It’s been quite a busy and eventful week with some really great moments. First of all, I want to send out a big “Thank You” to everyone who visited my booth at last Saturday’s Night Market in Market Square. If you haven’t yet visited the Night Market, you don’t know what you’re missing! For me, after a long summer of being wrapped up in family matters, I was happy to be out in public again, meeting people and talking about art. It felt wonderful to finally be stepping out… but I wasn’t the only one! The twins made their first…

Finally (with plenty of encouragement from friends and family), I’m painting again! As you can see, I have been working on Santa’s hands – one holds a glass of milk, while the other holds letters from children all over the world. I feel as if these hands tell the whole story of the developing painting. I wanted to show you these small sections of the painting so you can see the great detail that goes into it. As you may already know, the medium I work in is soft pastel chalks. Everything I paint is in chalk. It’s not like…

The twins are home!!! Life is finally starting to settle down a bit since the girls came home on Tuesday. They still seem so tiny, but they’re steadily gaining weight. Autumn is almost 6 pounds now, and Abigail is not far behind her. Here are two of my favorite pictures from Homecoming Day… Abigail in the car seat looking like she’s waving and Autumn just looking beautiful. (You’ll have to forgive me for being a proud grandma!) Today Tom and I took Aria to her new favorite place, The Children’s Museum! Here she is, showing Bop Bop the finer points…