Art, art, and more art

This is my latest oil painting. It's from Brigham City, west of town. It is hanging in Jim and Shauntaes dining room. They were nice enough to take down the one I had given them before. (It just wasn't quite right.) Oh, well. I'm glad they liked this one!!! I'm working on a real different one now. It's a still life of antique bottles, with a candle lit behind them. It's pretty dark, since there are no lights on, except the candle. I hope it turns out the way I think it can! I'll post it if it does. I'm loving the class and the people in it. I have learned alot since we started!

Tag

Diane Tagged me...

Four Places I go Over and Over:1. The ranch 2.Smith's 3. Church 4. Art Class
Four people who email me regularly:1. Gina 2. Jenny 3. Kari 4. Joanns
Four places I would rather be right now:1. The ranch 2. sleeping 3. the ranch 4. the ranch (yea, I know I'm boring, but I LOVE it up there!)
Four people I talk to on a regular basis:1. Curt 2. Kari 3. Doug 4. Molly
Four of my favorite places to eat:1.Idle Isle 2. Bluebird 3. Maddox 4. Maple Garden
Four people I tag:1. Kino 2. Kari 3. Kandyce 4. Gina

Quiz from Kim

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... Try this, it's fun. See how many you can get before the time runs out! Let me know how you do, I bet it will be sooo much better than me. I only got 40. I need to study the language a little better! (my score after the second try!!)
Thanks Kim!

New Paintings

These are my two newest paintings. They are done in oil. I need some help naming them, if you come up with something, let me know!

Exchange Students

We invited the exchange students from Japan and Korea to come and spend some time at the ranch last Saturday. I will never forget the look on their faces when we brought out the horses and four wheelers!

Lynn and Patty Green and their kids brought their horses up and Kari had her horse, so we had a lot of rides going at the same time! Those kids were sooo excited to get to ride them! We had students from Bear River, Honeyville and Perry show up.

We had a pot-luck lunch for them and the extra activities that we had planned. Cindy Reed brought up a game and some giant bubbles that were really fun for them..(Her youngest daughter fell in the bubble water TWICE!) It was very fun and quite a learning experience. It's great to meet with other cultures and share some of ours. I would bet that they might really wonder what life in Utah and Idaho is REALLY like now!

Life Changes

Sometimes life seems to be going in the right direction and you feel like you can do it all and nothing can stop you. In a blink of an eye, you turn around and it all crashes down on you. I think we have these moments to humble us and teach us that there is more to life than what meets the eye. I, for one, am thankful for the moments that catch me by surprise and make me really think about who I am and what I am doing on earth.
I have recently had to take a good look at myself and what it is that I need to change to make life easier for those around me. It was not an easy time and I hope that I never have to go through one again. I was seriously thinking about leaving everything I love so that it would be easier on my family. It was one of those times that needed to be clarified in my life. It took two days of being away, with much prayer and soul searching. I just didn't know what it was that I was doing that was causing so much anger and distance from my family. I decided to go to church with my daughter and then spend the night and attend the temple the next day. In the middle of a Relief Society lesson I got the message to "GO HOME!" As soon as church was out I packed my things and drove home. I was able to get the answer I needed because the Lord cares enough about me to lead me down the right path.
Sometimes things get said that shouldn't be said and it is hard to know how to take them. It was the right thing for me to come home and find out just what I needed to do. In all my years of married life, nothing quite this serious has happened. It needed to be out in the open and changed for the betterment of all of us. A misunderstanding and harsh words can cause so many feelings that just need to be understood and then worked out and forgotten. I never have believed that you can tell what another person is thinking, but their actions can lead you to think and feel that they don't care and really don't like you. I have learned (finally) that the most important thing is to ask straight out what the problem is and then work on it. A lot of misunderstandings will be stopped short that way. No more taking it in internally and trying to forget the mean things. I was surprised at the outcome of the problems. I think that life is going to be so much better because of the trials we have just gone through. I am home. I love my husband and my family, even though some of them see me in a negative way, and probably always will, because they can't know what is going on in my life personally. We as humans tend to see what we want to see. Someday, I hope they change their minds and see that I am not that bad after all. Until then, I will love them unconditionally and continue to be happy that I have them, as I always have been. Life is good! I know if my husband and family love me, I can do anything! I will not let Satan and his lies stand in my way. We will have a Christ centered home and we will strive to live the Gospel and all it's teachings. We will be together in the eternities and we wil be HAPPY!

Memories

This is from Mysti, my niece. It sounds like fun, if you would like to share a memory of me, post it. I will share one of you and we will see what people remember about us! Have fun. Here are the rules:1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! If you don't have a google ID you can post a comment and click anonymous as your identity -- just make sure to sign your name so I know who you are!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It should be funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you (or if you don't have a blog I will e-mail you my memory!).I've done this on a couple of my friends blogs and it is fun to see everyone's memories! Please, take the time to comment and write a memory of us!