Back At It

I finally started drawing again the other day. I've had high hopes of getting lots of painting in this summer and decided to finally start back into things by sitting down to draw. I'll have to say I loved every minute of it!! So this up-coming week my goal is to draw for at least 30 min every day. Hopefully I'll be able to keep this train going!

The first go in a long while: a 30 min contour drawing of some flowers sitting on our table. (The idea of a contour drawing is you use one continous line to describe the contours of an object without erasing or blocking in. You just pick a point and start drawing!) I will admit I did cheat a little and lifted my pencil a couple of times and I'm seriously RUSTY but it was definitely a good way to get back into the groove- slowly but surely! :)

For the Grandparents

I think we've finally settled into life in AR. Tyler and I just about have our daily routine down and the door knocking is in full swing for Gordon. Everything seems to be going well thus far and with the exception of a couple days of extremely rough storms we feel like the summer has officially started. I will say, however, that after our "summer sales life" is over, I definitely do not want to live anywhere with regular tornado warnings. I don't think my nerves are cut out for it. Thankfully we were lucky enough to be passed by this last time around and I am truly grateful for that.

So, for the grandparents, here's what Tyler's discovered:

He has to do everything Josh does. They are usually pretty good buds and they're sure cute when they're having fun together!


Movie nights are a blast and popcorn is his new favorite food. (He calls it "bop bo".)


He LOVES icecream cones- especially the cone part!


A new hiding place.


He can't live without his blankets...ALL of them!!



A foam mattress can be a blast to play with!

I was working on getting dinner fixed while Tyler was in his room playing with this foam mattress and pretty soon I hear, "Momma! Momma!" Somehow he had managed to roll himself up in this mattress in such a way that he was stuck and couldn't get out. We both thought it was pretty hilarious.