Another new project!

Well we had a really great Halloween weekend. We had some friends bring their two girls trick or treating with us. There weren't very many houses in our neighborhood that participated. Either they were all old farts or had kids too. Anyway we stopped at about 5 or 6 houses and then came back home. Bryce wasn't too into the whole trick or treat, and the girls were really too young, but we had fun anyway. Saturday was a happy/sad day for us. A dear sweet family in our church lost their only son to an automobile accident and Mom and I attended the funeral. It was just amazingly sad and such an eye opener. He was only 19. Tyler will be 19 in 6 years. I can't imagine losing one of my kids. I think that would be the worst pain. Anyway so for the happy, my cousin Elisha is expecting her 2nd child (a girl) and we gave her a baby shower. It was so good to spend time with the women in my family and just have a girl party.

Kim, Megan, Rita, Vickey, Elisha

Vickey, Elisha, Me, Kristen

Ok so I have been asked to be the homeroom mother for Bryce's class this year. I said I would be glad to share the responsibility, so me another mom are co-mothering. As part of our duties we needed to come up with an art project involving the kids to be sold at a silent auction for the county fair. I made 3 canvases and had the kids put their hand prints on them. I didn't get a picture of the final products, but here are some pictures of them before I took them to the school.

I got so involved in my painting again that I decided to do some religious art for my living room. I have seen pictures similar to these on other blogspots for sale, but I thought it crazy to buy something that I could make myself. They look great in my living room flanking my entertainment center.