Oregon Trip- Day 1: Westside Drive-In

Before we left on our trip we decided that it would be fun to visit at least one restaurant that Guy Fieri has featured on his show "Diner's, Drive-In's and Dives" so I looked up the website and looked for places in Boise Idaho since that would be a good stopping spot for lunch. We arrived around 2pm after a bit of a drive through town to find it but it was definitely worth the effort to eat there.

The Drive-In. . .

The Menu. . .

The Decisions. . .

What should we try? . . .

Waiting for the food. . .

The Food arrives. . . YUM!

My husband tried the Meatloaf dinner. . .
and he LOVED it!

Ariel got the Cajun Chicken Sandwich.

I thought we'd try something Westside Drive-in is known for. . .

Any Guesses?

They are . . .

FINGER STEAKS!

I also got a side of Shrimp to go with it.
Yum-Yummy-Yum!

Kenna was happy with her Corn Dog and Curly Fries.

This is another specialty of the Chef. . .

It's their Famous Idaho Baked Potato made out of Ice Cream.
It looked so realistic, too!

Kenna with the Car Hop Waitress.

Cute Pinwheel.

Flowers around the eating area.

Painted Mural on the side of the building with Guy's Picture.

This is Guy Fieri's Stamp on the Refrigerator Door.

If you ever pass by Boise, Idaho make sure and stop in at Westside Drive-In. You won't regret the experience. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.

Here's the video clip from Diner's, Drive-in's and Dives. . .

Oregon Trip-Day 1: Twin Falls

We're Back!! YEAH!! We got back late last night after 14 hours on the road. Tired. Very Tired. Happy to sleep in my own bed. Over the next few days I will be taking you along on our journeys. Hope you enjoy it.

We started our trip on a Thursday morning heading north toward Idaho. We made our first pit stop in Twin Falls to fill up the car and get a quick snack. We drove over the bridge into Twin Falls and saw this beautiful view of the Valley. It is so stunningly beautiful and as we were leaving I was excited to see a way to pull off the road by the side of the bridge. We were able to get out of the car to have a look.

See this beautiful view of the Snake River Gorge in Twin Falls? You can actually see one of the water falls in the distance in the upper middle of the picture. Click on the picture if you want a closer look.


This is the Ira Burton Perrine Bridge that we drove over going into Twin Falls, Idaho. It spans the Snake River on Hwy 84 going into town. Click on Ira's name to learn more about him.


My son loves to golf so I took this picture of the golf course in the valley below. Isn't it gorgeous?


Mark and Kenna coming down the stairs from the freeway toward the viewing area located below the bridge. You will see the waterfall and golf course off in the distance.


We were told that this is the spot where Evel Knievel jumped the Snake River. He shot off in a rocket from the left side to the right side in the picture seen below. I linked to the information above if you click on Evel's name.

Climbing back up the stairs.

Mark and I with a gorgeous view behind us.

Kenna running to the car so we can get back on the road.

FYI: During our trip I made it to 2 quilt shops and 1 Fabric store.

More pictures and adventures to come...

A Schnibbling We'll Go. . .

Last month my friend Diana and I joined a group of Schnibbling Ladies at Thimbles and Threads. Our group meets monthly. I've seen all the schnibble inspiration around blog land for quite a while now so I thought I'd finally get in on the FUN.

I had good intentions on getting my quilt done this last month but it's summer and it's been filled with fun and other important deadlines. I though I'd have time to finish it up before class last night but we're leaving for Oregon this morning and I was doing housework, laundry, and packing for our trip.

I decided to use Lizzy House by Anna Griffith for Baum Textiles. I also added in a few other great fabrics for a total of 21 prints. I fell in love with this fabric. It's just so cute and happy!

Here are a few pictures of my progress. . .






For those of you who don't know what Schnibble quilts are you can find out more about them by checking out this BOOK by Carrie Nelson. Carrie also has an assortment of individual patterns for small quilts using 5" and 10" squares. You can also visit the official website HERE.

Schnibble: noun - A scrap of fabric; a leftover bit of cloth; a small piece. The word has a German origin and is found primarily in German settlements in the Midwest.

From the Dictionary of American Regional English published by the Harvard University Press

Now on to the Schnibble's Parade. . .

Here's my friend Diana with her Schnibbles Roundabout Quilt.

This cute gal above made these darling pin cushions and yoyo bracelet.
She belongs to the YoYo Mama's group at Material Girls.

I love this Schnibbles pincushion made out of an assortment of Christmas Fabric.


When I get back from Our Family Reunion I will have plenty of pictures to share with all of you. Also, when I get back I will have just a week left of summer before school starts on the 25th of August so I will be spending my last big bulk of time sewing, quilting, and creating. I have a few things up my sleeve.

