Monday Mugshot Collaboration

When Macs was smaller, he LOVED to create art. Once, I interviewed him when he was just ten days shy of turning five, ABOUT HIS ART. I still get choked up when I read that interview about him being an artist. In his interview, he said “The world is all the art that I can…

Sixteen Years Ago…

Sixteen years ago, Travis and I started dating… we had been best friends for over three years. Valentine’s Day that spring after this photo was taken, we were married. I can’t believe what KIDS we were!! This picture is from our anniversary this year. Fifteen years we’ve been married now! We did one of my…

Sixteen Years Ago…

Sixteen years ago, Travis and I started dating… we had been best friends for over three years. Valentine’s Day that spring after this photo was taken, we were married. I can’t believe what KIDS we were!! This picture is from our anniversary this year. Fifteen years we’ve been married now! We did one of my…

Everybody’s your Valentine.

Seventy Valentines made for Macs to take to school. The boy’s school is small… and ever since we moved here, we have always made enough Valentines for the whole school. It’s a small school, with around 60 kids from K-6th grade. I’ve always felt like it was a bit much for the WHOLE school to…

Creativity Comes from Many Places

Every year, right about November, I start planning the upcoming year for A Year in the Life of an Art Journal. I usually have an idea of what I’d like to do, and then start planning the structure, asking peeps to be guest hosts… all that. BUT.Last year, November rolled around, and I just wasn’t…

Basketball.

There will be LOTS and LOTS of basketball in our lives in the coming weeks. This week alone, the boys have games every day except for two.  THIS. This is what makes this year precious to me… This may be the ONLY year that Josh and Macs get to play together… and the way that…

Basketball.

There will be LOTS and LOTS of basketball in our lives in the coming weeks. This week alone, the boys have games every day except for two.  THIS. This is what makes this year precious to me… This may be the ONLY year that Josh and Macs get to play together… and the way that…