WOYWW...

 Hi all.  I've had a busy couple of weeks but have no crafting to share with you sadly.  We had our first weekend away in our caravan at our favourite campsite in Wales and came home to watch....

...Sam playing the part of Mungojerrie in Cats at the theatre in Shrewsbury.  He was amazing as were the other performers....we are so lucky to have so many talented young people in Shrewsbury.

He sang and danced and the show was brilliant....so very proud of him.

We had Shell, Lexi, Sam, Theo and Louie round for an Easter treat.  It was so lovely to have them all here together.

We had a trip out to a garden centre near Welshpool to buy plants to restock our garden and here's a few pics of what is making us smile out there at the moment.

We took Peggy for a run up on Lyth Hill near us and I always try to run my Merlin bird app while I'm up there and this was the results of our trip....we are so lucky to have such a lovely place to visit.

That's all from me for this week.  I'm getting busy with customers coming for Wedding alterations now so I'm not sure what I will have to share with you by next week.

Hugs,

Annie x

WOYWW.....

 Hello all.  I heard from Neet yesterday and she could tell be she is now back in hospital having had an accident at home so please send her lots of healing wishes.  I really hope she is back home soon.

I've had a lovely week since we spoke last Wednesday.

Do you remember me telling you that I had bought the last amaryllis in Aldis?  Well it is now repaying me in full.  The first of the three stems has 4 blooms, the second stem now also has 4 beautiful blooms and the third stem is now starting to open up....I wonder how many blooms that one will have?

Our Sunday afternoon was spent being proud Grandparents.

Firstly we went to watch Lexi dancing in a competition and what a beautiful little dancer she is now.

Then we rushed to Theatre Severn to watch Sam in Dare to Dream Jr.

He had to sing a solo [emotional moments]....and he has a beautiful voice.

There was over 30 youngsters performing and there were some really beautiful voices amongst them.

I have made 8 little rabbit bags filled with chocolate eggs for the charity.

I have also used a piece of fabric that Jan sent us to make this lovely quilt for the charity...fabric well used Jan, so thank so much for sharing with us.

I made these two beautiful bears yesterday.  One of my customers gave me the piece of beautiful Indian fabric to make a bear out of so I made two and intend to give her one of them as a thank you.

I am making another Memory bear today so that will bring me to just 12 from 1000 bears...exciting times.

I will do my best to pop over to yours later.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles...week 422

 Here we are at the weekly catch up of the smiles from the week.  I manage to get my sewing machine fixed for £40 instead of the £220 plus parts quote I had been given....and that certainly made me smile because it's now running better that it has for a long time.  It's also been a week filled with pride for me.

Lexi was at a dance competition all weekend and came away with...

• 1st for her Lyrical dance 
• 2nd for her Contemporary dance
• 2nd for her Jazz dance and
• 2nd for her Commercial dance

Not only that her dance school won the overall first prize for the best dance school. :-)

Sam sang one of his solo exam pieces from Billy Elliot at the Shrewsbury Food Festival....his confidence keeps growing.

These twins never fail to make us proud.

This made me chuckle....I'm sure I'm not the only one who's going to live for ever :-)

Finally a few funnies to make you smile.  I hope you will leave me a little comment and link up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 413

 Here we are at another catch up of the things in the week that has made us smile....and, as always, I've found quite a few.

This collage was from last weekend.  I knitted a little Louie with his red Spiderman jumper on and a little Theo with a stripey jumper on with a big T on the front and as you can see the boys really loved them....it made all the cramp and pain worth while [see Wednesday's post].

Sam has had a new outfit for his kickboxing....one minute he's singing/acting and dancing and the next minute he's kickboxing....dont you just love him?

We have a long weekend with the boys this weekend and as you can see from a couple of photos taken from last night the fun has already started...Theo built a wonderful car with the Knex and Louie fitted the triominoes together to make hexagons....he learns something new every day.

That just leaves me a few funnies to make you smile...I hope they work.

Please leave me a little message before linking up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles.....week 412

 What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's....lots of smiles but no sewing.  I had nothing to share on my desk on Wednesday for that very reason.

We had the boys here for a long weekend so we had lots to smile about. We not only had fun time at home but we went for a ride on the Easter train from Llanfair Caereinion to Welshpool and even saw the Easter bunny who gave the boys an Easter egg each.

Wednesday night we went to Theatre Severn to watch Sam taking part in Nemo [Junior]....he played 5 different parts and the whole show was amazing.  We really do have a lot of very talented children in and around Shrewsbury.

