Cake.

My friend Will Terry  is painting some awesome things on his iPad and it inspired me to do the same.  One of my favorite modern painters is Wayne Thiebaud.  He really liked to paint food, especially desserts.  So I painted this piece of delicious cake.
Bon Apetit.
Love,
Dad

30 Days of Lincoln is Finished!

Check it out at http://vbbrimhalls.blogspot.com/2010/11/30-days-of-lincoln.html

Hansel and Gretel

Sarah,
My creative blogpost is an illustration I did for my friend Will Terry.  He gave an assignment to his students to illustrate a scene from Hansel and Gretel.  I chose to show the scene where the birds start to eat the breadcrumbs.  You will be able to see my illustration and others on Will's blog at http://www.willterry.blogspot.com/
Love,
Dad

30 Days of Lincoln

I decided to draw the little statue we have of Abraham Lincoln.  I will draw it once each day for the entire month of November.  Some of the sketches will be quick and others I will try to take more time.  I'll scan them in and post them periodically to this post.  As President Lincoln once said "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."  My resolution is to not miss a single day and to succeed in improving my drawing sklls by the end of the month.
-Dad

Don't ask.

All Done!

Sunday Drawing

I went to the Sandbridge ward on Sunday with President Lambourne and President Ankney.  We released Bishop Gatewood and called Bishop Lineberry to be the new Bishop.  I drew these sketches of different noses during the various meetings.  Love your blog and I love you too.
-Dad



BYU MOA

Sarah,
You need to go check out the latest exhibition at the MOA.  It is called 'Wide Open Spaces' and they have some cool looking western landscapes.  Check it out and let me know how it was.
I am leaving to go on a trip up to Connecticut tomorrow morning.  I'll be back home on Friday.  I'll try and take some pictures of those famous northeast fall leaves.
Love,
Dad

Sarah, we started our new family blog!

OK, so we started our new family blog.  Each member of the family will update it once a week so that you all can keep up with what is happening in our exciting and fast-paced lives.  I will start off by telling you what I have been up to.  I've been reading this great book called Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt.  You can get an PDF copy for free at http://www.fee.org/pdf/books/Economics_in_one_lesson.pdf .  It is kind of long and boring if you don't like Economics like I do.  Anyway, it starts off with one of my favorite stories called The Broken Window Fallacy by  Frédéric Bastiat from his treaties What is seen and what is not seen.  You can short 3:30 minute video here http://freedomkeys.com/window.htm .  It shows why government stimulus spending is so wasteful.  Check it out, it really helps to you to understand and identify this economic fallacy.
JJ and I just got back from a neat overnight camp out at Scout Fest 100.  It is the 100th Anniversary of Scouting.  We went to all kinds of booths like tomahawk throwing, RC race cars, and JJ had a huge Boa constrictor placed on his shoulders.  Saturday night we got to attend a country/rock concert and then had Sinbad give us some stand up comedy.  He was very funny.  It was just as entertaining to hear Joseph's huge laugh.
In my calling at church I am in the process of creating the 2011 Virginia Beach Stake calendar and I will be speaking at Bryce Carbee's Eagle Court of Honor this Sunday.
At work I will be travelling to one of our Branches in Connecticut at the end of the month.  It should be fun.  The last trip I went on was with you up to Philadelphia.  We sure had a good time at the art museum.  Speaking of art and Philadelphia, the Barnes Collection is moving to a new museum right next to the Philadelphia Art Museum in late 2011.  http://www.barnesfoundation.org/parkway/#about  There are some amazing impressionist paintings in this collection.  There are some wonderful paintings by Monet, Renoir, Mattise, and of course my favorite, Cezanne.
I love you Sarah and hope our blog will help to keep you connected to us.
Love,
Dad