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This is what its like to go sledding with a 4 year old.
(At least when you old and out of shape like me)

I can imagine many pale faces both on the ground and on board the plane as it headed towards the Hudson River.

Thanks to everybody who voted for me over at Green Eyed Monster. Because of you, I was just selected as the one of two winners in the “Live Enviably” tote bag contest. Here is the final design.

So stop on by the greeneyed website and pick up a new bag (while supplies last)

I finished my freelance project for the people over at Seesay.com. Its a website created to help groups of people online communicate without being hassled by unwanted comments. Its a pretty interesting concept and I hope it works out for them. My job was to create an image that explains the core principles of the site. You get material from the the web, you send it to groups of friends, coworkers, family etc. and then have private conversations with them. They, inturn, can send the content forward without any of the previous comments attached to it.

Sometimes living in Minnesota we can feel very contained in our homes.

This was my first time participating in a Different Strokes from Different Folks painting challenge. For this challenge, each person sends in a photo of themselves and then receives a photo of somebody else to paint. Then you have 3 weeks to paint it. And those three weeks flew by.

It was fun, but with other projects looming, I didn’t spend as much time on it as I would have liked.

But this was my first ever portrait painting and I think it turned out ok.

This is my entry for the Green Eyed Monster Tote bag illustration contest. We were asked to use the phrase “live ENVIably“.

I don’t think I’ll win (I like a few of the other entries more than mine). But it was fun to enter and I’ve been meaning to enter more contests.

So check it out and vote for your favorite (mine).

I thought I might as well post the t-shirt I made for my niece when her baby brother Isaac was born. I think she liked it.

This is the Christmas card we sent out this year. It was also a subtle announcement that we are expecting our second child. (notice the pregnant snow angle)

I resolve to make more stupid jokes.