It's Done!!

I've been working on this for days (naptimes and after bedtimes, including mine :) and it's finally finished!  Taken in '09 at the cabin.  I'm hanging this (enlarged to a 16x20) in our family room, otherwise known as the "Elk Room".  Now I've got to find a frame.  Know of any Camo frames?  J/K :)

(PS - it didn't need to take me as long as it did, but given my level of experience with Adobe, plus losing my first almost finished work (seriously, I was just about ready to order it late one night when my battery died on my laptop, it wasn't saved, and I had to redo all my work.  Lesson learned.)

We Got the Dining Room

We redeemed some gift certificates for Olive Garden tonight after Jace's basketball game (which they lost, but Jace had fun anyway).  They seated our family of six at this beautiful long table, complete with our own window and coat rack (on the right, just outside of this photo :)  There is another wall on the right, and it was really cozy and fun :)  I overheard an old lady commenting as she walked by, "Oh, they got the dining room."
Yup, we did!  And I didn't even have to clean up afterward.

Dinner with Grandma Jenny

Jared's Grandma Jenny (and Jared also has a sister named, "Jenny"! And his other sister married a "Jared", just to keep us confused - wait, no, I think she liked him, too) invited us over for a delicious meal of coconut shrimp and other yummy goodies. She has always been a talented cook. Hopefully I can cook this recipe like she told me it's done.

All of Us

Someday, it will be all of us, but until then, I will be photo-shoppin':

I made this for one of my family's Christmas gifts. As I went through a few of Evan's non-digital photos, I found this and love it. You may not be able to see that he's wearing his cap inside out. Classic.That's a friend that came to play for a day every week on his mom's "Day off". Isn't that a brilliant idea? I'll have to put that one in my list of things to do. Evan and Jace loved having him over. Great times.

While I'm reminiscing, here's another one. Miss those blue eyes. We used to take Jace and Evan in the bike trailer and ride to the park. He loved chasing the ducks there. This is in the spring before he was diagnosed in July. That boy had energy. I miss hearing his feet clomping up and down the house!