Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Mother's Day and Idaho...

It's been tooooo long since I've posted - my computer was down for a while (thus no pictures!), and I had to prioritize my time in re-organizing my art and creative supplies here at the house. My art studio looks great, and our guest room that holds my craft/creative art supplies is amazing. Thanks to Johanna (Potter's House, School of the Supernatural student) for coming over and giving a clean eye to my stuff. It is so organized and easy to access and it looks great!

I spent Mother's Day here in Vacaville with Dustin and Savannah - we video camed with Deryck/Amanda, Avalon and Anna - Anna is getting sooooo big. She looks like Deryck looked as a baby, so we'll see how she develops - her eyes look like they be brown or green.

I just returned from Coeur d'Alene Idaho where my cousin Pam Thoms, my grandmother, my parents and my brother Larry live. It was a great visit and good to be with my family.

Pam spent time with me going over our family heritage - pictures, names, and stories. She is truely amazing. She has spent 20 years researching our family lineage. Thomas Edison is in my family line on my mom's side and President George Washington was a frequent guest in the home of one of our descendents, also on my mom's line.

Time with my Grandmother - aged 94 and simply amazing! She's sharp as a tack and wanted to talk about the current election process; we talked about my irises and garden (she gave me her bulbs, and I inherited her green thumb) and the food there in the center where she lives (ugh!).

I spent time at the beach, reflecting, taking pictures and just soaking - wonderful 80/90 degree weather (incredible for Coeur d'Alene). I had a delightful time with my parents and brother.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A Special Little Visit


Deryck and Avalon are coming to visit for a few days. I'm looking foward to being with the girl (Avalon), taking pictures - taking her to the park, playing in the yard, just being YaYa (what Avalon calls me!) We're looking forward to the time together, will miss Amanda and Anna Joy - but I know Amanda will enjoy the break.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Deryck's Photo Shoot

Met a great new friend while I was in Kansas City - Shelley Paulson - an amazing photographer. She gifted Deryck with an amazing photo shoot. Take a look at Deryck's pictures here.

Crash After Easter Sunday Lunch

This is what you do after a bar-b-cue ribs dinner on Easter Sunday... crash! Dustin and Savannah ate entirely too much to resist the sun coming through the sun room and the comfy couch.

Savannah's due date is September 7 - 5 days from my birthday, 3 days from Amanda's birthday, and 7 days from cousin Avalon's birthday!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Committed to Staying in Touch

Today is the first day of the rest of this blog. I've had such fun keeping up on friends and family and making new friends through their blogs that I thought this would be a good idea.
Blogger is free, so I probably won't keep up my other art blog, but will try to show my artwork here, family pics and updates here and share what God is doing in our lives.
Currently I am working on my back-up computer (travel pc) because my other computer crashed last week and our new hard drive arrived today. Hopefully I will get some pics up soon.
I will give links for other family and friends that you may want to check in on.
Okay, enough for today -