While I'm gone I will have limited access to a computer so I probably won't be blogging until I get back but, don't be surprised if I drop in and leave comments here and there. I love trying to keep up with everyone. Keep Keeping On!!!

Header Changes

Some of you may notice changes to the header on my blog. I've been playing around with it a good portion of the afternoon because I always thought the other header was much too big so I wanted to change it. Now I'm pretty happy with the size of it.

From time to time I will be changing the pictures just for fun. Here are just a few of the picture choices that didn't make the cut for one reason or the other.

Busy Saturday

Saturday started off with a soccer game this morning at 9am and then I went over to our city's annual parade at 10am. It lasts all day with music, games, food, and activities. The celebration will end at 10pm with fireworks.

I couldn't resist showing you this darling picture that I took this morning at the soccer game. I got there a little late and as he was running past. . . he noticed me, flashed me a big grin, and shouted with sweet enthusiasm. . . "Hi, Grammi!" I can tell you. . . it melted my heart!!! He's really having a great time playing soccer.


Later in the day I went to a baby shower. This is what I made to take with me to the baby shower.

Yesterday, I made this nursing cover using some of Sandi Henderson's new fabric collection called Meadow Sweet 2. I tried out the Nursing Cover Tutorial over at Diary of a Quilter. Amy is a dear quilting friend that I met several years ago now at American Quilting. She's also a darling person and it's so fun to know her in person. Go check out her blog. You will enjoy it.


I also made a Diaper Clutch using another one of Amy's great tutorials. You can find the tutorial HERE.


Of course, if you go to the effort of making a baby gift you may feel kinda obligated to make a handmade card to go with it. I know I do, so this is what I threw together using a cute stamp set and some coordinating paper. I think it turned out cute for 5-10 minutes of effort. It doesn't hurt to stamp the envelope too. Just for good measure.


Here's a cute polka dot bag I had on hand with an aqua organza ribbon. Aqua is one of my newer favorite colors. The gift is now ready for taking to the baby shower.

Faux Cami Giveaway

My newest Moda Bake Shop Project is up today and I'm really. . . really. . . excited about it. . . so, go check it out and remember to leave a comment here on my blog and on Moda's Bakeshop. . . because I'm having a GIVEAWAY.

The PRIZES:
I will custom make 3 Faux Cami's for 3 different winners. The winner's will give me their customized measurement and then let me know which 1 of the 10 Moda Bella Colors that they'd like to use for their Faux Cami. I'm also going to throw in a tool bracelet for each winner. Since NOTE: I'm out of bali beads so, I will be using swarovski crystals instead. The winners will pick the colors of the crystals I use and the tag/flower color.




The CAMI COLOR CHOICES: (L to R) black, red, purple, aqua, green, peach, cream, blue, pink, and white.


The RULES:

• Leave a comment on this post for one entry.
• Leave a comment on Moda Bakeshop and come back here to leave another separate comment telling me you left a comment on the Bakeshop for one entry.
• Watch the video then leave me another separate comment telling me you watched the video for one entry.
• Make a Faux Cami for you or a friend and come back to leave me another separate comment telling me you made the Faux Cami for one more entry.
• Become a follower or state that you are a follower of my blog and leave another comment.
  

You have five potential giveaway entries in five separate comments. Remember I'm just going to go by comments this time. So, if you take the time to do all FIVE things and then you put the information in just ONE comment. . . it will ONLY be COUNTED ONE TIME.

FYI: Several comments have been left by "no-reply" bloggers. So, this is just a reminder that I will need a way to contact you if I pick you as a winner. If I happen to pick a "no-reply" comment as a winner I will have to put it back and pick another name. Thanks!

The DEADLINE:

August 20th at Midnight. You have two weeks to leave comments and then I will announce the winner on Sunday, August 22nd (sometime during the day).

The VIDEO:
I had a lot of fun making this video tutorial but, it's really much harder than it looks. I thought it would be easy yet after hitting the record button several times and then forgetting what I was going to say, I finally stopped and wrote a little script. I eventually got it right (I thought) and then when I replayed the video I realized that I called it pin-striping instead of pin-tucking. lol. So. . . I had to re-shoot the video again, it was very funny.

I finally got a video tutorial that was acceptable enough to put up on Youtube for all to see. You can see it in HD widescreen on Youtube. FYI: On my blog and Moda's blog it cuts off the right side of the video.

Just so you know the How to Attach a Snap video can also be seen here on this post. I hope you enjoy it and your welcome to giggle with me at my mistakes. I kept dropping the snaps and then I kept hesitating because I couldn't think of what to call the different parts of the snap.

Too funny!!!



Thank you for your support in all of my creative efforts. It's always so fun to dream, create, and make things for myself and others.

Good LUCK to Everyone!!!!