found

i remember thinking before we moved.....i'm going to take pictures of every little moment to document this joyous occasion we've waited for the last 6 months. this is how far i got...

(leaving my moms house with both of our vehicles insanely stuffed

and me shedding a tear or two because i hate

change that much. even when it's a good change)

[pulling sassy into the back yard to use the french doors for much easier unloading]

{taking a picture of the handsome husband the moment we walked in

and thinking that i could not believe it was actually happening

and feeling a little nervous but really excited}

[laughing at Brandon and Will as they installed the oven

for 2 hours and nearly gave up because it wouldn't work after they put

it together and took it apart a few times.

then eureka!!!!!

there is another breaker box in the house

that needs a switch flipped.

those poor guys were so frustrated once that oven was all said

and done]

yep...that is it.  that's all i managed to capture of that glorious day.

it proved to be rather exhausting and grueling and it got to a point that

i could care less where my camera was.

now i can look back and wish i would have

done a better job of documenting but what's a girl to do when a u-haul full of boxes is

calling her name.

oh well.....all i know is it feels good to be home.  really good.

up and stuff

well i discovered once again this weekend that i cry when i watch this movie.

i don't cry easily at movies and usually if i've seen a movie that makes me cry several times i don't cry every single time. 

but UP does it to me every time. 

such a fantastic movie that somehow captures each emotion perfectly.

i'll never forget the first time i saw this.  it was on a date with Will. 

i remember being embarrassed to cry in front of him especially over an animated movie so i bit my lip and help most of it back. 

now he knows that i cry like a baby, and he remembers all the parts that i do, so he'll just hug me while i cover my face and sob. 

does anyone else get that emotional watching UP?

and just so you know i'm in love with this painting of their house at paradise falls. 

p.s. Brandi....i think of you every time i watch UP

and i think of your adorable mailbox.

just thought i'd let you know.

ok now that i purged all that....

last night i did this painting which is a gift for an upcoming

baby shower i'm attending.

when Will saw it he gasped

and said it's the cutest monkey he's ever seen. 

he gets really excited when i'm artsy.

i like that.

he was watching a movie in the other room while i painted.

i called for him and told him i had a big problem.

[i kind of felt like a little kid that was telling on myself after making a huge mess]

well that's because i did make a huge mess.

i'd like to call it the famous blue paint explosion.

i was too panicked about cleaning it up that i failed to snap a picture of the disaster but trust me it was bad.

bright blue paint on the carpet, the wall, the window, the cord to the blinds, and everything else in it's path.

here's a little peek at where the explosion started and a speckle on the carpet.

clogged paint tube+hard squeezing=recipe for disaster

right after it happened i thought....duh!

it's like i knew that would happen but i was still too impatient to unclog it in a reasonable way.

silly me!

luckily Will came in armed with a roll of paper towels and helped me clean it up although i couldn't get the paint off everything yet....hopefully some magic potion will help me get the rest cleaned up.

 

i'm coloring the world...

one painting at a time.
most of my free time this week was spent painting.  here are a few more gems i have to share with you.
first off a very late birthday present for a very dear friend....

{a journal i painted for marcy}

{and a small painting of her fiesty little dog layla}

she was in love with both items.  she's a big fan/cheerleader of mine.

then.....

i thought, what if there was a bomb full of colors and it exploded in the sky of a black/white/gray world?

i think the colors would float down on little parachutes and each color would land in the precise spot it was intended to make everything beautiful. 

so all of these thoughts i had resulted in this painting.

which has appropriately been named "color bomb"

[please ignore the poor photo quality.  i promise the real camera

will be coming out to play soon]

last night i asked Will which painting he would prefer to round out our art wall in the living room....

a happy storm cloud similar to the one i painted earlier in the week or a pirate ship of some sort???

he picked this one...

i'm glad he did because it fits in perfectly.

marcy gifted me with the most amazing rug the other day. 

i won't be using it as a rug since it's too adorable.  it's actually already hanging on our bedroom wall.

i love marcy because when we go for walks in the desert by my house we somehow get off the well marked trail and end up in the middle of nowhere because we talk too much and don't pay attention. 

we know how to make exercise fun obviously.

i also love my husband, my amazing family, the dogs, our new house, and making works of art.....just to name a few.

