In the Hive

We woke the kids up this am to watch the total eclipse of the moon. It was very cool!

This is the first block of a new sampler started with my online group. Each member picks a block name based on the initials of a place where they have lived. In other news, school started today for all three boys!

As my friends know, I collect things having to do with bees since my name "Melissa" means honeybee in Greek etymology. Just look what I found at Williams Sonoma last night! A beehive cake pan.

It's been a busy month. I helped my friend at her booth at the Hershey Quilt show at the end of the July. We stayed in Hershey, Pa at a very nice bed and breakfast for two nights. I have been having up and down days lately, thinking about Mom passing - it was nice to have some time away. Last weekend my friend and her husband asked us to go to Wildwood, NJ for a crazy last minute trip. We got to the boardwalk at 7pm and got home at 1:30 am. It was a fun, crazy night. Our teen was hanging with his friends and missed the trip, but the younger boys loved bouncing!