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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Green's 1st Annual Pig Roast


Jacob is the second boy from the right. He had the green t-shirts made up in Florida as a surprise to Jon.In the picture on the right, Jaimi,is the girl on the left. The other girl is Jon's sister, Mindi. She and Jaimi graduated together, and Jon and Jacob graduated together.

My son, Jacob, and my daughter, Jaimi, flew home from Florida last weekend to attend Jacob's friend, Jon Green's, 1st Pig Roast. We all went and had a wonderful time!!
Jon, left, is cutting up the pig!!





Saturday, July 14, 2007

My first jewelry creation...

My first piece of handmade jewelry...
These are the pieces of my pin before I assembled it.

My new bracelet!


I am so thrilled to be the new owner of this magnificent beaded bracelet!! It was made by Laurie Robberts .....

Altercations




Joanne Thiemme Huffman and I are enjoying each others company and art, at Altercations in Ann Arbor, Michigan this weekend. We worked all day yesterday designinmg a pin and cutting it out of 2 layers of metal, one layer of plexiglass and one layer of paper. Today we are going to asemble it. Now, this jewelry makiung, finally,gets exciting!! This is really my first venture into the world of making jewelry. After today I will own all the tools!! Just when I think I've bought everything I could ever possibly need, I start a new avenue of this crazy thing called mixed media art....

Monday, July 09, 2007

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Jacob in Panama Hat

Jacob has always loved hats and tries them on in all the stores that I can drag him into. Unfortunately, none of my 3 kids,or husband like to shop!! So, on vacation that's not a family activity...

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Family Vacation in the Cayman Islands


Jaimi, Jacob, J.D., Andi, and Jim on our annual family vacation to the Cayman Islands. This year we are there from June 30 to July 7th.