Month: June 2011

The real Mexico-Mexico.  NOT to be confused with, Mexico MO, or Mexico Texas.  Hahahah!!!  Our guests who came the farthest were, Carmen and her husband Aldo.  This trip was a birthday gift to Carmen.

Here is a picture with Natalie, Mom {Jenny} Carmen and I.  We all just had such a good time getting to know Carmen and Aldo.  They were so sweet.  They brought gifts for us and for our kids.  They were funny and kind.

Carmen, thank you.  It was such a pleasure to meet you.

And Aldo…Thank you for bringing your sweet wife to ‘Hamilton’ where the GPS doesn’t work and you have to explain to your friends WHY you came here. Hahahaha!!!

It was really a joy to meet you both!  Can hardly wait for you to return!

To hear more about the Bus Trip check out the forums, Sandy has a great post and has added pictures to her album!

To all of you that came:  YOU are the best!  Thank you all for making the trip amazing and fun.  A lot of you came from a far and we appreciate your sacrifice as well!  Thank you- thank you!  I can’t wait till next year!!!

I can NOT hide my excitement over our first ever Bus Trip!  Our amazing Carolyn headed the whole thing.  She talked other shops into joining and put together a fabulous route!  We are beyond (scared) thrilled and are ready for the craziness that is, 8 buses of 45-50 quilters over two days!!  LOL!  Can you even imagine!?

So, to get ready for all this fun we decided we needed a little something for the outside of the building.  I know you have all followed along as I’ve led you through most of our progress.  We haven’t gotten as much done outside as I would like to, but we are working on it.

A little background:  Our building is OLD.  It used to be an Antique shop and before that is was originally a car dealership.  It had more beautiful brick buildings beside it that have burned and been torn down.  So our building is all alone (kinda ugly, in the sense that it is long-rectangular with a flat roof and ugly.)  LOL

Anyway, it still charms me. 🙂  But obviously we have some work to do.  So this past weekend, we put up a giant-very awesome-I couldn’t be happier- MISSOURI STAR sign!  We painted it in our signature BRIGHT colors, so there will be no missing our store! Hahaha!

Come see it in person if you are close.  (do you think it’s too much?)   Haha!

Well, I am ready for anything this weekend  ( i hope).  We have kits cut and lots of new things since Market.  Can’t wait to show them all off!

Have a great weekend.  I’ll have lots to share, on Monday!