Happy Birthday Alden

Last year at this time Alden was born and Michael was missing student orientation. It has been a wonderful year starting optometry school and having such a cute little one at our home.

Projects

This summer I have been working on a couple of different projects. One I actually finished towards the beginning of the summer...
This is a Christmas stocking I made for a future child. (Alden already has his) My Grandma made all of us stockings like this, so I wanted to continue the tradition and make them for my children. (We will see how I do at this because this one took me forever, they are a lot more work then I thought.)


The other project is I have been trying to illustrate a children's book that I wrote. I am almost done but still have a couple more paintings to go. These are a couple of the paintings from the book. This is another project that has taken me longer than expected, but I have enjoyed it. I am thinking that I should stop thinking of more projects, I have one last one that I already have in the works and that is to make a quiet book, but after that I think I will be done for a while.

Summer Days

It has been a nice relaxing summer. Alden and I especially like having Michael home more. It feels as though every night is a weekend!
We have been reading books, playing the piano and violin, and watching movies. It really has been a great summer.
We also love the summer because there are lots of fresh fruits and veggies. These are two of Alden's favorites...

Alden has also gotten into climbing. He loves it when he can climb anywhere new. One day I found him here... That same day I pulled him off the table and out of the dishwasher.
A few weeks back we had some guest from South Carolina. It was a quick but wonderful visit.