I went through a painting phase about 10 years ago.  It was really just an attempt to paint phase.  Believe me, I'm sure I didn't do anything spectacular.  My uncle, an artist (specifically a painter), said one of the best ways to learn and practice...

My sister has three boys--three boys under five.  I feel worn out just writing that.  So it goes without saying that she's got her hands full at all times.  She has plenty of pictures of the first two, but the third, well, not so many.  I told her I'd...

  One book that's been on my list for a while is For the Love of Old by Mary Randolph Carter.  I have a few of her Junk books and love them all.  My mom bought the book for me for Christmas but couldn't wait to give it to me, so she gave it to me this...

Yesterday we tried to take some family pictures since we were all together and had the kids all together.  It was pretty exhausting trying to get pictures of everyone!  It's practically impossible to get 4 kids under 5 to look at the camera, with their...

Last night I was trying to find a new profile picture for my Facebook page.  I was scrolling through my pictures, showing a few to Andrew to see if he'd help me pick one, and he said, "you're always soooo smiley in pictures--it's your biggest fault!" ...