Blast from the Past-80s Style

A friend of Bill’s just showed him this picture on Facebook.  Love it!  I asked him if his jeans just happened to be rolled at the bottom too…

Enjoy!!

Wednesday Night Around the House

Elizabeth and I talked a lot about Scrapbooking and Project Life on Thursday night. 

She wanted a picture of Bryan, her, and I. 

But Bryan disappeared.  (I think Daddy was bothering him and making him fly his helicopter in Battlefield even though he probably should have been going to bed…)  Anyway…Matt took the picture for us instead.

Perfect photo for Wednesday Project Life.  

Happy Sunday!

First Snow of Winter 2012

I borrowed an ornament from the tree that is still up…

Poor Tigger did not really enjoy the snow…or the cold. 

Ralph loves it.

He is a snow dog. And he loves to annoy the other dogs by jumping around and barking at them. 

Early into the snow this morning. 

The view. 

I took a few minutes this morning to take some photos in the freezing cold and blowing snow before I left for work. 

But it looks like I will have more chances to take snow photos next week  

I just hope it’s a little warmer.  Love the snow, but not crazy about the 3 degrees.

Happy Friday!

Happy

Today I bought myself an African Violet because I have always wanted one. 

And because when I saw it, it made me happy . 

And then I took a photo of myself because I was feeling goofy. 

Maybe I was just a little too happy. 

Happy Wednesday!

Art Journaling

I finally took a day to play with my pan pastels.  I have been trying to art journal more this new year, and so I pulled out my art journals.

This is my pan pastel moleskin that I use for Donna Downey’s PanPastel classes.  I haven’t quite finished playing around with this page yet. 

(Note:  If you look closely, you can see brushmarks on the page. This is from Golden brand “Acrylic Ground for Pastels” that my Mom bought me for Christmas. I promised that I would post about it.  It gives the page a lot more “tooth” than a gesso’d page which hardly absorbs any of the color at all.)

This is a page that I played with in my art journal.

(There is no gesso or acrylic ground on the art journal pages.)

I love stencils.  Because I couldn’t make a real star to save my life  

I hope you took some time this weekend to play. 

Happy Monday!

10th Annual Celebration of “29”

I took a moment this morning to capture what I’m seeing on my 39th birthday before I ran off to work. 

I have been thinking a lot about this birthday.  And how I can make this year special.  Turning 30 didn’t bother me.  I think that turning 40 will.  So I am trying to plan things to do this year that make me happy and that keep me moving in the direction of my dreams. 

Here’s to kicking off the 10th annual celebration of my “29th” year. 

Celebrate 2012

What a cutie!!

She loves rings and chasing puppies.

Merlin was concerned about his tennis ball.

Love this crowd. 

Playing with Bokeh and my new lens.

This kid looks a lot like my Dad’s baby picture.  Was trying to find a copy of it, but couldn’t find it for this post. 

My favorite person in the whole wide world.  16 years.

Happy, slightly overtired and seriously stressed Mommy and Daddy. But they look so cute all together. 

My favorite bearfan in the whole world.  (We <3 a great defense!)

It was a great way to ring in the new year.   I love this crowd.

Happy 2012!