sean in hawaii

i have no words that explain how i feel about that shirt.


sean bonding with the octopus.


sean in the four seasons lobby.

V-BOTS

do you ever feel humbled by the creativity of children? i am constantly thinking of new projects and working them out over and over in my head. make a draft, make a list..... for valentine's day this year i talked gray into making robots. i was so excited. in my head i had a design idea for one robot that we would repeat for everyone. the robot had about 12 different shapes and then gray was going to use the shapes i pre-cut for him and arrange the robots according to my design. hunter and bryn sat down to help gray and before i could explain all my directions they had started creating their own designs. it took me a few moments to let it go and in the end they were all fun creations. they even named their new robots.... love-bot, chicken-bot, r2d2-bot, kitty-bot, buggy-bot, destroyer-bot, little-bot........

11 years

my favorite thing about being married for 11 years is that i feel so comfortable with sean and at the same time continue to learn new things about him.

he continues to surprise and amaze me. happy anniversary.

Noah Time

Hunter and Gray got a little Uncle Noah time on Mt. Hood.


Noah pulled Gray in the sled while Cross Country Skiing for 12 km!

Check out Mako's pictorial of Hunter's first time Cross Country Skiing here.

turning a corner

sometimes we need to readjust.


hopefully, it doesn't take too long.


i think we're turning a corner.

art show

A 30-day art show created, directed and performed by Bryn Stephens in the comfort of her own home. A new piece is unveiled each night after dinner. This is artwork #2 titled, I Love You (E?).

4 more days....

Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do. - Barack Obama

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. - Barack Obama

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America. - Barack Obama

Why can't I just eat my waffle? - Barack Obama

HELP!

Gray has never been the best sleeping child. I was so spoiled by Hunter who took a nap until he was 5 and went right to sleep when his head hit the pillow. Hunter even slept anytime he was in the car for more than 20 minutes. He still does.

I'm perplexed by the 5-year old that refuses to let go of the day. He's leaning over my shoulder right now (10pm) asking me who the first president was. Now he wants to know if George Washington was the fastest in the race.

I'm off to bed with Gray. Because I know I'll fall asleep if I lay down with him.

Good night!

ETSY 2008

Is there anything that's not on Etsy? Here are a few of my favorite 2008 ETSY purchases.


t-shirt for gray by evaseva


red cape for bryn's american girl doll by 3 crafty ladies


print from one of my favorite artists. yellena


armwarmers by feetingfrenzy


amy butler for my itouch! how cool is that? mamadama designs

Here's a list of my favorite places to browse on Etsy. I wish there was one favorite to share but I love them all. Each of the artists amaze, excite, evoke, tease, and energize me in different ways. Enjoy.

John W. Golden

House of Telsa

The Wicopy Shop

Hula Seventy's le shoppe

Melissa Moss

Carambatack Design

Paintings by Cathy Nichols

Here's my 2007 Etsy list .

Cabin Fever

Thought you PDXers would enjoy this shot by a Portland family with serious cabin fever during the snow storm. (The singing starts at 30 seconds.)

may the force be with you

can you guess who??? thank goodness the rain melted it (the big you know what) within hours after creation.

christmas sweaters

the first annual christmas sweater competition 2008.

of course sean won.