Showing posts with label child. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

ROAR

Rachel and I got to spend some time together this weekend.  There were a few rounds of Mario Kart on the Wii, Chinese for dinner, she taught me all about Movie Star Planet and Moshi Monster, as well as lots of drawing.  It was a good play date.

Someone became shy suddenly...

Rachel's drawing of Katy Perry.  My favorite part is her signature in the hairpiece.  THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH ME RACHEL!  I HAD A FUN TIME!!!

If she gets to show off her art skills, I will show off mine.  This is a silkscreen of a factory in Muskegon, Michigan.  It was part of a series I did in college.  There are about 30 others that have ended up in many odd places.  The majority are at my mom's house.  She'll probably give them to you for fire wood at a good price.

 These are sketches I did of people that rode the Brown Line train with me to work in Chicago.  The torn off parts are where I wrote things like "get milk for dinner" and "PAY ELECTRIC BILL!"  

Mini abstract landscape.  Somewhere out there are some strange large paintings I did with super thick paint.  This is a practice piece that is only a 6 x 8 inches.  There was some painting I saw at the Art Institute of Chicago that I really liked and I tried using a similar technique.  From a distance, it's suppose to look like the woods (not sure if I'm allowed to tell you that, but oh well).

Another painting of abstract woods in the fall.  Kinda looks like the leftovers after a party...

Finally, please consider joining our family in the 2013 Walk to End Alzheimer's at Corn Hill in Rochester, NY on Saturday October 12th.  For more information, please visit the site below:

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Downtown Ra-cha-cha

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Downtown Rochester looking west.  I haven't been down here in a while.  

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Mercury Statue (http://rocwiki.org/Mercury_statue) at the old Kimball Tobacco Factory (http://rocwiki.org/William_S._Kimball_Tobacco_Factory) with the Times Square Building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Building_(Rochester)) behind it.

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First Federal Plaza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Federal_Plaza).  Too bad the revolving restaurant isn't on the top anymore...

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The Granite Building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Building) is one of my favorite buildings in the area.  

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Chase Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Tower_(Rochester))  Seems like this is where God banks...

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And, of course, the old Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad_Station_(Rochester,_New_York)), which is now Dinosaur BBQ (http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/)

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Here's where the first photographic film was produced by Kodak.  Now, it's just another parking garage in a city of parking garages.  

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THE BUNNY!  I'm not sure what Megan would do if she saw this hopping at her in the backyard...

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Rachel and I hunting for ribbits (frogs) at Papa's house.

That's it.  Now to go have Megan's car repaired...  again...

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Three Babies

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CONGRATS MALLORY, TIM, AND BIG BROTHER EZRA ON THE NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.  This is my 1st cousin once removed (cousin's kid) Hallie Rose Deibel.  Born yesterday.  YEAH!

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That's not the only addition.  The doe that's been way too friendly with us in our back yard give birth to two fawns very recently.  This will add another wrinkle to our ability to enjoy our fire pit...

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A fawn after my own heart.  Who doesn't love a hammock?  If only I wasn't taking a picture through a window when it was raining.  WHY WON'T IT STOP RAINING!??!?!

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This is more of a note to myself.  I need to figure out what plant this is.  It's a really bushy 12 foot tree with these flowers.  Essentially, where that open field is behind the deer above will be filled in with various kinds of flower, trees, and bushes along a path to the fire pit.  Trying to make a nice secluded private area to hang out in the back yard.  
That's it.  A rather uneventful week.  I've watched way more movies and read way too much of East of Eden than I'd care to admit.  That's what three straight weeks or so of rain will do to you...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Growing Our Family


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For a couple of years, Megan and I have struggled with infertility.  After lots of consideration, we have decided to start the process of adopting a child.  At this time, we are taking classes, filing out tons of paperwork, having home inspections before we seek the right child for our family.  

There are lots of questions you may have about adoption and here are some links that may help:

http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/ - The award-winning national adoption magazine is the leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption. 

http://www.creatingafamily.org/ - A blog that provides education and resources for infertility and adoption

http://www.representmag.org/ - The Voice of Youth in Foster Care 

http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/ - Adoption Learning Partners offers an array of interactive, e-learning courses that will increase each participant's understanding of the joys and challenges of adoption.

http://www.adopt.org/ - Their inspiration comes from the belief that "there are no unwanted children, just unfound families" 

Once we have finished our classes and inspections, we will re-evaluate our situation.  If we decide to proceed, the waiting period can range from a couple of months to a few years for us to be matched.  In the meantime, your support will mean a lot to us.  We're excited about starting our family and hope you'll welcome our child when he or she finally arrives!

If you have any questions for us, please feel free to contact me at: MikeKKraus@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Mike and Megan

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Oh Deer...

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Ice skating with Rachel.  She's showing off her best figure skating pose.  

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Deer wandering at the way back of the property

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Pretty good sized deer.  And just look at how:
a) stubby his legs are
b) deep the snow is

MORE LOST ART FOUND!Who knows how much more of this stuff I have...

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Obviously, I did not come up with the "Crazy" Tiger logo of the Detroit Tigers (why are his eyes perfect circles?).  This banner was for some project.  So, think of it as my version of Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans or something...

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And, as everyone already knows, the holy war begins at home...

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This is some kind of project with a bunch of figures from art history.  I don't remember why I made it.

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Punk Rock...

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Front side of a clipboard 

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Back side of a clipboard.

That's about it from very snowy Rochester.  Got to go shovel some more!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

An Ode To Babysitting

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"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"  From Aunt Meg and Uncle Mike's of course!  And what better way to go for a walk around the neighborhood than in a Batman mask.  This girl owns my heart.

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I am required to write: "WHAT A STRANGE BOY!"

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Drawing mermaids and Ren & Stimpy-esque portraits of each other

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Dedicated to her art or mesmerized by the Eagles losing to the Cowboys?  Your call...

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So much cupcake covering her hands.  She's almost as bad as me...

That's all from Rochester.  I just realized Thanksgiving is next week.  So, got to figure that all out.  Anyway

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Things I Spend My Hard Earned Cash On...

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Not what I intended to pick up the last time I went to Target.  But, this was a bargain.  Benji: The Deluxe Collection with three movies and 3 TV episodes!  

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Went down to the Corn Hill neighborhood to check out the art festival.  

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Nothing like free food samples.  And yes, it was delicious enough to fight this mob to get to.

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The construction at work continues.  He's a pic I stole from the Lollypop Farm facebook page.  They busted through the walls of our current vet clinic as a part of building the new clinic.  

Good stuff and good times...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Keep On Keepin' On.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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And that means Littlest Pet Shop!  I am the Husky in the middle.

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Helped with some moving last weekend.  Putting together Ikea furniture is always an adventure.

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Somehow it all came together with only one missing part...

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How does Princess like the move?  The look says it all...

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Lot of work happening around Lollypop Farm.  

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Goodbye lawn!

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That's all.  Very, very busy and lots of crazy little details all over the place...

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