Capture.

Chris came zooming into my studio last night to grab the camera so he could capture this little moment. What he loved was how Simon was sitting on his knees with his toes tucked under - seems like a bigger kid thing to do. Gotta love that Chris is in tune with capturing these awesome everyday little things.

The Oregon House is running at full speed right now as they near their end of session date (June 29th I think). Chris is super busy and I am enjoying watching the floor sessions online through the Oregon Channel - love listening to the antics (that would be the politics) as well as the basic business of the House.

Simon is in his last day of school today until later this summer. We have a family reunion coming up this weekend on the Oregon coast. The whole clan will be there - kilts and all - for golf and playing on the beach and probably some great food and drinks and lots of little kids. I have so many great memories of this event as a kid - it wasn't every year and I think that actually made it even more special. Looking forward especially to seeing my Mom & Dad, my sister Jessica and my sister-in-law Liz & John & Henry. Seriously excited about all the photo opportunities.

For the last couple weeks I have been working on book stuff, playing with Flickr (and being seriously inspired by it for my scrapbook pages), working on developing a new CK KOTM for later this year, playing with beeswax, and just generally taking an inventory of what I am doing, where I am going, and how I feel about it all.

Next week I head down to Southern California for a visit to Ever After Scrapbooks on Wednesday evening and then CKU-Anaheim for my Week In The Life class from Thursday to Sunday.

After that I will be back home just in time for Simon to start swimming lessons. Super excited about this - hoping this will be the summer he learns to swim. He loves the water, loves water slides, etc. I am starting him off in a class with other kids to see how that goes (with the option of switching to private lessons if it isn't working out). We have a great outdoor pool here in Eugene that is one of his most favorite places to visit.

Here's to warm weather during those swimming lessons.