Miscellany Monday

one. Friday...

...night was the birthday party for 3 little cousins + an uncle.  I handed the camera over to Elizabeth...so I mostly got things like this...but it made me so happy to see her SO excited about taking pictures.

I did eventually regain camera control for a few minutes.

two. Saturday...

...was spent with these two.  First we painted.

Complete with a little color theory.  Who says 6- & 9-year-olds don't need to know how to mix colors properly?  And don't mind my color wheel & the fact that some colors are in the wrong place...we were just talking about complementary colors & how to make brown...

Finished products.

S: "Me & Julie could sell our paintings.  Whatta ya say, Julie?  Let's give it a shot.  We could be artist-es.  It's our dream.

J: "Shea, you know all canvases don't have the pictures already drawn on them...we'd have to be able to draw."

S: "Oh...nevermind."

three. Sunday...

...was rainy & cold.  I'm so ready for spring, but I did enjoy wearing a dress that I bought at the end of winter & had only gotten to wear once.  The little things make me happy.  Plus there's just something cozy about a rainy Sunday afternoon.

four. Radical

This Wednesday I am starting Radical with my youth girls.  I've already had Wednesday's Bible study planned for four days.  With sheets to print & everything.  So excited.  Hope God will use this book to truly grow these girls, me, & the ones we all come in contact with.

five. shop update

things I'm working on right now:

{custom orders}

Alaska painting for a friend...almost finished.

"teach the world" (similar to this) for a certain "Miss Dodd".

one like this but bigger, also for a friend.

one with Isaiah 61:1, for the same friend.  :)

{others in the works}

"anchor for the soul"...still working on...not satisfied with.

contemplating some that would be great for Easter.

one with Psalm 17:8...Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings.

I love when the pages of my journal are filled with things like this. 

six. Something...
I have something more to say.  But I can't quite get it into words yet.  And it definitely deserves a whole post.  Coming soon, if I can make my fingers type what's in my mind & heart.