Family Photos are IN!!!

Got our family pictures late last night...front door delivery (now that is service!) Needless to say, I absolutely love them. And we all had such a great time. Thank you Roon for awesome pictures and a great experience.

Creative Projects Unveiled!

Tah-dah! As promised, here is one of the botanical presses that resulted from my "disaster walk" with Marty and the boys earlier this week. I used watercolor paper for the backdrop and an old frame that we had in the garage. This was just a dry-run. Next time, I will probably use a larger frame and in script right the name of the plant at the bottom (Nasturtium).

And this is a canvas that I did for a friend of ours who just had a little boy (bet you can't guess the name...ha). The nursery has a beach theme so I thought this would be cute. I got the idea from a company called Fontaine Murray (http://www.fontainemaury.com/). They have the cutest things. I just bought a monogrammed serving tray from them for my newly-married cousin but they have SO much more. Check it out!

So the rest of the week was pretty eventful:

Jack had his first swim lesson...and he was of course, a rockstar.

We (I) made the mistake of bringing Will to this special event because I wanted pictures and he threw a fit (because he wanted to swim). I had to leave after five minutes to take him to a playground (see picture below). Jay and I felt so sorry for him (at the time) but now that I look at the photo, he doesn't really seem too traumatized. Jay and I felt so bad that we bought him lessons on the spot and starting next week, Jack and Will will be taking the class together....that should be interesting.

In other fun news: Jack had a giant booger bubble for about 5 minutes that FINALLY Will popped (that's what brothers are for...). Luckily we caught it on film before that happened :-).

And today dad took the boys on an adventure to KID VENTURES this morning while mom went to a baby shower. They had a blast....

That's about it for this update but I just finished a really cute painting for a friend of ours that recently had a little boy. The nursery is a "beach theme". As soon as I get a chance, I'll take a picture and post it!