A Bridgeforth Christmas

Decorating the tree - Hudson Decorating the tree - HenryChristmas Eve - PJ'sStockingsHudson and Henry - The Incredibles is their #1 favorite movieSanta brought Julius a 12-inch GodzillaSanta brought Braeden a 12-inch MechagodzillaSanta brought Bronwyn Gizmo from The Gremlins

We had an AMAZING Christmas. Thanks to all the family and friends who helped make it so special! We are now enjoying a quiet week sleeping in, snacking, and playing games.

Last Month - Braeden and Bronwyn's Birthday

Braeden and Bronwyn turned 6 last month. We had a fun weekend celebrating their birthday - Braeden's choice was lunch at Red Robin and Bronwyn picked an afternoon of fun at Chuck E Cheese's. On Sunday we had cake and presents. Aren't the cakes lovely?!?! They LOVED them and that's all that really matters. Lucky me!

Announcement!

Baby #6 due to arrive May 30th 2011......


and yep, it's only ONE!

Last weekend the three big kids went to a family reunion without us....it was fun to spend some time with just Henry and Hudson. We took them to the park to feed the ducks and play on the playground.

Tony and I had a fun time just hanging out with the two of them....that's never happened before.

Thanks to my family for taking the other kids camping - they had a great time - made lots of new "cousin friends" and got reaquainted with others.

Lavendar Waves Quilt

Just finished this weekend....The back is flannel and it's so soft and comfy... I got the pattern from a tutorial at Oh, Fransson! Most of the fabric is Eden by Lila Tueller for Moda.


It's going to an old friend who loves purple. Isn't it perfect for Easter?!?

Just for Fun!

Yep - we're all still alive over here. I've just been too busy reading blogs to update my own.

I've recently found a couple of new blogs and I've had a great time looking through them....AND they're both hosting giveaways right now. Check them out if you're interested!

http://alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-lucky-winner-one-last-giveaway-for.html

http://lilatuellerdesigns.blogspot.com/


These are some of the things that I've been busy working on:


This is a mini wall hanging quilt I made for fall. It was my first time trying applique....and now I'm not so scared. The pumpkin, stem and bird are all appliqued and it only took me the length of one movie. I really experimented with the machine quilting on this one - lots of swirls and loops. I didn't like the quilting at first - but now I think it's fine.
This is another mini wall hanging quilt - for July, obviously. We have been working on this quilt in our church's Quilting Group. I machine quilted this in straight lines.
This next one is a baby quilt - front and back. I figured out the pattern by looking at a picture of this quilt online. I added a strip of pieces to the back which I love. I free motion quilted this with loopy daisies in each block....I really love how it turned out.
This quilt I made for Julius. I hand quilted stars in each block and hand quilted around each block. I love the orange batik binding.



I just started Henry and Hudson's quilts. I'm using Riley Blake - All Star. I'm going to use the funky pinwheel pattern again.