Friday, April 29, 2011

04.29.2011

This was my high school graduation present from my Grandma Eva.  I remember her taking me into her living room and having four or five paintings sitting out on the couches and she told me that I could pick one.  I loved this one.

So before my mom actually makes a book with all of these paintings, I think that I am going to need to practice a bit on taking pictures of paintings.  What do you think, should I leave a bit of the wall (like in the cardinal painting), a lot of the wall (like in this painting), or no wall (like in the mountains/tiger lily painting)?

Thursday, April 28, 2011

04.28.2011


This is a painting that my Great-Grandma Eva gave to my mom.  When I painted my bathroom purple, my mom told me, "This is one of my favorite paintings so you may have it on loan."  There is no date on the painting. 

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

04.27.2011


This is another painting that I got from my Grandma Gayle that was painted by my Great-Grandma Eva.  I love it, but want to change the colors in my house and thinkt hat I should share it with my brother because I think it would look great in his new dining room.  The date is 1976...before I was even born.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

04.26.2011


My mom started taking pictures of all of my Great-Grandmother Eva's paintings so that once we had all/most of the pictures in one location we could make a picture book of them for everyone to have. 

When my Grandma Gayle sold her house and bought a park model in Yuma, she didn't have near as much room to hang paintings.  And so, she gave me a couple.  These are two of the painting that my Grandma Gayle gave to me.  If I remember correctly, she told me that they were the first two that Grandma Eva painted.  If you look closely, you can see that her signature seems a lot different that those she painted later.  There is no date on either of these paintings.

04.25.2011

We (finally) took the training wheels off of Jeffrey's bike today.  He was nervous about falling off, but after a little practice, he was off...and so proud of himself.

04.24.2011

Easter day was beautiful.  We spent all afternoon hitting golf balls, playing Frisbee, hula hooping, and visiting outside.  It was awesome.

04.23.2011


The Cartwright Tunnel
Mason, Faith, Macy, Jeffrey
sooc

04.22.2011

Good Friday

04.21.2011

Oops...I almost forgot to take a picture today.  This is my lying in bed watching The Biggest Loser. 
Maybe, I should have been on the treadmill instead.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

04.20.2011

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I love the different colors of the bokeh.

04.19.2011

Jeffrey's new favorite snack is grapefruit. 

(Mom, you'll have to bring some fresh grapefruit home for him.)

04.18.2011


4-H Fruit
It's making me excited for summer fruits and vegetables.

Monday, April 18, 2011

04.17.2011


We had a busy day today.  I had to read the part of Narrator for church and do Children's Sermon.  Afterwards there was a Palm Sunday breakfast and Sunday School, but I skipped both to go take Senior Pictures (it was snowing, of course).  We got home, got the kids to bed and Tyler and I watched a movie together (it was our anniversary).  When the kids woke up, we working on cleaning house for awhile and then the kids and I drove to Williston for Sophia's 6th birthday party.  We had a blast!

04.16.2011


Macy and I were home alone most of the day today.  It was fun to have her help me with chores and snuggle together.  Just before bedtime, though, I remembered that I need to take a picture.

Friday, April 15, 2011

04.15.2011

Yup, that's right, it snowed again last night.  Too bad the weather service quits recording winter snowfall on April 1st so this doesn't even count for the winter's total.  Is it ever going to end?

04.14.2011

Jeffrey was busy taking pictures last night.  I had to laugh when Jeffrey asked the three of us, "Will you get your heads together a little more?"  Tyler had just got done telling me that I was bossy and picky about how we were sitting and where the pillow was.  I guess I'm rubbing off on Jeffrey.  He got a cute picture anyway.

04.13.2011

I took the JH Academic Olympic team overnight to Glasgow for their annual competition.  The kids were really excited to take first place in the Oral Rounds competition.

04.12.2011


Tyler, Jeffrey, and Macy got me a Pandora charm bracelet for Valentine's Day this year.  I was shocked and surprised.  I added the wave charm down in Florida.  I can't wait to keep adding charms as we have memories throughout the years to come.

On a side note:  I used my low fstop to get the blurry effect here.  I've been shooting on a lot of manual and I love learning how to get different effects.

04.11.2011


I have 3 of these plants.  Most of them have extremely long runners, but don't fill out the pots.  So, I cut off some of the ends and am hoping that they will root out in my glass bottles and I'll be able to transplant and make my pots fill out more rather than having to buy new plants.

Monday, April 11, 2011

04.10.2011


Ah...Life grows lovely where you are.  ~Mathilde Blind
sooc

04.09.2011

Oh my goodness!  We had our friends, Jaq and Chris, and their kids, Bridger and Gracelynn, out for supper tonight.  We had an awesome time visiting with Jaq and Chris, but the true highlight of the evening was getting to watch Bridger and Jeffrey wrestle.  The boys loved being the center of attention.  Bridger is a ham and kept pumping himself up like The Hulk...or Ironman...or Wolverine.  At one point, Jeffrey told Bridger he was Iceman and threw some "ice" at him and made a "exchhh" sound and Bridger was right on the ball and caught it on his chest, froze, and fell to the floor.  It was like they had rehearsed it over and over to get it just right.  I'd upload the video, but it wound up being four minutes long...I just couldn't stop.

04.08.2011


The roads, my yard, people's attitudes were finally improving yesterday.  Yesterday was a pretty good day.  Then, bam!  This morning we woke up to rain, which turned to snow, which turned into big, slushy, wet mess.  It's April 8th and spring is nowhere in sight.

Shelly's post shows the snow a lot better.  I must have been on my way to work way before she took her picture. 

04.07.2011


After months of doing a lot of chores, Jeffrey finally earned his DS.  It didn't matter how sick he was, he enjoyed getting to play Mario Cart.

(I'm in the process of writing a Jetsmama blog about this...there is a lot more to the story than this simplified version.)

Thursday, April 7, 2011

04.06.2011


That's not a mountain or even a hill, for that matter.  It's a snowbank.
sooc

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

04.05.2011

Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him; then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. ... Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.  ~Louis L'Amour

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

04.04.2011


The sunset was spectacular. The sky streaked itself with rose and the region of the sun became an indescribable glory. All my life I have used words, and yet I find times when they are totally inadequate.
~Louis L'Amour in The Ferguson Rifle

Monday, April 4, 2011

04.03.2011

 I L♥ve my new Bogs rain boots and wish I would have bought them sooner.  Good thing they arrived when they did though because the snow is melting...again.

04.02.2011

Ingredients to have an Awesome Night

great girlfriends (and their husbands)
good food
lots of laughs
kids at the babysitters

04.01.2011

I was the chaperone for the Junior High Semi-Formal Dance tonight.  All night long, the kids were asking me, "Will you take a picture of us?"  It was cute.

Friday, April 1, 2011

03.31.2011


I keep forgetting to get the date from the back of this picture...but I'll post it for now.  Isn't he cute?