Paint Class

I took a painting class with my mom and some of the neighborhood ladies a couple weeks ago! Our project of the night was a pillow with a winter scene painted on it. The instructor is a great friend of the family and the same person who painted the Nemo Mural in Colton's room. She walked us through the project step by step. First we drew our image onto the canvas. Then we filled it in with paint and finished it off by adding buttons and adding fringe to the edge! The final product was amazing, I never thought in my wildest dreams that mine would turn out. I have decided not to add the batting to mine because I am afraid that the dog would lay on it when I am not around and I really don't want it to get dirty so I am going to use mine as a wall hanging! Here are some pictures she took for us that night, we had so much fun and I look forward to taking another class - anyone interested in taking a class with me?

Hello Fellow Readers!

Wow, I have had another busy week. But I am starting to feel like that is just life. Is everyone else as crazy busy too? I get excited when I have a day to just lay on the couch and watch Smurfs or Tom and Jerry... Colton's new favorite cartoons. Okay anyways, last Friday night I saw Radio City Christmas Spectacular. It was Amazing! I went with my mom, my sisters and my aunt. We had so much fun, I drove downtown because my sisters cannot drive and my mom shouldn't! She was pretty sure we were going to get hit by the light rail every time it passed us. At times she even threatened to get out and walk (expect that she had no idea where she was going). I don't think I stopped laughing the entire trip there (and it took over an hour due to traffic). And the show was so good, here are just a few pics:

We also decided it was time to take Sampson to vet. He has gained the reputation of the stinkiest dog ever and we started to feel bad. Actually I don't think he even knows his real name because lately he has been called "Stinky", "Big Stink", "Stinkster", "Oh My God Sampson", "Wow you stick get outside". We have given him several baths and he stinks again in two days. The final straw came when I was laying on the couch and he just walked by me and I had to get up and move to another room. So anyways, Frankie took him to the vet and several hundred dollars later he is all better. He had a severe infection in both ears and he was so jumpy about his ears that they actually had to put him under to properly clean them out. He is also taking several prescriptions... but it is all worth it because he doesn't stick anymore. Colton can again cuddle with his puppy without needing a bath immediately afterwards!
We took Colton to see his first movie on Monday night. We saw Madagascar 2.. great movie. Even Frankie and I really enjoyed the movie. Colton did pretty good, he got a little restless about half way through and had to stand for a while, but other than that he did great. And yes I took pictures, when we got in the theater we were the only ones in there and I just happened to have my camera with me (go figure). Well I think that is everything major for the past week. Today Colton and I are just going to lay around watching cartoons and listen to my brothers basketball game (they are 2-1 so far this year). Colton has a pretty bad cold and is running a slight fever so I think a day of rest is in order. And I just had to throw this last picture in because I thought it was too funny! Colton loves to help me clean.. and lately he wants to do all the vacuuming.

That's MY Brother!!

As many of you probably know my brother is a Sophomore at Fergus Falls Minnesota State Technical College playing basketball. He is the co-captain of the basketball team and has been working hard all season getting ready for their home opener. Well last night it paid off! They beat Mayville 98 - 90. We listened to the game on the Internet... if anyone is interested in listening to one of his games let me know and I can send you the link! It was so cool to listen to the announcer talk about my little brother! I am very proud of him. And at the end of the game I think everyone was quite impressed with his abilities. He had a double-double game. He scored 28 points and crashed the boards like crazy racking up 15 rebounds!! He was 9 of 10 from the free throw line. And he also blocked 5 shots. Well to say the least he was on fire and I couldn't be more proud to brag about him. We can't wait to go see one of his games in person!! We going up there for a weekend in December - he has a Friday night game and a Saturday game so we figured that would be a great weekend to go. Colton loves to watch his Uncle Brad play basketball and I am sure if Brad has anything to do with it Colton will be a ball player too!!

Other than that not much new in our lives. Colton had a blast Trick or Treating!! He filled two buckets of candy and then at one of the last houses they were giving out juice boxes which totally made his day. After that he was done and when we got back to the house the only thing he wanted was his juice box - he didn't care at all about the candy! He is doing awesome in school, his teachers love him (but what is not to love about the cutest kid ever). I am going to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular tomorrow night with my mom, my sisters and my aunt and I am pretty excited - it better be as good as everyone says!! Okay that is all for now- Brad plays again tomorrow night so I will be sure to keep everyone updated on how he is doing! Go Little Brother - we are cheering for you!!