Too Cute!

I'm really busy, but thought I'd share this photo of Henry.

I get such a kick out of Tony's captions...

Back in a day or two!

Feeling Festive!

I found these glasses at the dollar store and thought we could do a photo shoot wearing them...

What I didn't realize was that they were too big for Teagan...

They just wouldn't stay on her head!

Big brother to the rescue!

He's so kind and gentle with her!

He kept adjusting them...

Asking her to stay still!

Adjusting her glasses over and over...

Finally, success!

Ever see a reindeer with attitude?

What fun!

Boys will be boys...

Andy and Ashley attended a wedding yesterday…

With an outdoor reception…

It rained all weekend!

I offered to keep Locklan, but they said that he had a great suit and new rain boots to wear.

Last night, Andy sent me these photos…

Looking at the top photo and seeing that Andy is just as muddy,

I'd say that the apple didn't fall far from that tree!

Like Andy texted me:

Mud=Fun!

Van Go?

Oh my goodness, what a blast!

 

Michelle, Ashley's mother hosted a CREATE ART party yesterday.

 

There were six of us there.

 

When we got there, Dina, the artist, had everything set up...

 

Easels, with blank canvasses  on the table,

 a water glass with two paint brushes (she called them Sonny and Cher)

Paints...she even covered most things with plastic (more on that later).

 

I don't know what I expected, but when I saw a blank canvas, my mind went blank!

 

I think I expected a paint-by-numbers kind of thing!

 

The painting in the center is what we were supposed to paint...

 

 

 

Just a sweet, pastoral scene...complete with a cabin!

 

Step one...sky and grass...here's Ashley's!

 

 

 

Step 2:  trees and some dead grass...

Here's mine in the lower right...

 

 

 

To be honest, my painting didn't start out as a masterpiece.

In fact, I'm not sure what that dark thing in the painting was supposed to be...

 

 

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We kept painting away.  As the late Bob Ross would say, we added happy little trees...

 

Ashley and I were backed up against the windows. 

It was a tight fit...Dina couldn't see what we were doing...

 

So she ran out onto the deck to peek through the window...

 

 

 

She thought we were doing great!

 

 

 

I think that's when it all began to fall apart...

 

She forgot to tell us not to splash paint on the walls...

 

AND she did not cover the walls with plastic...

 

 

Some of us (who shall remain nameless) did...

all I can say about that is that she said Lestoil would get the paint off...

and I did.  ALL the paint... 

 

Some of us, like Michelle, Ashley's mom, really got into it...

 

 

 

After we were done...she told us to sign our name on it...

 

I did.  I signed my name...

 

 

 

 

And we all went out on the deck for our class picture...

 

 

and left them to dry while we helped clean up...

 

 

Of course, I thought mine was...

 

 

Interesting?

 

When I got home, I remembered I had an easel in the basement...

 

I set it up in the foyer...

 

 

I'm certainly not feeling it...

I'm thinking of hanging it on the wall in the powder room...

What do you think?

 

 

 

It takes sooo little...

A few weeks ago, Andy, Tony and I went out for dinner.  On our way home, Tony got a call from their friend, Tom, who said he had a cell phone cover for Tony.  Before I could say a word, we were on our way to Tom's house.

As I sat outside of Tom's house...

I got bored and started playing with my camera.  I focused on a bike on the back of Jon's car, in front of me...

Just then, Andy, Tony, Jon and Tom came out and spotted this...

A tricycle in the neighbor's trash!  Before I knew it, the tricycle was in Jon's car and we were headed for the parking garage in town...

The guys were so excited!  They couldn't wait to take turns riding on the trike...

Tom pulled out his skate board, Jon got on the trike...

Next it was Andy's turn on the trike...

There he goes!!!

Everyone has to get in the act...Here comes Tom....

Whoopsie!

Tony?  Aren't you going to go?

They just kept going...GO!  GO! Andy!!!!

 

Of course, they can't be happy to just ride taking turns...

Let's ride tandem?

A triple?

What?  They won't fit?  Hey, someone bring that skate board!

I think they've got it!

Ahhhhh, it's cold, it's late and it's time to go home.  Time to retire the trike....

Good night Jon, good night, Tom!

Tell me again, the difference between men and boys? I'm not suure I can tell. 

Yes, I am blessed!  Now YOU go out and be a blessing to someone.

See you soon,

Love,

Jan