dave hates valentines day

so here are a few pics from valentines day. our friend danielle was house sitting and got permission to have a few of us over for the "dave hates valentines day party". one might think that this party was full of bitter single folk, but alas they would be wrong. the party was hosted by a "non-single" gal. It was lots of fun, though admittedly it holds nothing to s.a.d., and I missed hanging out with the girls excessively. I might suggest that we all go back to the park next year.

this is a pic of candice, aaron, and danielle. they look pretty stinkin' cute don't they.


this is hilarious!! look at his face. matt is such a schemer. he saw that i wasn't actually paying attention while i was taking pictures, so he smiled when i looked at him and did this for the camera when I looked down!


we spent a majority of the night playing wii. kari and brandon, like myself were out by this point. actually I take that back, brandon and matt won over all, so brandon must have just been resting.

the unfaithful blogger

so... i have been very unfaithful about logging on and shareing the work that I have been doing. Below are the last few projects I have done for the church. tell me what you think.




this is the cover for our church directory. last year it was a red telephone, this year...

we have been going through luke. this was during the passage where Christ talks about the narrow door. many will try...few will enter.



this is the great banquet area of luke. Christ was talking about who will come into the great banquet.


again another luke/ Christ/ banquet passage. That we should not invite our family and friends to events, but should be loving the un-loved.


we have recently desided to no onger do weekly bulletins, because they are quite pricey. The one above and the following are the options for the next 6 months.
the above is a glimpse of " the dask of luke"


generic matthias bulletin possibility.......


maybe my favorite even though there is no color. I thought about adding some in, but then it might mess w/ the flow.

so what do you think?

Baptism service

so here is the newest one. I like it a lot. we are having our baptism service and we are in luke 13:10 talking about the kingdom of God. from seed to tree...

(notice the water rings on the top, I mean come on it is a baptism service)

if it is at all possible try to zoom in, the detail is the best part.

matthias internship

So I am going to start putting up my bulletin's for the church as well as some other things that I am working on.


This is the latest one I did. I think it is kind of cool, but I won't see it "completed until tomorrow"
If you did not know, that is Jesa.

This is the post card for out baptism service on the 6th. cool right?
This was the bulletin from 2 weeks ago. Marc was preaching on "gray" Christians, those who try to straddle the line which has been drawn in the sand.

Twin Oaks Coffee

So a few days after Jess got back from England, we went to a "coffee house" at Twin Oaks Presbyterian. These are just some of my faves, like usual.
This reminds me of still lifes that I used to paint.

Jess enjoying being in America. Doesn't she look joyful?

So one day on facebook, this random kid Aaron, asked to be my friend. So after reading that we had several friends in common, I accepted. Now move to coffee house night, the first person I talk to is this kid Aaron, then it clicked, he is a Matthias kid.

I love this pic. There is tons of movement that contrasts with this stillness.

Brandon, trying to pull off Aaron's "cool".

Yep, just another neat shot.

Ok this is my favorite. I love the bracelets, but look at the detail on the jeans and in the sweater knit. It is fabulous!!

pics from 07-08 switch

ok so it has been a while since I have blogged, in part because I lost my camera cord, but hopefully I will invest in another one soon. These are just a few of my latest faves...

Yay for cookies!!! Acctually I hate these cookies, but everyone else I know loves them, so I made some.

Don't they just look wonderful in photo's. I almost want to eat them.

The cookies came to this event where a large percentage of the women in our church came together for a cookie trade and an ornament exchange.

Ok, so I know it does not fit with the usual stuff I take photos of, but come on... do we relly need that many McDonald's?

I am learning to love glass and reflections a little more each day.

Look at that sky...It was amazing, I almost ran off of the road trying to get decent pictures of it.

We (my church) were helping a family with some yard work, and we decided to sell these tires on craigslist, but I fell in love with this pic. I feel like it should be on the wall of an old route 66 diner.

Doug, rockin' out the nil and hammer (old school style).

Ok so tht is it for now, But I will be back. I have some cool pics from a coffee house, and an upcomming project I am working with Nicole on. So be excited!

Thanksgiving

So for Thanksgiving my family from Missouri, drove down to Mobile, Alabama, were my uncle lives to celebrate together. These are just a few from the trip.


This is Gizmo, my aunts longhaired Chihuahua. Normally, I do not like small dogs, but this one was surprisingly non-yappy. I liked him very much.
This is one of the place settings from the dessert table. You can see the five layer cheesecake in the background!!!!

My little bro, Nick, at the southern beach of Dauphin Island. Though it was unexpectadly chilly in Alabama, we still went to the beach to have fun. Several ofmy cousins who were with us had never been to the "ocean".

No one told my aunt that when you perform this trick, it works better with Diet Coke.

My aunt Ginger and her dog, Gizmo.

Nick at the old fort in downtown Mobile. Almost all 22 of us (that is of the ones who made it to Mobile, in total our numbers are reaching above 50) went out to the fort and the MartiGras Museum, which was nothing like I imagined.

Sarah, Brit and Alissa, all hanging out at the corner of the fort.

So we were trying to get a shot of what it might look like with our family in the "Fort Jail". Apparently very few of them would be upset, and even a few would radiate.

Sarah and Brit, as the King and Queen of Marti Gras. This was the theme of the meseum, I learned more about dress making than I did Marti Gras history.

One of the floats from a previous Marti Gras. Aren't the colors spectacular.

So I have more photos from the beach, the fort, and the museum that I will put up later.