Spring School Program

Each year, Trinity puts on a couple of programs.  This year's Spring Program was on Friday night and included three short plays, each acted by different grade groups.

The second and third grade class did the story of Johnny Appleseed and his missionary efforts.  The fourth, fifth, and sixth grade class did a story about six travelers who each had a special gift that would come in handy during their travels.  And the fifth and six graders did the story of The Proud-Minded Princess who had to learn some humility before she could fin joy and contentment in her life.

The stories were cute, well-acted, and funny.  Even the costumes were fantastic.

Happy Anniversary to Us

An Anniversary Bouquet from my mom! It's only a month late, but then again I was out of the country on my actual anniversary. :)

And really we should celebrate every month, not just in February.

San Andres, Colombia

More Vacation Bling

Phone pictures don't really do this set justice. I'm not very impressed with my wire-wrapping skills, but hope to remedy that with a class. However, I like simple coloring, and how the simple necklace allows the pendant to be the real focal piece.

The other thing that I like is that this necklace was also done completely out of inventory. I didn't have to make any runs to the bead store to "fill gaps".

Getting ready for vacation!

I finished this set last weekend. It has a wonderful jellyfish pendant of blown glass (that I bought at an artist fair last summer in Montana), fresh water pearls (from a necklace I made 21 years ago), mother of pearl, sodalite, and faceted green sea glass.

It is a "modular" piece that can be warn twisted all together or with just the "jellyfish" necklace or just the "cascade" necklace.  I can't wait to wear it when we go on vacation.

Work Avoidance!!

I don't really want to take the Christmas decorations down...so let's play instead! Chocolate pretzels and jammin' to some Blue Moo kid songs!

Pajama days gone by

I was searching through some photos in search of a picture of our old house and I stumbled upon this great picture of the kids in their animal print pajamas (made by Oma).

Katherine has long-since outgrown her pajamas, and Patrick has outgrown his (fortunately I haven't outgrown mine), but now Katherine is wearing Patrick's...although by next winter I'm not so sure.

Weren't they cute?