Here’s girl six.
she has a tiny bit of shimmer. Here’s a closer look at the shimmer.
Evening Looks is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
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Here’s girl five. I had fun with her.
she has a bit of shimmer. Here’s a closer look at the shimmer.
Evening Looks is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
David’s school has this wonderful tradition where the 5th graders get to have an induction night. On this night, they are inducted the Graduates of their school. To celebrate together, they invite back 8th and 12th graders who graduated from the same school. So those who are graduating elementary, middle and high are in the same room. They invite each set of classes to come up and share where they go to school now, etc. It’s this wonderful night where our kids get to see the next few big stages in their life. Where they get to become a member of a wonderful club of kids who graduated from this school. Where they get to share their favorite memories with all these other kids. I am so grateful for all these wonderful traditions. All these wonderful ways of building and fostering community. Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. Here’s girl four.
no shimmers on this gal either. Evening Looks is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s to a wonderful week! Here’s girl three. I like this one.
no shimmer 🙂 Evening Looks is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. Here’s girl two. This one was super tough but I just wanted to try. I don’t like how it turned out but I am glad I tried anyway.
she has a lot of shimmer. Here’s a closer look at the shimmer.
Evening Looks is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I read Enchanted because my friend Marcus’ wife wrote it. How cool is it that I have friends who are writers? I love that so much. I read this one in one breath. If fantasy is your cup of tea, I think you will like this book. It’s a quick read and I am looking forward to reading more of her books 🙂 After a month of lots of writing in May, I figured it was time to do some drawing in June. I wanted to do something light so as to make sure I could pull it off so I decided to do round two of the fashion girls. At the time I printed those photos, I’d also printed a set with ball gowns, evening wear, etc. So I picked those up and got to work. Here’s girl one.
she has a bit of shimmer. Here’s a closer look at the shimmer.
Evening Looks is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I can’t believe the school year is already over. Nathaniel was just a baby last week and he’s finishing first grade today. How quickly does time pass??? Our school has the tradition of the students presenting their own portfolios at the end of each year. So Nathaniel got to present his portfolio for the first time this year. I was very happy to see that David wanted to join us, too. I loved how Nathaniel didn’t want to skip any pages. He wanted to tell us the backstory of each and every single page in his binder. I love how he’s still wearing the crown from the Crown’s Game launch. I love how he’s always so incredibly enthusiastic about everything he does. I love how much joy he brings into our lives. Thank you sweet boy. Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. And here we go. Another month gone. Another monthly project done. This was a slightly different one but I enjoyed it just as much as the others. It felt good to see the patterns in my head. It felt good to remember why I chose this word. It felt good to know that while I totally dropped the ball on the health, I am still working on some of my other goals. Here are all the cards together.
Here’s to June!
Well this one is mostly about my kids. I want to choose to stop doing the other things and really focus on them when they talk to me. Not always. Sometimes it’s ok to do other things. But enough times that they remember how much I love them, how much I valued them, how I made them feel. I want to pay attention to the moments. With Jake, with my parents, with my sister, my nephews. My friends. My boys. Even myself. I want to pay attention and listen to the people around me the way I listen to my coaching clients. With curiosity, openness and rapt attention. I want to know more, dig deeper, connect. I can’t think of any better way to show love than to gift people with my most precious item: my time. I feel especially in this day and age, time and attention are the most valuable assets we have. And it’s something I want to choose to give to the people I care about the most. (Not to the loudest, most annoying or the most urgent.) Work will never end, worries will not stop, my thoughts, my brain, CNN and all the other noise in my head is endless. So there will never be the perfect time to give my attention to those I love. I have to choose to make the time. None of us have time. We all make time for the things we care about. Choosing to listen to people is also about making time. About showing them that they matter. That they are worth your time. That I am choosing them. Choosing Means is a Monthly Project for May 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. |
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Today’s card says: Choose to stop and pay attention when they ask a question. Whatever else you are doing can wait. Everything else can wait. It seems urgent but it is NOT.
