{new stuff}

so, my grandpa farr is pretty much amazing. he is a very talented woodworker and has built us the majority of our furniture. he is still teaching woodworking at eastern arizona college [i took it a couple times] and all with the help of my grandpa built an easel, a frame, a dresser, and many bowls using the lathe... it was absolutely one of my favorite classes i took while at ea. and he has built every one of us grand kids a cedar chest [specially designed by each of us] for our high school graduations. he is insanely talented and still takes special orders. well... i finally got my bedroom furniture all designed and turned it in to him [it matches my cedar chest and the dresser that i built]... and in august when we were up in the gila valley for grandma and grandpa's 55th anniversary party we picked up my dresser and nightstands. we got my headboard while we were in ft thomas for thanksgiving. and i couldnt be more happy with the way it all turned out! it so insanely perfect! all of it! oh how i love it! :) my grandpa was telling us for a similar custom designed bed set it would cost about three grand... but my parents just pay for the wood [its still a bit expensive though...] and grandpa does the work for free. while we were there for thanksgiving we also picked up kelsey's bed set too... which is equally as beatiful! so thanks again to grandpa farr [and my parents!] love you! :)

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my set is made out of oak [with a walnut stain]. we are kinda running out of space to put all our furniture, so austin is graciously keeping my headboard and one nightstand in his room for me. looks pretty dang good, eh? [ps... that wicked cool snake skin? yeah thats mine too... grandpa neilson and i skinned and tanned it :) ] its a really tall headboard... almost five and a half feet, but its exactly what i wanted... and i love it! we still need to get hardware for the dresser and nightstands...


this is kelsey's... her's is made out of walnut [it has a very beautiful grain]. and hers matches her cedar chest too. her dresser is really similar to mine as well, but just as beautiful!

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by the way... here is larry [day 9]. his hair is coming in quite nicely, dont you think?

hahaha...

{its beginning to look a lot like christmas}

yesterday, we got out our christmas stuff and started decorating. in the farr household, christmas doesnt begin until we listen to the beach boys "ultimate christmas" album. and oh did we listen to it! lol....its absolutely the best. and we love it. also... mom wanted a new wreath, so i stripped her old one... found some new stuff in the christmas boxes... and voila! its beautiful. i really like it... and she let me decorate the mantle too. i kinda like it... :)

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also... she was going through some things and found some old art projects that i made... in '96 actually. that was a LONG time ago [i was young... like 9, young]. haha... can you see the budding artist from these early sculptures? methinks not. haha... these are pretty terrible.

i made this one for my dad one fathers day i think... since he likes hunting and junk. and this deer's butt is insanely saggy. it makes me laugh.


this one is supposed to be a dolphin, on its back.... i think- haha. austin thinks it looks like a penguin. whatev. lol... i remember really liking my seaweed stuff.


this one, im actually pretty proud of... i did this in the 4th grade when we were doing reports on elephants in mrs riley's class. and i think this little feller is pretty darn cute. but i tossed him anyway. lol...

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welp. thats all.

{the collett kids}

so... this is my newest drawing- i finished it last week. these are my bishops kids [quite a few years ago... like 15]. haha.... anyway. i pretty much love it... and i think they do too! :)

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"collett kids"
graphite

8x10

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close-ups...

{a thanksgiving day shoot out}

okay not really... haha, well... kinda.

so happy thanksgiving everybody! :) today... we went to ft. thomas for thanksgiving with all the farrs for the first time in a few years. we used to go every year, but since we are all old farts now we kinda do it separately. and i actually had a surprising amount of fun. there was great food, great family and great fun.

a random little tradition that the farr family has on thanksgiving is going shooting after the big dinner. my family is full of big hunters and we all like our guns [so all you liberals can suck it. "gasp"]... we learn how to shoot when we are pretty young and we really enjoy it! ...its mostly just bottles and cans for me. but i have to admit, we [all of us... girls included] are all pretty good shots. we can hold our own. and grandma was the one that taught us all... she is the one that is way into the hunting and the fishing and the shooting [not grandpa so much... lol!] anyway. adrian has all of the official dinner pictures, but kels and i got the shooting pics. so here goes...


oh... and this is my dad and his brothers [uncle wayne, uncle elvin, and dad...]

