"Family Time...Well Spent"

We (Scott and I)

visited mom and dad for dinner on Sunday.

(Mom made her special chicken...YUM!)

And...

then went back again on Monday

to help decorate their tree

along with my sister and her 8 year old twins.

I took my sketchbook...

to the absolute delight of the twins

who

immediately filled in a page...:)

It really felt good to get back into the sketchbook
mode...I have let my sketching skills
go by the wayside this past year...
and
they are in desperate need of attention
and polish.
What better time than the holidays to
jump start a renewal program!
All my entries above were made "lead free"...
drawn in ink "straight in "while
either standing at the kitchen counter
or seated with book in my lap.
I just added watercolor
and the floral detailing on the twin's page tonight.
Ahhh...
what a delightful couple of days we all had.
it was such great fun to simply go
across the valley and be
"home again"...:)

“A man travels the world over in search
of what he needs,
and
returns home to find it.”
~ George Moore