Music Monday--Pink Martini

One of our favorite bands, Pink Martini, performing "Hey Eugene" on Letterman last year



If you haven't figure it out by now, Alex also sings this song too. He pretty much sings all the Music Monday songs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

With LOVE Always, Armilyn & Alexander

Birthday Highlights from Thanksgiving (Thursday - Saturday):

Thanksgiving at Mom & Dad Nix's house.

The family playing Apples to Apples game - Oom Sam won!

The morning of David's Birthday, we walked at Shipley's Nature Center.

Alex fascinated by the remote control cars going 60 mph.

A dirt track sits right outside the nature center where people race their hot wheels.

Our little soiree for David. Great tapas style eating. 

Kyrin performed a little guitar solo for David.

Sweet P getting sleepy from our party - apparently not enough action for her.

Our dear friend Miki with Paloma - she's such a natural mommy.

My Chicks Clique girlie Laura came for a visit.

Uncle Moses in town for the Holidays.

The boys in the family: Moses, Fernando and David. 

Our yearly tradition of visiting Santa @ Rogers' Garden.

Alex checking out the topiaries and train.

Mr. Nix posing by the poinsettias at the age 37.

Miki looking chic like she just stepped out of the Chalet.

T-kay is up to something behind those green specs.

Kyrin & Maia in line to see Mr. Clause.

A toast to my husband and to Miki & T-kay for introducing me to him!

The Gang being silly as usual. Happy Birthday David!

Face Formers face painting

I have just begun working with my friend Brenda's company Face Formers. I love it so much. All those art lessons and color theory classes I took years ago are now paying off. It's much like painting on canvas. David designed the logo for Face Formers and the hummingbird is a sample of one of my first best designs.

Brenda is the genius behind this company. This is her at work at her son Zion's birthday back in August 2009.

I especially love Brenda's butterflies and it's probably the most requested by girls.

Brenda's older son Tyce came up with the business idea as well as the name of the company - an entrepreneur in the making.

This was taken during a practice session at our place.

Here is my frog design. We were practicing paintings that boys would like.

Fellow face painter Julie rocks the butterfly wings. More pictures to follow soon. 

Mr. Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends!

Thanksgiving 1978

I have heard the audio from this story many times, but never seen the video until today. A classic Charles Kuralt report on the Chandler Family's Thanksgiving from the CBS Evening News in 1978.



Last Thanksgiving, CBS checked back in with the family to see how they are doing. Just fine it seems:


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Music Monday--Melody Gardot

One of my favorite new artists is the singer Melody Gardot. She has a beautiful voice that in time will put her up there with the great jazz vocalists. A victim of a hit-and-run accident a few years ago, she needs a cane and requires those dark glasses due to light sensitivity, but as you can see, that hasn't stopped her from making great music.

"Baby I'm A Fool" live on some Scandanavian tv:


and a bonus, her version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

Music Monday--Joss Stone

Joss Stone and Common "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now"



Alex sings this one too.