Carl Crossman

I had a great talk with mom today. I don’t get to talk with her as often as I would like. She said she found a bunch of old pictures of the family and was wondering if we could get them blown up. I thought I had a better idea. I asked her to send me the photos and I would take care of it.

The thing is that I know of a great way to handle the situation. What I’m going to do is have the pictures made into a portrait. There is a website called paintyourlife.com where they have real artists who will paint a portrait from the pictures you have. They can even make one portrait from several different paintings. I selected the pictures I wanted done and sent it off. The resulting painting I received was wonderful. I am going to send it to mom as a mothers day gift. I know she will love it. It is good to know that she will always have a beautiful reminder of the family and not have to rely on old faded pictures.

I want to wish everybody a happy Easter! We are all looking forward to a visit from the Easter bunny. Unfortunately, the kids are a little to old for the traditional Easter egg hunt. Nowadays, we settle for the usual trip to church and a big meal!

In my opinion, Easter is one of the better holidays. I like it because you really don’t have to decorate. Christmas means putting up lights and trees. On Halloween, we usually try to make a scary atmosphere by our front door. On Easter though, you don’t have to do anything! That’s a needed break.