The expression "Be Creative" was definitely taken to the next level! See for yourself ~

We had so much fun. It was great!
P.S. Kelsey - Hope you can join us for the August G.N.O.



Bethany



Cathi



Brooke



Terri

Brooke B.




Mara Jo

G.N.O - whoo hoo!

Sips-n-Strokes Girls Night Out. Below is the original print. It's called
"Be Creative Collage". I'll let you see for yourself how creative we get????

spinach salad!

although i forgot the feta at the store, the spinach salad was delicious. i was surprised it was so easy to cook that even i could do it! thanks so much for the recipe Cathi....we should have this at the beach some night

Thanks!!!

Brett and Kelsey, thank you for a great weekend. You had everything planned so nicely. Kelsey, sorry we didn't get to see you before we left, but we will be back in a couple of weeks for the move. By the way, good pic!

Bethany's Birthday Celebration!

We went to Brett's house in Auburn to spend the weekend there with Brett & Kelsey for Bethany's birthday. Saturday morning Kelsey cooked pigs-in-a-blanket for breakfast (they were yummy!). We spent the afternoon going to thrift stores and then we went for SnoCones. We went to dinner at Amsterdam's and then Brett & Kelsey treated all of us to Bethany's Birthday Surprise - a "Chocolate Dessert Bar" at Aziccia's. Every kind of chocolate dessert you could imagine. It was amazing!

Me & Bethany at the SnoCone stand!



Dinner at Amsterdam's



Bethany, Brett & Kelsey at Amsterdam's



Bethany & Kelsey with a couple of their favorite chocolate desserts at Azicca's



Bethany & Brett enjoying chocolate covered strawberries at the chocolate bar.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETHANY!

Trip to the Museum

Yesterday afternoon, Brett and I finally made time to go to the Jule Collins Smith Museum in Auburn. There was a great exhibit by Walker Evans, who's famous for photographing the great depression, there right now. Here are some pictures--

Outside

A couple of Evan's photos we saw.

Brett in front of the picture of downtown Hale County from the 1930's where he is going to be living next year.

A Day at the Park!

We went to the park yesterday to take some pictures of Bethany for her to submit with her application for second year ministry school. This is just a few of my favorites!







This one was taken in the Bamboo Forest at Botanical Gardens.





Harley & Ryder went with us. This is a cute picture we took of them after they finished playing in the fountains!



This is a picture of Bethany & Jay. He took her out to dinner (& dessert & Starbucks, of course) for her birthday and then they went to church at The Highlands. That was really nice of him ~ ~ ~

20TH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

so...if you've known me for more than 3 days you know that i like to celebrate the WHOLE month of july as my birthday. everywhere we go during the month they sing to me & bring me a dessert[it's a tradition]...i don't know if your excited but i'm stoked about turning the big "20"and not being a teenager anymore:] and i'm super excited that i get to celebrate my birthday with kelsey & brett:] it's just a perfect gift..anyways here's some pictures from the beginning of my 20TH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!!!!!!

me & dad eating at costa's meditteranean [my new favorite place]

(this is the first year i've ever eaten at somewhere other than the Olive Garden for my birthday)

again:] LOVE YOU

mom & dad

me & jay..this is the best picture we took. and mom forgot to say that we went to church too.
i ate about 7,000 calories this night:]]

being stupid

4th of juLy

Needless to say, this is a little late but i'm trying:]
..for the fourth of july a close family of ours from church came over and i took some really cute pictures of their boys. We grilled ribs, steaks, and hot dogs!! and they played in the pool and yard and i sat inside in the air conditioning. then we went and watched PUNY fireworks in birmingham but i got some really cool pitures. ha, but yea..enjoy!

a random but very neat wall downtown[in an alley]

This is jacob.josh.and alex eating bar-b-que. The only time i went outside was when i took these pictures:]
josh.jacob.and alex in the pool[& alex eating an apple]
MY FAVORITE:]]
me & heather downtown on some random fence
sitting at a table in the ghetto. lol

Girls Day Out @ Sips-n-Strokes

You saw the original. Now you will get to see
"one-of-a-kind" originals! See what you think?




GROUPIE


BROOKE


TERRI





This one is mine. It was so much fun! We've already made reservations for another "G.D.O." at Sips-n-Strokes!

Girls Day Out - continued

WANDA


VICKIE


MARAJO


BROOK B.

Gallery Space

This is just one of the drawings I've done this summer. It's a new gallery space I designed in an existing 18th century, Tuscan Villa in Gabbro, Italy. The floor is a glass plane floating just above the inversions of prior groin vaults. Cor-Ten boxes pierce through the large wood beam ceiling and the clay tile roof to allow light into the space.

More to come soon.

Girls Day Out!

This is the picture we are suppose to paint this Saturday at Sips-N-Strokes.
This is our first time to try this, so after Saturday I'll post a snapshot of each
of the girls painting and we'll see if they look anything similar to the above.
It's gonna be fun!

Retro!

This is a picture of the retro couch & chair that I found at a yard sale!
Isn't it great?

Happy Independence Day!

Kelsey, Brett, Bethany & Heather

Brett & Kelsey

Bethany

Bethany & Jamie when we went to watch the fireworks