My Children's Work

Wonderful Work from my kids :)


Alec's latest cover. He got a mixer and mikes for his drums. He's sounding so awesome!





Abbi's doing more baking, she made bread one morning and bagels yesterday. They were all so yummy. Her latest idea and desire is to go to France and learn to bake there. Sounds wonderful doesn't it? She and I have been working on our French and we're hoping to make it over there this September. We're also looking into WWOOF for her as a possibility. We think we may have found a farm that grows their grain and makes bread right there, and... the woman that lives there is a pastry chef! Sounds like such a great fit, wonderful for Abbi. She's very excited!





And here's Kyra's latest work. I think this picture is just brilliant. I love the way the flowers cascade around her and through the picture. Do you see more than one image?



I just love seeing their creations and how their talent unfolds.

Inspirational

Kyra's doing a 365 project right now that has really inspired her to take some amazing photos.

the monsters come out at night

the outcasts









Horton and me










flying









shedding my scales

She's an inspiration. You can view more of her work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photopluto/

Abbi's got the moves

All 3 kids attended ETUSC a couple of weeks ago and had a blast.

Here they are just before they took off.. without me! :(




I wanted to share the dance that Abbi choreographed and performed for the talent show there.

Pretty awesome :)



They had a great week and I recommend it highly!

Drum magic

Here's Alec with a new cover of Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold.

Comptine d'unautre ete: l'apres midi

New cover by Abbi. This is "Comptine d'un autre été: l'après midi" - Yann Tiersen - from the movie, Amélie

Queen Anne's Lace and Snowflakes

Kyra and I are home. She's been pretty sick the last week. She started up on antibiotics 2 days ago and now this morning is seeming to feel better. It scares me when she's sick like this, Abbi had something similar a month or so ago and it's awful.

I have to take the dog for her walks alone since Tim, Alec and Abbi are here.

But.. it could be worse-- walk down to the lake, enjoy the woods beside me and check out all the wild flowers along the way.

This is one of my favorites.


Partly because they are new to me, and partly because I have a beautiful bowl with the bloom impression on it. It's a Queen Anne's Lace, and actually a carrot plant. I had never seen them in Minnesota. I think it probably does grow in parts of the state but I wasn't aware of them. The bowl was a gift from a friend and when she gave it to me I thought, "how pretty! A bowl with a snowflake!" :) Yes, I lived in Minnesota, and snowflakes were around quite a bit of the time.

Here's the bowl, I love it.



I do miss snowflakes, but Queen Anne's lace is a nice substitute.

Surrounded Drum Cover

Here's Alec's newest and first cover of Dream Theater. This is his favorite band, so he was pretty excited to get it done.