Yay......

Yay we finally figured out how to get Cady to last strapped in something.

There is this beautiful lake pretty much right across the street from our house and Cady cant last in her stroller but the wagon made it ....yay. Of course I had to run with her.....she is an animal.

New Sketch for the magazine....called "Wash Day Again"

Vogue....strike a pose.....

This little bugger has another photo shoot this weekend.

Its for an Italian designer.....so should be fun.

Oh and if you are interested in her last shoot the Cabela's

catalog will be out at the end of summer.....

Check out the cutie in cammo....

New Pen and Ink for the magazine....

Forgot how much fun a box was....

Me and the little one played in this box forever the other day. It was way too much fun. Its times like these that I adore being a mom. Cady is such a blast.

First Sketch for the magazine

A quick pen and Ink

$$$$$

Yay..... I finally got some money coming in for my artwork....

A lady here in Denver is going to pay me 300 bucks to paint her rodeo garb. I guess shes quite the cowgirl around here. I also got a job with a pretty big Cowboy magazine here doing regular illustrations for their magazine. I get 30 bucks per drawing and if it makes the cover 300 bucks...so well see. So funny I live in Colorado and paint cowboys.....haha makes me laugh. 

My dad got baptized on Sunday...

Here he is getting dunked in his hometown lake in Havasu City Az. We are so proud of him. I wish I could have been there. 

Love you daddy.....

Auntie Jacque came for a visit....

We had way too much fun. 

We rocked the PS3 like a rock star played too much Wii....went shopping and found the best sushi place in Denver. Hope she'll come back soon even if she taught Cady to say, "Im drunk"...as she wobbles around. Of course it sounds like, "e dunk"....but I know what she means.

I guess the t-shirt I got Jax when I was prego that said, "Auntie Jacque the bad influence," was right on.

Big Load...

Helping Mom and Dad with Laundry....

Mowing

It is Spring finally and I get to experience my new home in a new season.

Colorado looks so different without the layer of snow you get so used to.

Winter was amazing being a California girl, it was chilly but I never felt too cold. The only thing I hated was trying to push a grocery cart through the snow. That was annoying.... but other than that I loved it.

I am just way too excited about all the new growth.

We have a half acre so our yards are rather big. Its been so fun to see the grass just pop right back and randomly throughout my front yard annuals are coming up: tulips, daffodils, and all kinds of bright flowers. Its weird to own a house you didnt cultivate everytime I go outside I see a new rose bush blooming I never noticed before. 

I love it.

Needless to say it is the first time in about 8 years we are able to wash our cars in a driveway and the first time ever we have had to mow a lawn.

We bought a John Deere lawn mover today and while Dustin mowed I made lemonade.

What a cliche'

Fracking Awesome.....

Okay.... I get that most people hate Sci Fi..... and I get that its hard to break the taboo BUT if you dont watch this show for that reason ....YOU ARE LAME> not to mention missing out on the greatest show on TV.

I could write about all the reasons why its amazing but I wont bore you.

I will just say it it smothered with the kind of things missing from every
other show. It is purely character driven and the writers have 

no problem showing human nature in its true "dirty" form.  

Plus religion pops upmore than once an episode and it means something ......to most of
the characters.

I guess since it is Sci Fi they can get away with being brutally honest....
politically and socially ...... and it is so refreshing.

If you know me you know how most things bore me after a while but
this show has had me smitten for years.....

If you decide to check it out you have to start with the first mini series
and work from there or you will be lost....

Then you will see what I am talking about.......

The Best Kids Show on TV

YO GABBA GABBA......

If you have kids check it out.....they love it and I have to admit you might be able to watch it too.

Its really weird but it grows on you.

The have Mark Mothersbaugh draw horrible versions of animals.....(from Devo back in the day)

They have interesting musical guests you cant help but to listen too.... (they had the Postmarks)

Plus crazy guests like Elijah Wood, Tony Hawk.....and all kinds of random people.

Its like a bad dream after too many Coco Puffs but still its worth checking out.

Cady stays totally into it so I can actually get something done.

Okay...what month is it?

Once we moved here to Littleton Colorado we heard it said more than once..."If you dont like the weather here just wait five minutes...."



It was finally getting warm and we were able to see our yard minus the snow.



I think it was 70 degrees on Tuesday and on Wed......

It melted by the Thursday noon-time but still......

Our girl is a walker....

So officially Cady is a walker. Its amazing how quickly little ones learn to move. I thought it was hard to keep an eye while she was crawling but now its a whole new world of trouble. Officially anything below my knee is her territory and anything left in her wake is usually destroyed...or at the least covered in drool.
Her favorite things right now are the remote....my computer and our cell phones.
My cell has more than once become prey and now I am unable to text with an "s..t...or u" and I am finding it harder and harder to communicate that way....so keep that in mind if I leave you a text with gibberish.

In the meantime I will try to post the little funny things she does...
Shes such a little terror and I wouldnt have it any other way.