with feta cheese, fresh fruit and more . . 

 Amy is holding the crab - funny since she doesn't like seafood

 when I went to take a picture of the kids outside

their conversation was about blue cheese - what??

 while the adults were inside enjoying the coolness

the kids took no notice that it was 100+ outside

 it got pretty crazy out there at times

It really was a great evening together

we will miss having Amy, Corey & kids just down the street

but now I have a reason to go to Abilene - never been there

I think we should do this every Sunday night until they move

Mary, are you up to hosting each week?

What's for Dinner?

This is what we had for dinner tonight

Pork Chops with Pineapple Fried Rice

DELICIOUS!

the family highly recommends this recipe

London was helping me cook

as we added the different ingredients to the pork chops 

she told me it looked yucky and she wasn't going to eat it

I told that if she couldn't say anything nice about our cooking

then she needed to leave my kitchen (she decided to stay)

Once it was finished she thought it smelled good

she loves pork chops and asked for some grilled pineapple but no rice

I was told that these were the best pork chops ever!

then she decided to try to fried rice

London decided that all the ingredients we added really made it taste good

she even added that she could tell that we put honey in it

Thanks Pioneer Woman  . . . .

for inspiring me to get out of the boring rut

providing an easy tasteful meal my family loved

I can't wait to try some more good recipes

Thank goodness it wasn't another night of sloppy joes, spaghetti, or hamburgers

out the window

a picture I took out our bedroom window this week as the sun was setting

I thought it was pretty cool

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 Happy Birthday Truman

I don't I ever had a cat this long

my family thinks he will never die & say it is not normal for a cat to live this long

I say we need to go for the world's record

fingers mmm. . . good

haven't decided if this is a comfort thing or a way to relieve teething issues

we see it an awful lot night and day

still no teeth for this little one

Hey Mom

check out my Stoke Asters

all three plants are doing well

Beaumont

We went to Beaumont, KS the other night

most people say "where?"

you know the town where  small planes fly in and then they

drive down the street to the hotel/restaurant

Beaumont

After a good meal we went and did some exploring

there isn't much to see other than some empty buildings and the old water tower

Kassade and Keyton explored this building - it had a creepy feeling

I took a few pictures of the kids

they turned out okay - I wish I would of taken more

(it was one of those windy Kansas days)

London is missing

thanks to the one who said their might be snakes in the grass

the historic water tower in the background

Golden Fields

the wheat fields are always so pretty in Kansas

the golden fields and big blue skies

a sign that summer is here

 I liked the clouds in this picture

 my little girl wanted to get out and take her picture in the wheat field

then she sorta "freaked" out thinking there might be snakes

so, I only got the "fake" smile that afternoon

she keeps reminding me that she is a Jayhawk

my Kansas girl