Being Crafty....

Last week I went to a wedding shower.
I went to Target and looked at her registry and found this really
great cheese grater. It is a lot bigger than most
graters I have seen plus it has a storage compartment
in the bottom that is detachable.

I couldn't just give her a grater....so I remembered seeing
these wooden heart spoons in the dollar section,
found this great black and white kitchen towel with
silverware on the front, and some Hershey kisses

to put inside.

I had this black and white flowered paper
at home and decided I would wrap just the sides and the bottom
of the grater.
It was like wrapping a present but just leaving one side open.
I then filled it with candy...

...fan folded the towel and stood the spoons up inside
with the candy. I tied the ribbon to the towel
along with the Cricut cut card...
with her initial on the front.

I think it turned out cute and fun...
and she loved it.

QT

hi!!!
i am quincy tate scott and I am the new addition to this family!!
i was born on november 21, 2011.
grandma has been busy so she asked me to help her blog my birth....i am not doing anything else so i told her ok!!!

this is me with my mom and dad
right after i was born...

i even still have the goooie stuff in my eyes.

hey!! i am pretty cute!!!

here are my feet....
i hear that feet are a really big deal in this family
so i am glad that i have the right number of toes!!!

here i am in the hospital hanging out with mom....

....and dad...

...and of course my brother and sister...
merrick and berkleigh.

and here i am hanging out with grandma...

...and the fam....

so.... mom is dressed in this picture...we must
be getting ready to leave the hospital!!!

i was so excited to get home and be with my family...
i love them!!!

after being home for a few days
i let mom do a photo shoot...

i had to lay really still....

here is my big brother and sister...
they love holding me and reading to me!!!

we had a lot of fun with grandma... but she had to fly back
to her home to take care of grandpa.
the next time she comes she is going to bring
grandpa with her.

i can't wait to see grandpa!!!

meanwhile....i will just hangout here until they
get back!!!

love you, grandma and grandpa!!!

Last week my Bff, Julie and I went to the
Women's Conference here in Lake Charles.
They have it every year and every year they invite
an amazing woman to come and speak.
This year they invited Vicki Lawrence from the Carol Burnett show.
The conference lasted all day and they had
classes and booths and luncheon with the celebrity.
So Julie and I decided we had to go to the luncheon
and see Vicki Lawrence even if that was all we did!!
Vicki was amazing and really funny.
I always loved her as Mama on the show.

While we were there we went around and looked at
some of the booths and collected all of the free
stuff that they gave out.
One of the businesses had a photo booth. So
we dressed up and got some free shots....

We had a blast!!!

A birthday...100 years in the making!!!

While on vacation, our whole family went
to see my Dad to celebrate his 100th birthday!!!
He lives with my sister and her family in Washington!!!
And it just so happens that Jennifer and Tyson
just moved to Oregon, so they are only
about 3 hours away!!!
So after spending some time with Jennifer we
piled into the car....
(all 8 of us with equal amounts of luggage)
and drove to Washington.

My Dad was thrilled to see us all
because we have never all been together with my sister's
family at the same time.
We spent about 4 days with him and it was a blast!!!
On Saturday we had a party with fantastic
barbecued hamburgers
and of course cake....

He blew out the candles...

And opened presents...

He was very excited that Mary Jane and I had made
him a quilt. Mary copied the pictures onto
the fabric for me and I did the rest.

We had everyone's picture on the quilt
including my Mom....
Which made Dad kind of teary eyed....

The twins had a great time getting to know their
new cousins.
This is Tessa...

This is Alex giving Dad this giant card he and his sister,
Rory, had made for him, along with the
cap which had a bottle opener attached to the brim!!!!

We had a great time and can't wait to go back again...

Here are some close ups of the quilt...

Stay tuned for pictures from the rest of our vacation....