Artwork

I just finished my drawing of the house yesterday! I haven't framed it yet, so I added a border to the picture so I could get an idea of what it would look like with a black frame. I did have to crop off some of the drawing to make the border work. It was such a relief to get it finished. A lot of hard work went into the details on the porch and columns, but you can't really see them in the picture.

This is a painting I just finished. It's okay, but I've got a lot to learn about painting. No matter what I did, I couldn't make the grass look right, and the trees are pretty bland. You can click on both of these pictures to make them a little larger. Now I've got to pick out my next projects and get started on them.

The Nativity

We watched this movie Sunday night. When it was on at the theater last Christmas we never got a chance to go see it, so we decided to rent it while it was available on cable. Some movies I've seen that were supposed to be based on the Bible took way too many liberties, but this was actually a good movie. It wasn't perfect, but it was good. Definitely worth seeing. The journey to Bethlehem really portrayed what it must have been like. I had never given it enough thought, but seeing Joseph struggle to lead Mary on the donkey up rocky trails until his feet were bleeding and how they had no shelter at night in the open plains, made me think about it. I liked it. Despite some flaws, but it was mostly accurate and a lot of dialogue came from Scripture. There is a much better review of it at http://www.pluggedinonline.com/movies/movies/a0002990.cfm.

9/11/2001

We will never forget.

Weekend Photos

This is me in our backyard. There is a really pretty park right behind our house, so it makes a good background. Gabrielle.............

Me and Princess. Yes, she's in an old doll stroller. We put her in it just to see if she'd fit and had to take a few pictures. She loved it and I think she looked pretty cute sitting in it. : )

Mmmm......

Mama made banana pudding for dessert tomorrow. It looks sooo good!

Church News

Last Sunday, one of our pastors told me that they are going to start a church plant in a town closer to us. Our church is exactly an hour away from home and this town would be about 20-25 minutes closer. There are already about forty people interested in attending the new church. I don't have a definite idea of their plans, such as when it will start and where they will meet, but he sounded like it will be soon. I'm pretty sure we're going to visit it when they get it started. In a way, I'm looking forward to it -- visiting a new church with new people is always exciting and the drive will be shorter-- but at the same time, I would miss seeing my friends at the big church. So we'll have to wait and see how everything goes.

Flowers and a Butterfly

Isn't this a nice picture? Gabrielle took it at Grandma's house the last time we were there. She had to try several times because the butterfly kept moving, but this picture was worth the trouble. I want to try to paint it sometime, but I should probably complete a few simpler paintings first. :)