"God makes the wind. We set the sails.": Soccer, Movies and Art Work

This past weekend it was divide and conquer with the various activities going on here at the Elliott's. With Doug out of town, we split the duties with Shawna. Haydn had a soccer game in the morning, Maddie wanted to go to a movie with a friend, and Shawna and Davis were demonstrating their painting skills at an Open House. Their art instructor, Nadine Ripplemeir, has just recently opened a new studio.

Shawna was able to make Haydn's soccer game before she went to paint. But, while Shawna and Davis were at the Open House, Dale and I took Haydn and delivered Maddie to the movie theater in Rogers, a few miles north of Fayetteville.

Meanwhile, as you may already know, Davis has been painting and selling his artwork for a couple years now. For the Open House demonstration he worked on finishing his "self portrait" that he had set aside for a while. Of course, we are the grand parents, but we think it looks amazingly like him. You can take a look at some of Davis' work at: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/davis-elliott.html

Shawna is trying to make time in her busy schedule to paint as well. We always knew she was artistic but had no idea how much until we saw some of her beautiful art work! She and Davis both sold some of their work at a local art show a few months ago. Here are a few photos of some of her work. Arkansas and Razorbacks fans are one and the same; you can't be one without being the other! :o) Shawna is giving a feminine touch to the Razorback hog!