Pitt County Girls Softball Team headed to World Series!

Happy team of girls from Pitt County!  Headed to the airport to fly to Florida.  The 12U World Series will be held in Alucha, Florida again this year.  PCGSL has won the title nine times!  One reason why Greenville, NC is known as Sports Town USA.

Uncle Sam Mat

Uncle Sam Mat - done!  Thanks Sharon Stewart for your help making this!

Granddaughters are Wonderful!

Southeastern Regionals for 8U - Bri at 1st

Trying to catch a ball at 1st

Rained so much that the field is a mess!  Better today than yesterday, though

Bri trying to catch a wild throw!  Softballs are hard to throw when wet.

At bat

Heading for 3rd

Sister, Madison, playing at 3rd for PCGSL 12U

Having some fun before the campionship game

Fancy Footwork!

Campionship game over!

Yep - 12U won!!!  Headed to Florida for Babe Ruth World Series!  Second time Madison has been able to go.  Her team from last year were World Series Champs!

8U PCGSL State Winners and 12U 2nd Place State Winners!

12U 2nd Place State Champs

Happy Girl!  8U Bri standing in line to get her trophy.

Bri won the Barbara ??? trophy for the 8Us

8U State Champs!

Madison - 2nd Place Champ - 12U, Bri - 1st Place Champ - 8U and Coach (Dad) for 8Us.  Both teams went into the loser's bracket last night.  Madison's team came back today to win their first game (12U).  8U played three games today - the hotest day of the year to come in first place.  Proud of my granddaughters and son-in-law for working as hard as they did!!!

Go team!

It's That Time Again - Softball Regionals for my niece and two granddaughters!

Niece showing off her head band

Granddaughter, Madison, making it safely to 1st

Amelia playing defense at 2nd

Cousins

Plus Bri

Bri stretching to catch ball at 1st

Bri running bases

12U Banner - Hope their team has a chance to go to World Series again this year

Madison pitching - and they say she is "lifting her toe!"

Bri at bat

Madison making a catch

Projects

I laid blocks over the finished Civil War quilt to see which blocks I still needed to do on the second one I am making.  Only the embroidery blocks remain and then I can put it together.  Since I still have material left, I think I will make a smaller one.

My second punch needle project.  Made some mistakes, but it is so easy, I won't mind making another one!

Finished Betsy Ross - this is a Sharon Stewart design.

My lst punch needle project.  I think Lisa at Lone Star Mercantile designed this one.  Turned it into a cute pin cushion.  I am getting a nice collection of pin cushions!

Really enjoyed doing the twelve months of Bertie.  Sabrina at Lone Star is working with us on this!

I have fallen in love with making sailboats!  This is my own design and will have at least nine blocks.  Washington, NC has provided me with the inspiration for the blocks.

Sharon Stewart inspired me to make this Christmas quilt.  Not her design, but she is providing the material for the nine blocks we are making.

Close up of one of the blocks

Just finished this Shaker Stool at few Saturdays ago.  The talented Sabrina taught this class.  Glad I took it, sore finger and all. . .

Another BOM - Farmer's Wife.  I have over 20 blocks done and plan to do 50.  Once again, Sabrina is helping us with this.

In February, Kathy Fisher and I went to a quilt show in Hampton, VA.  We took a needle felting class.  There are two pictures showing different views of this project.  I am not finished yet - thinking about adding a pond with cattails and a boat.

What to do when you retire?!

My friend, Kathy, retired last week!  Not one to lounge around, she has been very busy.  One of her creations (actually she has about four or five pots she has filled with herbs) is this little herb garden.  I really love the old china and forks with wine bottle corks.  They are marked to help her remember which herb is which.  Very nice, I think!