Dinner time

Eric and I eat dinner in front of the TV. I know, don't lecture. We will eat at our diner table when we have kids but until then, we eat in front of the TV on the coffee table. Trax lays underneath my legs because I'm messy. And sometimes, he hits the jackpot. Like tonight, for example, When my crazy bread fell off my plate and onto his head.

Yah, sure, trax may look a little silly with crumbs on his head,

But it is SOOOO worth it!

Exciting news!

I am so happy to announce that my brother Pete and his wife Andrea are having a baby!

Congatulations Pete & Andrea!
I love you both very much!

This picture is from their wedding in June 2003~ it's one of my favorites of them!

Conquering fears & A trip down memory lane

I conquered a fear of mine this weekend. I scrapbooked.
This doesn't sound all that scary, but ever since Micah died, it has been. I knew that at some point I was going to have to put the last year and 1/2 on paper... I just was scared. I feel such relief. I was able to accomplish something that I have been fearing and putting off for so long. I want to make sure that any future family that picks up that scrapbook will know about our sweet Micah.
What pushed me to do it this weekend were these papers and rub-on decals:

I found them in this really cool shop the next town over and am in love with them! IN LOVE! They even have velvet decals that have a sticky back. I made this card with the orange velvet:


I had to go to my moms house to get my pictures and came home with these:


Eric had never even heard of EVEN ELEPHANTS FORGET! so I made him sit down and play right then!

That was my favorite game when I was a kid! When I saw it on the top shelf in her closet I squealed with glee. Seriously, I did. I went to take it down from the shelf and found myself exclaiming my love for the pink imprinty thingy. I proceeded to go thru each and every area/drawer/shelf/ container in the closet. I left all of my books and dolls there but claimed the unused strawberry shortcake activity book as my own. I love that my mom didn't throw my stuff away and that even though our kids will have new things, they can enjoy the stuff that their mom loved!

My latest painting

A while back, I read a line in my devotion Bible that said "immerced in grace". That sounded so beautiful to me that I wrote it down. About 2 months ago, I painted this painting and after staring at it for a few weeks, I added that line.
I love textures and colors. Very rarely does what's in my head come out on the canvas or paper, so I typically don't plan anymore. I just layer and play around till I like it. And it's purple. My favorite color. And Stacy and Jonathan too!

New Orleans revisited.

I was uploading some pictures and ran across this:


When my dad, Marion, and I went to New Orleans, we got off the trolly too soon and had to walk to the zoo thru this park. When I saw this house, I stopped and took a picture for Eric. He likes scary movies and it looked like it belonged in one. I don't think I would want to walk by this house at night!
When we finally got to the zoo, I made sure to see the monkeys. I like exhibits with a lot of one kind of animal like the monkeys, the penquins, the flamingos because I like to the see the interaction.


I hate alligators but took this picture because they have moss on them! Our alligators are too busy in Florida nibbling on people and animals to grow moss, I believe.

I should be sleeping~ not blogging...

But I had an adventurous night! And Look! I am able to label this post "adventures and such"!

My friend Ava organized a girls night out to paint pottery. 5 of us showed up and had a lot of fun. To tell you the truth, I don't get out much and I am not the social butterfly I once was so It was really good to be in a smaller group of girls that are down to earth and fun! So, this is what I painted:

My cat looks pregnant but that's supposed to be the foot that I obviously didn't make long enough!
I won't name this friend~

I am not sure if this face came before of after she announced " I am REALLY funny tonight!" That you are, sister. That you are.

this is what we call RANDOM.

I have come to realize that the love I felt for Florida was just infatuation. Florida's seriously getting on my nerves... and for the complete opposite reasons that Michigan did. It's hot. The humid, you're sweating before you can step off your porch hot. I broke out in hives when battling the jungle that constantly threatens to overtake our backyard. I probably could get hives no matter where I live, but I'm heaping coals on the fire, baby. And there are tons of bugs. That don't die. They just keep growing and growing.

This is a grasshopper. I took it with the light so you could see how unnaturally giant it is. You want to see a close up?

My birthday balloon that I received on April 3rd and that I photographed on May 20th has now seen the last of it's floating days. I would say 96 days is a nice life for a balloon.


I have a label for my blog entries that is "adventures and such". It has 3 entries. "Random things" has 47 entries. What does that say about me?

I tried a self tanning lotion. My legs have orange spots. I will be wearing jeans for the next 4 days.

'til next time.