A Firefly Finish

Chiefs!

 We have wonderful friends who are connected to the Chiefs. He's a coach on the team, and I love his wife.  She's flying out to Vegas with all 3 of her kiddos for the Super Bowl.  I wanted to get her something  - they've worked so hard all season.  She's pretty much married to football and is a total rock star.  I found a place down in the River Market called Sweet Petites KC that makes Chiefs cookies.  They're so cute!

Another Nephew!

 Daniel and Summer welcomed a baby boy last week.  They waited to find out the gender until birth, so I went right to work afterward making Baby Henry's quilt.  This time around I went with dragonflies.  

do.Good Stitches

January and February blocks are scrappy wonky blocks.  2 were with brights and 2 with neutral colors and a pop of orange or green.  You know I love a good scrappy block, so this was a great fit for me.  

2023 Ornaments

This year's assortment of ornaments is a bit worldly.  Grandma Stuetz brought back an ornament from Italy, because of BB's love of all things Italian.  She also brought us a nativity one from Israel.  We have a T that we got from Mexico as well.

 

Grandma & Grandpa Thompson also got us a family ornament.

This year Little Man got an ornament to remember his first musical: Spamalot

Little Lady's ornament is a nod to her broken leg this year.

Little Guy wanted a Red Sox ornament.  His love of baseball has been off the charts this year.

BB wanted a math ornament, because he's loving advanced math at the middle school.  Decoded the ornament reads: I 8 sum pi... it was delicious. 

Lindsey Stirling

I went with my friend, Melissa, to a Lindsey Stirling concert over the weekend.  We drove to Topeka, ate by the venue, and walked to the concert.  It was so much fun.  I don't know what I expected but it was way better than anything I could have thought of.  She was so impressive.  She danced in high heals, did splits mid-air while twirling on a hoop and singing and playing the violin.  It was insane.  I didn't even know she could sing or do acrobatics.  I'm not sure it's fair to have so much talent in one little body.

It was also moving.  You got a little piece of her and her beliefs and struggles in the concert.  I loved it.

Downtown Topeka is pretty cute as well.

Lunch Date

Sometimes you need friends and food.  It's cheaper than therapy and does wonders.  We went to the cutest place - it's called Vivilore, and it has a cute restaurant on the bottom floor and multiple floors are unique artsy things for sale.  It was so much fun!  We need to go back in the Spring when the gardens are in full bloom.  

I Spy

My November blocks ended up being super simple and quick.  If I had looked at it earlier I would known I could complete it quickly and get it off my list, but I procrastinated.  It was just 2 "I Spy" blocks meant to fussy cut with interesting things to look at.  

All 3 months worth of blocks are now in the mail and December is our off month, so I'll be back at it with do.Good Stitches in the new year.