Greenie Times

Congrats to Phil and Gen!

And to end my blogging marathon, here's a shout out to Phil and Genevieve with a big...

on their wedding! Gen finally made it "home" from Canada and they had a small ceremony in the backyard. I can't take credit for this photo of Gen, but OMG does she look gorgeous!!

And a couple shots of the happy couple (again, I didn't take these, but they're TERRIFIC pics!):

We wish you both a wonderful marriage and here's to a long, happy life together!
~kerrie, matt, and carter

I've blogged about my local section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and how they do a fantastic "tea party" each year for their awards banquet. For the second year in a row, there was a hat contest and my super creative husband, Matt, is my "official" tea hat maker. Last year's hat theme (birds) was WAY out done with this year's "bee" hat! (You see, we're part of the Sonora Region of SWE, or "Region B" - get it, B, bee?!).

When the hat was finally finished, I asked Matt to pose with it and this is what he gave me:

I then asked him for a SMILE at least and to be a good sport about it - so here's round 2 (ha!):

And now me, in all my bee hat glory:

Carter wanted to touch it (i.e., destroy it...), but settled for a hat of his own:

While I'm not exactly the ideal tea customer (I'm loud, not exactly proper, and don't own many dresses...), I always have a great time and the food is wonderful! I actually look forward to going each year and eating some dainty foods with the gals. Here's a shot of my tea cup and the beautiful display of goodies:

Thanks to SWE-CNM for another great tea party and thanks to Matt for making the WINNING hat! Cheers!
~kerrie

Blankets for Joplin

My sister-in-law, Katrina, is a HUGE supporter of Project Linus. I've blogged about them before, but I thought I'd put up a few pics from the recent round of blanket-making for the tornado survivors from Joplin, MO. Katrina and the Kansas City Chapter of PL did a big blanket round-up and I was only too happy to send a few from Albuquerque! With my help, Katrina was able to turn in TWENTY-ONE blankets! Whooo hooo!

I made four simple flannel blankets using fabric from my stash. Here's a "boy" blanket from my superhero fabric:

A "girl" blanket with cute little ladybugs:

Another "girl" blanket with some adorable froggies:

And a third "girl" blanket with some sweet flowers:

Jennifer made this monster blanket by hand and that sucker weighed a ton - but boy was it gorgeous!

Here are all the blankets before they were shipped off to Kansas City:

The gals that weren't able to make blankets for the first shipment, came through for the second round. Here's a shot of my co-workers (Bobbie and Danita) with me and the blankets:

A couple close-ups of each treasure. The red one, made by Suzanne:

Two pink ones and a race-car blanket made by Stephanie:

Bobbie's dinos:

Danita's monkeys:

And a shot of the bunch before they were shipped off to Kansas City:

Thanks to all of my creative pals for helping support this fantastic charity! I wish we could have done them under better circumstances (poor Joplin folks...), but I'm glad we could help from afar!
~kerrie

Memorial Day BBQ (and Ninjas...)

I'll begin today's blogging marathon with a fun little story about Memorial Day. You see, we did the usual - hang out with friends in the backyard, eat a little BBQ, play some games, and watch the "ninjas" do a little fighting... Um, yeah, we'll get to that.

Let's start with a few shots from my favorite backyard game, badminton. Here's Dave:

And Justin:

Carter didn't play all that much, but he did enjoy some chips:

The cheering section (Matt, me, and Christi with baby Zachary):

Phil - getting a re-fill:

Carter and Madison getting in on the action:

And Avery, too:

Brett's in the background here:

Jennifer - casually snapping a few photos:

Yes, we had the obligatory watermelon. I think Carter had 8 slices:

Awwww - Christi and Zachary:

Carter wondering what all the boys were doing...

And here are the boys playing "Ninja." I think I took about 30 photos while they played and I STILL have no idea what the point was... Basically they stood in a circle, made ninja noises and poses, and laughed their butts off: