I know I've been MIA for a couple days now, but things have been going okay for the most part. Yesterday Chris and I drove up to Mom & Dad's cabin on the New River to help celebrate their 30th Anniversary. We had a great time and it was so wonderful to get away for a little while. And luckily there were enough people there to keep my Dad busy that we didn't even have to work while we were there. We just passed him around enough to make sure he always had someone to play with so he couldn't get out his tools and start making a job list. If you know my Dad, that's a huge accomplishment.
But I wanted to post really quickly about what my brother, sister and I gave my parents for their anniversary. I found Rick's blog a while ago. He is incredibly talented and I got the idea a few months ago to ask him to draw an illustration of Mom and Dad. I sent him a bunch of pictures of the family and from their wedding. I got the drawing last week.
This is the picture after I got it framed. Mom and Dad are in the clothes they wore in their wedding, and the house is in the background is our river house. Rick had the idea to make the 3 kids "at" Mom & Dad's wedding.
On the wall in the cabin, although this turned out not to be its final resting spot because Mom said you couldn't get close enough to it there. Michael pointed out that he didn't think anyone needed to lick it, but that's a whole other story...
Happy 30th, Mom & Dad!!!
3 comments:
What a cool gift idea, Caroline!
As for the comment you left me, I do indeed remember you talking about running outside vs. the treadmill. What I remember specifically was that you could never get your pacing right after training on the treadmill. Or, gosh, I sure hope that was you! In any event, I had the same problem. I apparently started out too fast. This running outside thing is certainly different!
Aw such a cool present! If your parents are anything like mine, mine are always hard to buy for, so It's neat to come up with something cool that they aren't expecting!
Wow - nice long post Caroline. Thank you for the "link love" and I'm so glad the drawing was well received. I'm making my own post soon. Thanks again for choosing me for your cartoon needs.
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