The Rushin' Artist

See previous post for the inspiration to this painting. I took the photo along the shore of the Cape earlier this week with intentions of doing a painting...I spent less than 5 minutes looking at the photo and did not look at it while painting it. This one is a 5x7.

I regret that you cannot see the purples and pinks very well in the one below. I did this one last night...one color lead to another and I just had fun with it. This one is a 14X16.
I am calling myself "The Rushin' Artist" because I don't follow or really know any rules and I do my paintings on the spot as I feel the urge to do them. I don't look at anything while I paint...I just have fun!

SNED Minsiter's Retreat

Donnie and I took our first trip away without the kids! Ahhh! Last summer we hosted a church trip to the Amish land in PA and brought Noah and left Liliana at the Snyder's, but this was the first time JUST US! WOW! I missed the kids like crazy the entire time, but I did good and had a wonderful time. God blessed us with many "divine" moments of meeting new people, speaking to our hearts for ministry, etc. It was very good!

I may have missed the kids a little less if the weather was nicer...it was rainy most of the time there and windy and chilly, plus most of the shops were already closed for the season so we really didn't get the "true" Cape experience...
The kids did great while we were away and had a wonderful time with Lloyd and Diane Nott, who took excellent care of them...they even took them to the pool here! I have pictures on my phone (will add them soon)!

Today, our friend, Lisa Cour blessed us big time with a photoshoot at our favorite park! Here we are in the car waiting for her to arrive...I love taking pictures of myself...lol!
Noah found a good way to occupy the time! He is such a mess!!! lol!

And, as you can see here, he is the leader in most mischeif!

We had the best time being Lisa's "subjects"!

2 New Molars

Noah has been having a hard time getting to sleep at nights for the past few nights, which is unusual for him. He has been asking to come downstairs and snuggle "ge-out, nuggle, couch, pond"...so I would bring him down and snuggle on the couch for 10-15 minutes then bring him back to bed... Tonight he was especially fussy during the evening and at bed time...then it dawned on me..."check his mouth" (it had been so long since his last teeth)...so I took a peak in there to find that he has two new molars popping up through the gums, one on each of the bottoms sides. Awe, no wonder he has had a hard time...bring on the ibuprofen! :o) He has just two more molars, the same ones for the top to go and he will have all of his baby teeth! Awe!

Fall Fun!

"Where did Noah go?"...I found him in his closet...in the stuffed animal bin, cozy & quiet...

Noah's new favorite thing to do in the rooms at church is sit in the sink...hahaha! He must think it is like a highchair or something...too cute!!!

Home from church...

Driving home from church on Sundays is hard sometimes on beautiful days like today because I feel like we are going to miss out on the nice weather because we get home at about 2 pm, then eat and all lay down for a much needed nap (one Noah would not do well without and one I enjoy)...well, today, we went inside, ate our Wendy's and stepped outside for some fun in the beautiful leaves that had just made their journey to the ground below...

Noah sweepin' the leaves...

Zoning out a little...naptime!

Pure joy! The perfect Fall photo! There is a rainbow of leaves abover her head...

Looks like a golden waterfall...

Out of The Mouth of My Babe...

I am sitting here on the computer and looked behind me to see this: Liliana is reading her little Bible to the baby dolls. "God loves you and you love Him...God is in your heart and He is everywhere...etc...." Noah is sitting there with his little NT too! Awe!!! She told me she needed to preach. hehe!

A few minutes later Liliana walks over and says "Look at this sweet girl"...it is a picture of me as a baby! AWE!!!!!

So glad I had my camera up here...was downloading picuters.

Music & Dance

Noah, Manny & Liliana playing on Casey's piano...

Right on those tippy-toes!
Hoola time is so cool...

Noah has a new toy...the slinky dog from Toy Story...well, yesterday he decided that it would make the perfect drum or symbol...he used two colored pencils as his drumsticks...too cute! He was really into it! So creative! Awe!!! My camera battery was like dead, so this was the best shot I could get...then had to charge my battery.

My First Jack-O-Lantern...I think...

Tonight, we picked up Roxie and went to BJ's and bought a pumpkin and got to work! It was so fun and so messy! We carved it, roasted the seeds and I made a pumpkin pie...out of the canned pumpkin...this was spur of the moment, so I did not have a "from-scratch" recipe...ha! Delicious nonetheless!
Too cute! The kids both LOVE Roxie! Awe! Noah calls her Oxie...
We had Liliana & Noah draw on the pumpkin before we carved it. She drew spiders all over it. Her spiders are so cute! Why she chose to draw spiders, I don't know! Cute!
I was having so much fun carving the face on the pumpkin that I was oblivious to the fun the kids were having on the floor...ahh...ha! There was pumpkin on the cabinets and floor. Too fun! :o)
I DO NOT in any way acknowledge Halloween...I just enjoyed the art of pumpkin carving! I carved a sweet HAPPY face...Hallelujah!!!

I don't remember making jack-o-lanterns growing up...I am sure we did...but it was not a big deal for us or something, because it is not something that sticks out in my mind.