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Weekly Diary – March 30 2014

Here are photos from this week:

Nathaniel made a cool lego creation.

so we photographed it from every angle.

i love it.

David went to the ophthalmologist this week as we thought his eye might be deteriorating. As it worked out, he was just fine (20/20 vision) but the doctor dilated his pupils so we snapped a shot.

they gave him these cool glasses to protect his eyes.

and they gave a pair for the little boy, too.

and here’s our photos of the week.

i love my family so much. so grateful.

we love minecraft!

tickle time – not david’s favorite.

but i love it.

so we’re keeping it.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy – Week 6

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 4.5-year-old son. You can read more about it here.

Today I Know – Week 12

This week’s inspiration comes from the Craft-A-Doodle book. Specifically from the artist Pamela Keravuori whose projects were my absolute favorite.

I drew this page and then colored it using Faber Castell qrt pencils and aquarelles. Then I used some other water color pencils and I used some pastels. Some neocolor ii’s as well. Then Stabilo All to trace it all once more. I colored the background with the gelatos.

prompt says: today i know that i feel best after I have

I wrote about how i feel best after I’ve taken some time for myself.

Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Stitching Circles – Week 12

This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. I really like their sketches. Lovely ideas. I used satin stitch and back stitch on this one and fill stitch in her eyes. The little word is grace. I wonder if your eyebrows would really be the same color if you’re that blonde?

Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

One Little Word – 2013 – Final Page

I realized this week that I never shared my last OLW page from 2013 with you. Last year, I didn’t do any of the OLW assignments past June. The individual assignments didn’t inspire me and I felt kind of blah the second half of the year so it just never came together.

After I beat myself up for a while, a long while, I decided to do one mixed media page that would allow me to reflect on my word and all its gifts to me throughout 2013 and then let myself move on. I had some fun and wrote some journaling and ended up with this.

With that, I was able to release 2013.

A Book a Week – Reconstructing Amelia

I read about Reconstructing Amelia also because I read that it was being made into a movie and I knew I would like to make sure I read it first. It’s about a mom who’s trying to understand what exactly happened to her daughter who commits suicide.

It was depressing.

It was also not amazingly well written or super-interesting. In my opinion.

I am not sure what I think about it. And maybe the movie can be better than the book.

And, of course, I’ll be glad I read it first.

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Nine

This week’s all about the skiing in Tahoe. I scanned our badges from the trip and made a photo of them.

I also scanned their progress reports from the ski school and made a spread with them.

so grateful.

Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Remember This – Week 12

This week’s page is also from The Walk. Week two. One of the assignments this week was to collage a self portrait and then write/collage a list of things about yourself. What you’re good at. What’s your essence, etc. I decided to draw mine and made this girl.

My girl is holding a box. Last year, when I was in a Coaching course, we did a visualization exercise where we were to find out our Captains and what came to me was this little girl and she gave me a box. When I opened it, it was filled with light. Over that course and the next few months, I’ve come to believe that it represented the light we each have within ourselves and she was giving me mine and telling me to open it so it can shine through me. And also that this is what I want to do with others. Help them let their light shine through.

So once I drew my girl, I made some lines in the background and journaled all over it.

Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Listen with Intent – Week 12

Since last week is about releasing, this week had to be about stopping and listening. Once I release, I am now ready to stop and to truly listen. This also requires a lot of bravery. I need to be willing to hear what’s being said. I need to be willing to stop and not go go go.

The lettering I used here comes from this pin.

I chose to do a bird sitting again because birds are my image for 2014 and I really liked this one which looked like it was stopping to listen.

Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – March 23 2014

Here are photos from this week:

Last week, we were gone skiing so I didn’t get to post our photos. We did take family pictures so I added those to last week’s post but I will put all the other photos here. So this one might be a bit longer than usual. I haven’t been taking a lot of photos this year though. I can’t decide if I want to change that.

David was gone all day at a birthday so Nathaniel and I painted with watercolors.

and color pencils.

I showed him how to draw a poppy (which I just learned during my class with Lisa).

then he practiced his lowercase letters.

here they are, finished.

then he filled the certificate.

and i reminded him that he was practicing his lowercase letters so he had to do it all over again.

he had a playdate this week, too, where they played minigolf in the house.

and then we left to go skiing. I didn’t take any photos all weekend but at some point we went downstairs to the firepit to make some smores and i grabbed my camera.

and asked Jake to take some photos.

my face was so burned from skiing in the sun.

but i love them anyway.

the boys liked the smores.

and had a few each.

and they really liked the skiing too.

and got much better.

they get report cards at the end of the day.

which i love reading.

when we got back, it was time for family photos.

we said we love skiing.

and then tickled.

and tickled more.

just looking at these makes me smile even now.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Learning with David – Week 6

This class is by udacity.com and it’s a math class called Introductory Algebra Review.

Learning with David is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 9-year-old son. You can read more about it here.

Today I Know – Week 11

This week was all about wings. I randomly googled wings and picked the first one I liked. I then drew and painted the inside with white paint. And then I used my peerless watercolors and some watercolor pencils to add some color inside the wings. And then I used the Stabilo All to outline each feather. And there we are.

prompt says: today i know that i am still afraid of

I wrote about how i am still afraid of not knowing what the future will hold.

Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

Weekly Diary – March 30 2014

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy – Week 6

Today I Know – Week 12

Stitching Circles – Week 12

One Little Word – 2013 – Final Page

A Book a Week – Reconstructing Amelia

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Nine

Remember This – Week 12

Listen with Intent – Week 12

Weekly Diary – March 23 2014

Learning with David – Week 6

Today I Know – Week 11

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