I never had "Fall Break" as a kid. We had a 4 day weekend for Thanksgiving but that was it. Well, kids these days have a better break so we tried to make the most of it last week. I took my 3 youngest to the Arizona Natural History Museum and it was really a lot of fun. Arizona was home to a lot of dinosaurs back in the day (those crazy dinosaur days) so it was neat to see some of the creatures that roamed here. I think this is a mammoth of some sort.
I believe this is a miniature T-Rex type of dinosaur. Skate is doing a dramatic interpretation of this one. This part of the museum has a lightening storm and flash flood every 20 minutes so it's lots of fun.
Outside they have a place to pan for "gold" and we spent a lot of time here (mostly to give Skate a chance to dry off in the sun since he managed to get himself totally soaked here). The museum also houses the original Mesa jail which is kind of creepy and cool at the same time. They also have a reproduction of an Indian village and a room dedicated to movies filmed in Arizona (Tombstone is my favorite of the bunch). I really like this museum and feel like we get our money's worth when we visit.
And look! I've been playing with Elizabeth Scott's gorgeous new fabric! It's Red Rose Farm and dang! it's just perfect in every way. Roses, dots, vibrant colors...wonderful! I'm making a few things for Quilt Market (which I've been sort of quiet about but it's coming in only 10 days!).
And we have a new baby in the family! Meet "Cupcake"! She's a chiweenie (chihuahua/dachsund) and she's Peety's birthday present (which we told her covers her last birthday and upcoming birthday and she'd better be happy). Isn't she darling? She's really spunky (much to the dismay of our other dog) and already whines at the back door to go potty. Good girl!
And I had a truly uplifting experience this weekend while out to dinner with Jamie and family. I looked across from California Pizza Kitchen and saw this glorious sight....a chorus of angels began to sing and I had tears in my eyes. The Old Spaghetti Factory!!!! 15 minutes from MY HOUSE!!! Joey and I nearly did a jig right there. God loves me and wants me to be happy and this is all the proof I need (Joey says BEER is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy but I think this is better proof).
In calmer news...we had our first gathering of the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild and it was so much fun. Our blog is up and I'm sure it will be humming soon so run over there and meet the gals (so far it's just gals but guys are welcome). If you're in the Phoenix area please join our group (even if you're like me and have only completed one quilt). And now we can meet at the Spaghetti Factory like those Modern Quilt Guilders in Portland do! Lucky us!
