so jo

juj and i went to visit b-ritt in south jordan last weekend. it was much much fun. trampoline action photos coming soon. we made chicken delicious and amazing pancake breakfast. good times with little mckay too. fun memorial day for us.

by proxy

i've been listening to a lot of npr lately, and today there was a segment on the issue of the Catholics and the Mormons. The Catholic church recently issued a letter to all bishops in the united states, advising them not to allow the Mormon church to take deceased members records for geneology purposes. the issue was that of proxy baptism. baptism for the dead. if Catholics don't believe in Mormon baptism, what does it matter? a bunch of Catholics that called in were butt-hurt about their ancestors being baptised. honestly, i can understand. sort of. but wouldn't you want your loved ones to have options? IF your church is wrong, and mine HAPPENS to be right, wouldn't you want your family to be in good standing? we are not trying to offend anyone, we are not trying to question other people's beliefs. all we are doing is what we know as the work of the Lord. Don't judge. Don't hate. Your dead ancestors know more than you do so just let us do our thing and we'll let you do yours.

thomas kitsch-kade

ever heard of kitsch? we talked about it during printmaking today. good ol' painter of light pulls through as the number one kitsch example in the history of the world. literally. just take a gander and compare kinkade and mondrian.whatcha think?

summer storms

what a blustery night! the winds crashed and the rain came down. fortunately, the little bits of water washed away the dirt caked to our parking lot from last weeks flood. the sewer backed up and was literally waterfall-ing into our parking lot. i'm glad it doesn't smell like poo anymore...

an artist's smorgasbord

do yourself a favor and read these quotes. delightful.