My older lady friend Norma asked me to make these adorable guys for her twin granddaughters. She bought the kit from Hemlickershlemar at 20$ each. Two sox, two buttons, thread, felt and a pompom. They even came with little birth certificates! I have the pattern so I can make monkeys out of all of our [...]

Winter took a vacation for a week and gave us the opportunity to dig in the earth and get our hands dirty. Well, Josh did the majority of the work, but I was there to document and help dig up sod. We picked an area that would get a lot of light in the summer [...]

This is a painting I did for some friends in Summer Lake. We took them out to the desert and showed them this petroglyph. They were so inspired by it that they commissioned me to paint it with a Maxfield Parish background. I enjoyed the process very much and look forwards to many more paintings. [...]

This last fall we took a marathon trip up to British Columbia. It happened to be the same weekend as our 6th anniversary, our friend Nick’s birthday and Canadian Thanksgiving. We had the good fortune to have family visit us in our short few days there. This is a special photo because it has Grandma, [...]

Ahh the aromas of home cooked dinner. Josh is embarking on his first slow cooker experience. It is 7 pm and he is getting ready for dinner to be done in the am so we will be having dinner for breakfast!! Pretty good! He is enjoying the new blades I got him for Christmas, fancy [...]

Hello Friends and Family! Took the summer off to play, but now we can start off where we left off. It is now fall here and we are excited to have a change of season. We have experienced one full year of Summer Lake living and it has been such a joy. So many good [...]

We can officially say we are in summer in Summer Lake. Last weeks thunder and lightning have turned into not a cloud in the sky and hot hot hot! Yipee, it has begun and I have a sunburn to prove it! (ouch) I have had the good fortune to not have to go into work [...]

Long time no write, I know, but here we are again! Summer Lake has been a wild place these past few weeks. This is the wettest year ever so says the people that are from here. This is a picture of the first real thunderstorm of the spring. Storms with lightning and thunder, big ominous [...]

Up getting my best sister dress made at Mom’s. Josh volunteered to stay home and take care of the “ladies” even though he really did want to come up with me… So far the visit has gone really great. Mom, Dad and I spent the Easter weekend with Grandma and Grandpa. We had delicious food, [...]