gvl movie time

one thing i really look forward to is time spent at the cabin watching old and really bad movies. this year we watched the documentary about the worst movie ever made and were so inspired, we watched the actual "bad movie" called "troll 2"... 

if you plan on watching troll 2, you must watch the documentary first because it is soooooo bad the only way to stomach it is to know that back story. it is a major 80's flashback too, egad!
Happy New Years!!

the big 40

happy birthday chris!

a little hazy blurry but a great early dinner and sunset watching on signal hill

christmas 2011

whoa, i am really absent here lately! i had a run of extra work so i have been super busy and tired. finally have a few days off to catch up on everything...

this year i had portraits of both girls made by alice du bois (three different ones so i could keep one and give the other two to the grandparents) we also had my parents dog painted (*unfortunately he became ill over thanksgiving and had to be put to sleep, so sad!*) and our dog maggie as well. it was such a fun process to find photos of the girls to have painted and then interacting with alice as she worked on and completed each painting. it was always a thrill to open up the package with the painting all finished. i highly recommend getting portraits done of your pets and kids and whomever because it is such a unique way to capture a moment in time. i never tire of looking at the first portrait i had done of the girls. you can see the three portraits here and archie as well.



maggie got her annual bone and the girls got dolls, dolls and more dolls (including a justin bieber doll!!)

xmas countdown

like everyone says, cant believe it's almost christmas again. i love the holidays but it does seem to come up fast each year. for once i started super early and am close to being done with all my shopping. i shopped almost exclusively online on amazon and etsy with my biggest purchase being some special commissioned paintings... can't wait to see them! 

i got a last minute invite to the tree lighting at the colorado lagoon so i rushed home from work and we headed out



it felt good to start our christmas season early this year. work has been slow for me so i have been relishing the time for cleaning the house and working on small projects. i need to get more regular with this blog or it may be time to call it quits. happy holidays!

camp gvl

 few more snow pix of green valley lake... our drive up was so pretty!

bright sun and a fresh layer of snow, perfect photo op. hoping to head up again this weekend. :)

badges

making badges for my camp fire kids... super addicting actually

the best thing i ever bought for my group was that damn button making machine, have used it so many times



all done and ready for our ceremonial campfire celebrating the giving of service to our community. wo he lo!

first snow of the season

i love snow!!