The Palette~

Kelley found the perfect night out for us~ 

We went to a place in downtown Grand Junction

called the Palette!

For $35.00 dollars you can paint a picture~ following 

an artist giving instruction and have a glass of Palisade Wine,

which is a winery near by!  You can purchase more wine as well!

And we did!

They have "Date nights" on Saturday nights where

couples can paint one of the pictures you see hanging on

this wall!

The class was sold out...

there were about 35 of us!

The owner/artist stood here and showed us techniques 

to use to paint our very own Van Gogh's The Starry Night~

The Chalk board calendar on the wall shows up coming

classes~ very clever!

Kelley is ready to start!

I love this girl!

She is so fun and is excited to try new things!

(Anything but get on a cruise ship!!)

They tell you which paints you will need but

they really encourage you to be CREATIVE with color!

Our spots were set up with names when we arrived!

We got right to work!

Kelley took some shots of me working...

I was concentrating so hard!!

Kelley did too!

We signed our work~

Mine is on the left~

Kelley's on the right!

The beautiful artists and their work!

I can't wait to do this again!  I did find out there is a studio

similar  in Cleveland and I hope to try it out!

Thanks so much Kelley for the fun night!

I look forward to seeing my art work in my bedroom

in Grand Junction when I visit next!

When Tegan showed Layla our art work we texted him,

 she gave her Mommy a thumbs up!

One for Meme too!

SMILES~

I could take pictures of her all day long...

In fact,

I already do!

She fascinates me to no end...

We went to the Kids Plex~

lots of fun for kids!

Layla started off in the ball pit but once

Kelley crawled thru the tunnels with her a 

couple of times she got brave and went all 

by herself!  We will have to go back today 

for more fun!

Giggles galore at this place!

Dinner out with my Colorado Lesjak's!

Oh what a morning...

On Tuesday morning we went to Barnes and Nobles for 

story and craft time!  The book was about ROBOTS!

Layla sat still and listened to the whole story!

Then the teacher passed out paper to the children to 

make their own ROBOTS!

Layla wanted to make Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba!

So we got right to work!

She had an idea of just what she wanted her 

robot to look like!

She was very proud of "PLEX" when she was done!

While I was crafting with Layla I had left my purse on 

the table in the back of the room.  After we were done, I grabbed it and we

went to the counter in the front of the store to make a purchase.  As I reached in

to get my wallet, I realized it was MISSING!  I felt so sick to my

stomach~ thinking that any of the nice people at story time could have

taken it from my purse.  We rushed out of there to run home and check

the house for the wallet.  We got home and Kelley looked up stairs and 

I looked down~ no luck.  Kelley went back to to the

store to look around and report it to the manager.  I quickly called the bank and had my

cards canceled, texted Meigan to overnight my passport so I could fly home

on Saturday and called the police to report the crime. 

THEN...

I went upstairs to check once more.  I looked around my room and moved my

suitcase and wouldn't you just know it... there it was behind the suitcase!

Called the bank back... reset the cards, texted Meigan, and called the police back

to report that I was a nut!

I drove my daughter in-law to drinking...

We both needed a hit of wine after that!!

Kelley was going to take someone out at the store as she watched for 

suspicious activity from patrons!!  She had my back!  Ha!

We both felt awful having had bad thoughts of others~

We felt a lot better after some wine and dinner!

Blue Skies...

Layla and I take walks to the park in their development!

Layla loves to swing!

She is so much fun to play with...

Meme just had to buy her some new shoes...

Skater shoes just like her Daddy's!

Only Layla's are sweet baby girl colors!

They are so awesome!

Sliding is fun too!

Too cool ~

We got a Turbo Bubble blower~

what a lifesaver.  I was getting so winded blowing all

the bubbles~

Smile!