girls' room

We have had a few projects recently to get ready for Katie to come and share a room with Ana. We painted a few things: their room, a free old dresser, and some 16x20 frames I got from Goodwill for just a few bucks. We are really happy with how it has turned out so far. And we haven't had to spend much at all.

Here is the crib with one of our wedding pictures printed at 16x20 in one of the frames we painted pink. Also you can see the awesome quilt that Erin's good friend from Rupert made for Katie!


Here you can see the dresser and the other frame we repainted. The thing on the dresser is a little changing table pad type thing for the baby.


Dave finally got around to designing a poster to use in our 2nd repainted frame. He found this quote in his book of quotes from President Monson's collection. It was a lot of fun to do. We are really happy with how the poster turned out! The colors don't look exactly right in this picture because of the lighting, but you get the idea.

Can/Should this ever be done??

So, we are thinking about selling my Mazda pickup before moving to Vermont. That doesn't leave many options for transporting the canoe I am building. As far as moving there I think we can get it in the moving truck but for actual camping and using it once we get there...


Don't be afraid to click on the picture and see the bigger version. Also, I love Microsoft Paint.

I have always liked this valentine card. (Click on pic for more info)

And here is one that's a little more personal. I made it just for you. It comes from my exclusive Paint collection.

Mucho ha pasado... (tiempo mas que nada)

I haven't had much to say to all you out there recently. I am not sure why. I just haven't been motivated to write about it on here for some reason. I am sure it will come back soon enough. I have 4 things to share here today:


1. This was after almost two weeks. I had never gone so long without shaving. Erin was about to disown me and beat me up.


2. Erin and I did our first woodworking project and made a doll cradle for Ana's Christmas present. It was really fun. We saw some pictures of cradles we liked online and made our basic dimensions from that. We then drew out our own pattern and made the cradle from it. The whole thing was made with red oak. So, here it is put together and unfinished:


And here it is stained and with the first coat of varnish. We were glad we made the bottom solid wood as well as the rest because Ana has already sat in it a couple times to rock her baby. Thank you to all who helped.


3. I recently bought a cover for my ipod nano. Here it is:


If you click on the picture it will take you to the circuit city page where you can buy it for just $7. Yeah, I know you really want to buy one. I got it because I am planning on putting a direct line from my ipod to my car stereo and I want to keep the ipod safe while I am driving (possible sliding and scratching damage, just ask Erin about my driving). It has a small cartoon of a red robot. You might even call it a small cartoon of a big red robot.

That brings me to...

4. I am a
Just click on the picture for an explanation of what it is all about. I am still deciding whether my first mix will come out in late January or Early February. I had fun making the Dave-->Peru cd and Terri (the winner of the cd) seemed to like it so I think this will be fun too.

Our Town

So, I created something. I could do pretty much anything I wanted for my final project in my theatre appreciation class; I chose to make a poster for the play "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. The set in that play basically consists of a few old chairs, two tables, and a couple of ladders. It's very simple. That's why I wanted to make this poster simple. I made it to be 11x17 inches, the regulation size if you want to hang anything on campus here. Now that I look at it again, I would kind of like to see the main "Our Town" text block moved up just a little bit. Oh well, I am done and I am sure it will be good enough.

Here it is:

Let me know what you think of it (Looks like you will have to click on it to get a good look). Of course it's nothing professional but I am pretty proud of it. I actually took that picture of the chair today.

If you are interested in seeing the play, you can get it on DVD. The version we saw was from 2003 starring Paul Newman. Bro. Hansen says it's a great version.