Art from a Busy Week

Well, school is out for all for of the Smitheys that attend or work at school. The last couple of weeks have been busy, fun, and stressful, not necessarily in that order.

Katie had finals, Christmas Ball, and basketball games. Her date for Christmas Ball has CF, and ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. They were going with a big group of kids (12 couples) so she just went with the group. I have a wonderful picture of her surrounded by 11 young men in tuxes, standing out in front of the restaurant where they went to eat. I'm so glad that the boys insisted they take that picture--Joel's friend Amber did Katie's hair, and it was really lovely. And here is a picture of Joel and Katie before she left for the dance--I can't believe how grown up they look--how grown up they are! (Katie has 6-inch heels on here, btw).

Joel's finals are over, and I think he's relieved.

Jenny got a fever the last couple of days before school got out, so she missed two days of school, including Friday, when Mr. Iden announced the parts for this year's school musical. They are doing "Oz" this year, and Jenny got the part of--Dorothy! She was excited, until she went to highlight her lines in the script and realized that she is on stage for almost the entire play... She'll be great, but it will be a lot of work.

I've been painting and trying to post things on Etsy. I also have sold two paintings, a custom jewelry order (two pendants and a pair of earrings featuring a woman's twin grandsons) and a pair of necklaces! Very exciting for me, and all traceable to the shows that I participated in this fall--

Not done with Christmas shopping, but it will get done. We passed the anniversary of my dad's death on December 13th, which was hard but manageable.

I'm looking forward to down time with my family--