Mothers day and great mail...

Our bbq was so much fun....We all had a great time and the food was really good....I found a recipe for the best fresh fruit salad. I will definitely make it again and I will take a picture and post the recipe. I was so excited to have everyone over and I didn't even have any expectations of gifts..Don and I both got spoiled! It was all a surprise....








Cards from my kids, one of them had a Joanns gift card in it!






pink roses from Don and a cyclamen from my friend Angela...The roses are a little worse for wear, I put them out on the picnic table and the sun got to them. Still, to me they are beautiful! Lisa got me a big yard ornament that are longhorns to hang up on the outside of our trailer...I guess when she bought them everyone teased her at Loews about buying them for me for Mothers Day....and the best present of all?













My little miniature bunny Donalds.....He is the cutest little thing I have ever seen and he just loves to be held.....He is my present from the little kids but the big kids did ask first. When I was a kid myself, I always had a pet rabbit. They are really fun!
I also have gotten some cool stuff in the mail the last few days.......










some retro pinup fabric that I am going to use to make my apron for the pin up Hot Mama apron swap......








I got all the fabric to make a quilt for the "No sew red white and blue swap"...Cecilia is the hostess and she also sent this cute little quilt charm....You will be seeing the blocks as I make them. There are some really cute fabrics and it is all going to look wonderful in my trailer!










Then I received my Enchanted for a year ornament swap from Jenny...I posted about my package for her earlier...The theme was songbirds...She sent me Christmas ribbon and jingle bells, a sweet little pair of bird earrings on a glittered star, two vintage bird ornaments and a vintage paper ornament and a bird composition book...Isn't it all fun? I have really enjoyed these packages every month and I have quite the enchanted collection happening! Thanks Jenny for the goodies, I love them.






I also got this sweet little charm pack in the mail...I won it on Jamie's blog!
http://modifiedmix.blogspot.com
I cant wait to use it to make up something cute....I am thinking about a table runner...She is also hostessing the pillow swap that I am in....Thanks so much Jamie.
I have the kids again today. Yesterday I had the day off and we worked in the yard. I also made lined cowgirl curtains, turned one of the cabinet doors in the trailer into a ribbon bulletin board and I made a fabric banner for above the cupboards...Today I am going to finish the curtains....I hope.....I still have to quilt the quilt, but it will get there....It is all a labor of love so it makes it fun! Have a great day everyone....