To kick it all off, I got to use my "refashioning" skills to make Kate a Wayland dress since she doesn't have anything blue & gold in her closet...for some reason there's just a lot of red & black...and pink. Haha! Jonathan gave up one of his old t-shirts for my cause. I was so excited to get my little project going. I immediately had tons of ideas flooding my brain. I finally figured out what I was going to do & got it started. One of my favorite parts of sewing is learning how to "refashion" old clothes. I just love the idea of it & it makes it way cheap- usually free! What could get better then new, free outfits?! Anyway, after a few mistakes that I made work to my advantage & a discovery of my love for elastic thread I finally had Kate's Wayland dress complete! Ta-daa! (Which by the way, Kate now says that after she's done something she thinks is impressive.)
Now, back to the details of the weekend. It was so nice to go back and visit Plainview. That little town is so dear to our heart so its nice to go back and automatically feel like we're back at home for a while. To start the Homecoming day off, Kate & I visited the family carnival. The "carnival" was actually just a couple of air jumpers, face paint, & balloon animals but Kate liked seeing all of her old pals. For lunch we had some delicious sandwiches from our favorite place in town. If you are ever visiting Plainview you must eat at Fieldhouse! So so good! We also got to get some sewing time in with some friends who were wanting to learn how to sew. Later that afternoon we went to the Wayland basketball game where Kate's little dress fit right in! We had a lot of fun & Kate enjoyed identifying all the basketballs she saw. (This is her latest thing: Pointing out what she sees & saying "I see I see!") Wayland won the game & Jonathan was able to finally embrace some school spirit! Here are some pictures I took, I never got a great one of the 3 of us but we were all sporting our blue & gold and were a little Wayland family for the day. (However I must say, red &
black still seems to suit us better!)
Of course we had to get some "poc-poc" for a snack!A couple of side notes: I almost forgot to mention Kate's new do! She got a haircut last Friday & now has a little bob. She seems to be loving it & it has given her a new little sassy attitude. (as if she needed any more!)
Also, fun fact about Wayland: the majority of Jonathan's family has gone to school & graduated from there. His grandparents, parents, sisters, a brother in law, aunts, uncles, & cousins have all gone there. Wayland has a nickname of being "Wedding Bells University" and it seems to have been true for our family. While attending school there all of the family listed above, as well as Jonathan & I, met & got married while in school. Crazy right?!
We have another fun weekend ahead! We will be heading to El Paso to see family and some of Jonathan's old friends from high school. I'm sure there will be interesting stories to share next week!
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