who/what do you love? 

my creations and my thoughtful husband

OUCH! 
the art bug has bit me and it bit me hard.  i don't know if it was the fact i had to do without being creative while my art supplies were in storage or what.  but i like it! 
i made this lovely painting the other night with the intention to keep it

because i'm just greedy like that with the things i make

even if i'm commisioned to make

something...i have a hard time parting with it.

this little lovely had been in my head

for a month or so and i finally had a chance to let it out.

the pictures i have in my head always evolve into something more

once i get going with them.  this one did just that.

anyway this dear painting found a new home today

even though it wasn't planning to originally.

i'm going to miss it but i'm also extremely happy to sell my creations.

then just like that, the next night i get another genius idea.

i love when this happens because it doesn't often.

usually i find myself with creative block and it can be so frustrating.

without further ado the magic that recently came out on canvas...

now this one...i refuse to part with because it has too much

personal meaning behind it.

i love when my dear husband sits in the art room with me and either talks

to me while i'm creating or even silently sits and reads. 

he was partially present for both of these gems because he's just awesome like that.

he's also awesome because even when i forget such milestones as monthly anniversaries

like our sixth monther that just happened on the 7th.....he doesn't forget.

he reminds me via text then follows that up by coming home

with his hand behind his back faking back pain only to pull out flowers

with a sweet little note.

like i said....he's awesome.

might as well ask what makes a star?

This verse from the song "Your Mother and Mine (Peter Pan)" pretty much says it when it comes to my mom.....
What makes a mother all that they are?
Might as well ask, "What makes a star?"
Ask your heart to tell you her worth
Your heart will say, "Heaven on earth."
Another word for divine,
Your mother and mine.

[me and my mom 1980ish]

Mom....you really are the best!

Will and I both love you a whole bunch!

Happy Mother's Day!

spidey art

my aunt commisioned me to do spider art for her to give as a mother's day gift.  this is what i came up with.  she's pretty sure it will be a big hit.

i'm ba-aaack

this is probably going to end up being like 10 posts in 1 because we just got the internet hooked back up and i have a moment to sit and type. 
a lot has happened this last week.  we finally moved into our new house which has been a dream come true.  i had the week off work to get us unpacked and settled.  it was so wonderful to have a break from work and spend the days settling into our home.   
my birthday was wonderful thanks to my husband and my mom.....plus all the other awesome family and friends who went out of their way to make my day special.  i felt like queen for the day or actually for a few days because i milk the "it's my birthday" thing as long as i possibly can.  when i find my camera i'll post pictures from my birthday.  i took a bunch while we were on the fun run.

the highlights from our week:

when we pulled into the u-haul lot to pick a truck up i said to Will, "i really hope we don't get that disgusting spider one."  we go in and fill out the paperwork and the guy hands us keys to....you guessed it....the scary looking spider truck.  we laughed about for most of the day.  i mean we had to laugh about something because moving certainly isn't something to laugh about.  moving is one of our least favorite things.

as we were bringing things in from our garage one day Will noticed something tiny run into the garage.

we didn't want to hurt the adorable little fella so we tried our hardest to make it run out.  actually it hopped which made it even cuter.  we tried catching him to release the little guy into the vacant field next door but that was silly. we looked like a couple of clowns chasing the rascal around the garage.  finally he made his way out to the field.  i'm sure we terrified him.  seeing the adorable little critter made our day.

after her day at the groomer Mascara came over to the spend the afternoon with me.  she wasn't happy about being groomed and she wasn't happy about being in a strange new place for a few hours either.  she just wanted to get back to her house in the mountains with the rest of the babes and i heard about it.  she whined for most of the time she was here, especially when Will came home.  she loves him so much and she was thrilled to tell him her story.  the only time she was content while at my house was when i was right next to her relaxing.  when my mom came to pick her up i told her it was like watching an crying baby for several hours.  i was thrilled to have some time with her though because ever since we moved we have really missed the dogs. 

in closing i'll leave a few pictures of the decorating we have done so far.  i'll post real pictures of the house once everything is in it's place and my camera decides to appear.  

 

[one of my many owls]

[decals we put up in the art room/guest room]

[a wall in the living room full of art i made]