So very proud of you Sam xxxx

That just leaves me to share a few funnies with you.  I hope you have all had a week filled with smiles and you will leave me a little message before linking up your smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 408

 Hello all.  It's been a week of highs and lows.  I was called back following my recent mammogram.  On attending the clinic they told me they had seen something in the glands under my left arm and after ultra scanning they took 4 needle biopsies and mentioned possible lymphoma.  I had to wait a full week for a phone call to tell me the time of my next clinic appointment.  They called me back on Tuesday afternoon to tell me they had found no abnormalities and I didn't need a follow up....PHEW!!  What a relief that was.

I would have celebrated if only both hubby and I hadn't gone down with another dose of flu...I don't think I've ever felt so rough and am still recovering.  We just don't seem to be able to shake the bugs off.

I popped out into the garden and quickly snapped as many of the flowers that I hadn't shown you before...I hope you love them as much as I do.

We had the boys last weekend and shared many happy moments.  Our son, Mark, used to love his Knex as a child and he still does...that really made me smile.  He had a lot of fun with Louie while Theo was away at cub camp with his mummy.

Sam is back on stage as one of only two children in the adult performance of Shrek....sadly we aren't well enough to go to see him.....his mummy has sent me lots of pics and videos so we don't miss out completely.

Peggy wen't for her first haircut this week...she was such a good girl for the groomer and not only looks really pretty but her coat is soooooo soft.

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That just leaves me to share my funnies with you.  I hope something here makes you smile and you will leave me a little message before sharing your smiles with us too.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 402

It's been a busy week here with having the boys here for a long weekend [Thursday to Sunday].. Sadly little Louie was very poorly with a virus that caused him to run very high temperatures.  He needed lots of sponging down and hugs [ ...and Calpol/Nurofen] but thankfully I'm hoping he's now on the mend.  His Daddy took him to see a Dr on Saturday morning but she couldn't find anything that was obviously causing the high temperatures saying it was probably just a virus.

We did manage some lovely crafty time with them both while they were here....they painted a garden gnome or garden dinosaur each, decorated several wooden key rings and did some amazing building from our crafty box of goodies....they love creative play.

Lexi entered several dancing competitions on Sunday and came away with a second in her Jazz solo, second in her Commercial Solo, a first in her Senior dance team performance and her group also won the overal Ist in the whole team performance.

She  was also given the award for the most potential in the morning's competition....talk about a superstar.  We are so very proud of her.

Sam had his first day session with Emil Dale Associates down in London.  He came home buzzing.  It sounded like he had an awesome day. :-)

The only other things I have to share are a few funnies.  I hope something here makes you smile and you will leave me a little comment before linking up to your own smiles at the bottom of the page.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 391

 It's been a week filled with smiles this week....

Thursday night we went to Theatre Severn to watch Sam taking part in Elf...it's so lovely to watch him grow in confidence with each performance...he was even dancing in this one :-)

Louie always makes us smile...here he is sat on the work surface in our kitchen staying 'safe' from Peggy puppy who gets very excited to see him and sometimes jumps up too much....who am I kidding?  She has to learn manners yet but she will get there.

We woke up to snow on Tuesday morning and Peggy was so funny when she saw her first snow...she did zoomies around the garden trying to catch all the snow she threw up.  In the right hand pic she was watching a pigeon up above her on the pergola.....every day there seems to be a new experience for her. :-)

On Friday Shell's school had a Pudsey day to raise money for Children in Need and Shell went dressed as Tom, the school cat.  The children loved it.

Saturday afternoon Shell and I went for a couple of hours fun at a painting session...it was my birthday treat from her and we loved it.  We had instruction to paint a highland cow [just in case you can't tell what I painted :-) ].  We both enjoyed a mocktail too while we painted....thanks Shell I really enjoyed the session.

Finally I have a few funnies to share with you.

...this one made me chuckle cos I'm sure we all have days like this.

I hope you all find something to make you smile and will then link up to your own smiles below.

Hugs,

Annie x

This week's smiles....week 385

 I'm sorry to say I've struggled to find smiles this week because our little Milly died very suddenly and totally unexpected on Saturday evening...I'm broken hearted.  She has left a huge hole in our lives sadly.

I think  someone has heard the news about Milly because he wouldn't have dared come into the garden if she was still alive....black humour but it did make us smile.

Louie makes us smile every day when he comes to play...he's growing up and changing every day.

We went to watch Sam perform in Frozen at Theatre Severn on Sunday...he was brilliant in every part he played.  We are so very proud of the young man he is becoming.

   

The only other things I have to share with you are the funnies I've found this week....I hope something here makes you smile.

Hugs,

Annie x