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and happy thanksgiving again!

ps... we found kelsey a ride home for thanksgiving! :) and it has been so SO fun to have her back... and it will be just a few more weeks till she is back for christmas break. i sure do miss her while she's at school! [love ya, kels!]

:)

{this is embarrassing, but here goes}

so... when i was younger [i think i was fifteen or sixteen] i asked for an aquarium one year from santa claus- and i got it! it was a 20 gallon and it seriously made my dreams come true. i had never had a real aquarium before, so i just started out with feeder goldfish. and i named them and i loved them. i had them for years [i even rescued a few from the ward halloween party]. and they got seriously big. they were probably 5 inches long. anyway. they were wicked sweet. and ever since i've had particular affinity for little goldfish.

well... as y'all know i have a soft spot for animals. i wish we had more. and i love the little turtles that nicole and i rescued. they make me laugh. anyway, apparently red-eared sliders are more carnivorous when young, so we've been getting red minnows for them to eat, but chip and big bertha have grown a lot and they can now eat feeder goldfish. i dont really enjoy watching them eat the fish though [austin does... haha]. so recently we've gotten on this schedule of giving them live fish once a week the night before we clean the tank [just cause it gets that much dirtier... they are messy little creatures.] well last week we went to petco [oh and a random moment... i saw i kid that i went to school with... like elementary through high school. i thought he was cool in the fourth grade, but im pretty sure that was the last time ive talked to him... i really should be better about saying hello to people i know, and yet... im not. haha.] and anyway. so im at petco getting fish... i usually get the brown ones just cause they are not as cool looking [although they do change color as they mature... the brown ones turn golden later. weird right? haha...] anyway.... they chick at petco gave us two really cool looking goldfish and i couldnt bear to see them become live turtle food. so... i set up a little fish bowl for them. and we named them goatee and tippy. they are mighty cute right?

welp... they only lived for like 2 days... then austin fed them to the turtles anyway. but at least they didnt have to get their unusually long fins nipped at while swimming around fighting for their lives. and i didnt watch.

maybe this wasnt as embarrassing as saving a snail, but the fact remains... im a softie at heart.

the end.

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also... on a funny little note, i got a mini cheap version of a chia pet. his name is larry [like the cucumber... haha]. ill update you as his hair grows... just because it makes me smile.

the end... for reals this time.

{hibiscus}

three years ago, last saturday, my grandma neilson passed away. i cant believe its already been that long. we all miss her. but anyway... since then, my grandpa has been wintering with us. each year he and my mom go out and buy some flowers. last year i think they bought a big basket of geraniums. on saturday, he and my dad and my brother went to lowes and got a beautiful hibiscus plant in remembrance of her... anyway. its gorgeous. here are pictures...

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{some days youre the bird}

have you ever heard that saying "some days you're the bird & some days you're the statue?" haha... it makes me laugh. and it is so true. and apparently i have slight obsession for birds right now. lol... anyway. heres is a new kendle farr original for those of you that were feeling slightly deprived of my goodness. haha... just kidding [mostly].

:)

i call it "some days youre the bird"
acrylic on 3 canvas panels
[12x12, 8x10 & 5x5]

{oh my hayley bug}

so this morning i went down to adrian and dustins house for a couple hours. and i sure do love babysitting hayley... she just may be the cutest thing ever. she makes me laugh. anyway... today we played with the dump truck.... hahaha... shes a goober. and i love her. oh... and i told her the good news about aunt kelsey coming home for thanksgiving and shes seriously excited now! [just like the rest of us!] :)

{voting and other fun}

so... this is the first time i have really voted... i've sent in my absentee ballot a few times, but tonight i actually went to the place [well... the library] and stood in my little booth and bubbled in my vote... granted, there were only two propositions, but i totally did it! high five to me! :)

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on another note... remember those little turtles nicole and i rescued? [these ones?] well... they are seriously getting huge. im happy theyre finally healthy and happy and growing. but theyre crazy little boogers... and pretty soon we're going to have to get a bigger tank!

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and also... my sea monkeys are seriously the weirdest little creatures i have ever seen... theres this one with really big antennae or whatever they are. i call him king monkey... i tried to get a good picture, but my poor little camera doesnt do well with super close super little subjects... anyway. theyre 3 months old now... and still alive. can we all say "wow?"

hahaha.... :)

you can kind of see king monkey in this one ^ ... see his big antennae things?