Gallery Debut

My hubby had his first Gallery show opening on Friday night for a juried photography show. All the pictures had to be taken with a Holga camera. He got 3 pictures in (the 3 on the bottom row). Some of his professional photographer friends only got 1 in. He's awesome! We went to dinner first with a few other of his photo pals and then went to the Gallery.

Invention Convention 2nd Grade

Our middle son had to make an invention for school...he came up with this all on his own and his daddy helped him build it. It's a moving/rolling teeter totter. It worked really well actually (until the cheap particle board seat got slammed onto the ground and split off). His favorite part of making it was screwing on the wheels. Good Job buddy!

Our Jack-o-lanterns

Now that Christmas is almost here, I'm finally posting pics of our Halloween pumpkins (one even has braces). It was fun. The little ones of course don't glow but they are actually the only ones still on our kitchen table. We'll say goodbye to them after Thanksgiving. Wow! Time Flies!!!

New Things

Well, these past few months have brought on some new things in my life...

1. Youngest child in pre-school 3 days a week and music class one day (means time at home is a bit quiet)

2. My 2 oldest boys are in school all day and are getting more and more responsible and reliable.

3. I signed with an agent in New York to rep me in the illustration world.

4. Since signing with said agent, I've contracted 4 jobs and have the possibility of another big one.

5. And...just today I was put in as the new Young Women's President in our ward at church.

Life is definitely going to be busy but I have been so blessed. I admit I am a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of taking over the YW reigns at church...but they are a great bunch of girls and I have good counselors to help out. Now hopefully, I can just keep everything balanced.

Juggle those balls. Juggle. Juggle. Juggle.

Date Night Surprise!

My hubby and I were out last night and spotted my latest book on a main display table in the mall at a bookstore. It's called Christmas Love and it's a really wonderful story. Makes a great gift. Anyway, it was fun to see one of my books actually out on display and not tucked on a shelf.

Holga Photography show

Well, my talented hubby made it into a juried photography show exhibiting only photos taken with a Holga camera. The show starts November 21st with an artists reception and goes through December 17th in the SAANS Gallery in Salt Lake City on 173 East Broadway.The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10am ‘til 6pm (sometimes closed for lunch from 1 to 2). They are sometimes open Saturday afternoons, and they are available anytime by appointment. Reach them by phone at 801.328.8827. Just one of his images is on this picture of the advertising postcard. Can anyone guess which is his? Come to the show to find out. He'll be there for the opening reception on Friday the 21st of this month.

Storytime

Just a little announcement...I'm doing storytime tomorrow November 8th at 11am for all the kiddies in the Children's Book Illustrator Exhibit at the Springville Art Museum. Come on down...

http://sma.nebo.edu/calendar/events.html