The Shuttle - Independence Day 2006

Kevan and I went and watched the shuttle take off from the beach. Here is a picture below:

The Riley Garden

Well, it's April and we already have peppers (already picked 2) and tomatoes! Click on the link below to see our garden.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jayde0401/album?.dir=/dc35re2

Well, I made my first purse over the weekend. It turned out really cute. I've included a picture below and a picture of the quilt that I finished a few week's ago.

My 30th Birthday

Well, I turned 30. :o( My best friend Julie sent me the beautiful tulips below and I wanted to add a picture so she can see how pretty they are. Also, I've included a picture of the sunset from the beach. Kevan took me to the gulf side of Florida so that we could see the sunset. Then, we had a nice seafood dinner! Mmmmmm! It was a great birthday. I even got to go a little shopping for some new clothes too!

Mom's Visit

My mom came to visit this week. We've had a lot of fun sewing and decorating our house here in Florida. Also, we all went on an airboat ride in the Everglades. It was beautiful! We saw an alligator that had a missing snout. The whole top portion of the top of his snout was missing. We thought it was a prop, but he jumped into the water when we got up close to him. It was pretty sad. The driver said that it is mating season and they must've been fighting. There is a blurry picture of him in the pictures. Here is a link to the photos:

Pictures of the Everglades

Quilting Class

I'm taking a quilting class at my church and here are a couple pictures of my first 2 quilt blocks. The first one is for a quilt I'm making for myself and the 2nd pic is for a baby quilt. I will be making/finishing a quilt in class to donate to the crisis pregnancy center in town.

My First Sewing Project!

Kevan bought me a new sewing machine for Christmas and I am learning how to use it. Here is a picture of my first project. I made Kevan a robe. :o) It is a little short, but that is how it was on the pattern. I guess I will need to follow it up with some pajama pants too...and maybe a pipe.

Pictures of kitties!

We keep getting asked for new pictures of the kittens so I've set some up in my yahoo photos. Go here to see them:

Pics of Kittens

My new laundry room!

My wonderful husband has moved our laundry room from the garage to the master bedroom closet (we have two closets). :o) Here is a pic of my husbands handy work! He's so awesome!! There is a pic of the wall before we put the new one up and a pic of the washer/dryer in it's new home. :o)

Stormie wants you to see her new cat tree that daddy built her!

Kevan has spent the last couple days building this cat tree for the new kitties (and Misty too of course) and it turned out great! They love it. Daddy is so sweet!!