Kim's Artwork

Kim's pencil drawing, scanned into the computer and then she colored it with paint on the computer.  Can you tell she likes the Japanese Animee tradition?

Artists

Being artistic seems to run in the family, although perhaps skipping one or two of us.  My siblings are all successful artists so I'm glad it's something most of my kids share as well.  Here are some recent efforts -

Eli's pencil drawing of a truck pulling a travel trailer.

 Corey's ink drawing of a sea serpent. 

And Kim's "Mini-me" a self-portrait/avatar for the school yearbook.

Disney Day

Well - we went!  Took our free vouchers and fought California freeway traffic down to Disneyland and made a day of it.  Our friend Nickie joined us (nice to have another adult along) and everyone had a good time.  Eli didn't disapear behind scenes and pull any plugs, Alia kept her temper, I survived walking around the park for 8 hours and we all shrieked as we plunged down Splash Mountain. 

Here we are just before the big drop! Alia is wearing my jacket over her head in an attempt to keep dry.

Eli enjoyed Autotopia (he steered, I pushed on the gas pedal which he couldn't reach).

 
I think we managed 13 rides (if you count going on Astro Blasters twice) and avoided spending too much money on souveniers!  I would have spent more if I could have found a Grumpy sweatshirt to replace my old one :-)

It was a fun time and I hope will be a happy memory for the kids.