As many of you know, just about every free evening in the summer, Kelly, Chrisitan, and I all sit down at the dining room table, turn on some classical music–usually Beethoven or Chopin–and draw. We have been working our way through Mark Kistler’s Draw Squad. We even posted some work here on the blog a few weeks back. Lately, there has been an added twist to our drawing efforts. First, when Kelly’s friend Skyler came over to spend the night, we had her join us in our drawing. It was really a great way to enjoy her company and learn something new at the same time. A couple of days after her visit, she told Kelly that she really loved our drawing time and would love to do it again sometime soon.

Over the last couple of days, we have had our minister’s, Joe and Dellas staying with us. We really appreciate that Dellas always takes time to play some games like Scattergories or Cranium with the family, or at least with the kids. Christian and Kelly look forward to that very much. This time, in addition to playing some games, we invited him to draw with us. He did that with us a couple of times and drew some awesome pictures–especially for the first time. It gave us a chance to talk and be together in a way that includes the kids better way than when the adults sit and visit about grown-up stuff. Dellas liked it enough that he might get the book and take it with him so he can do it with other people’s kids, too. I will try to post one of his drawings here, if he will give me permission.