moving back to CA

not sure i'm ready for this move:)

Fabulous Illustrator!! (Angela Hansen)




























She likes to giggle, 
and sometimes wiggle, 
and act a little silly.

Sample Pages: 'Sometimes Friends Are Wrong'


 "I am not grey, I am red.

I am RIGHT!  
You are WRONG!"






"You are big.  I am small."

Lovely Lily




Temporary Cover for "Lovely Lily"!








First Page











Sammy Book: 1st Grade Class























Daddy was enjoying the book more than brookie!














Thank heavens for neighbor boys! :)

pictures for my website!


ahhh! pictures for your sisters website:)
justin/brooke and heidi/gracie are now stars!

New 'Favorite Children's Songs' CD


here's a demo of my new book covers!!!

of course it's in a weird color for printing:)....







the colors look more like this one. and THANK YOU JOHNNY for saving my bacon on one of the copyrighted songs:)

Books are in stores!!!

Okay...my books are now in stores! Barnes and Nobles, Borders, a couple local bookstores have picked me up! www.speakwithmebooks.com Pass it on!:)

new postcard!!!


I just finished the new postcard for 'Speak With Me Books'. :) what do you think? and please only say good things because i just ordered 1500 of them:)

New Website....

Alright! My 'Speak With Me' Books website is now up and running. I decided to create one on my own, since my webdesigner is working on the publishing website. So, thanks to Tyler he showed me a company that hosts them for free....and here it is!! (Of course, it will continue to be tweeked as I add new books and comments)

www.speakwithmebooks.com

Here's the latest update!
My books are coming a long fabulously! My illustrators are amazing! And, I've decided to add a music element to the book series. I will be creating songs to learn and form the sounds in each book. This CD will be sold separately or along with the book series at a discount.

It looks like the illustrations will take longer than I thought, so I'm hoping to be printed by the end of the year. However, it might not be until February:). I am looking for 1 more illustrator to take one of the books. Anyways have someone they like??

Good Sound Publishing



So, I found out I need to start a Publishing Company in order to self-publish. So, 'Good Sound Publishing' is officially up and running. I have also decided to publish Sheet Music for all those of you who have written a song and wanted to get it published. I will be selling them online at my website, www.goodsoundpublishing.com. It should be online June 1st. Check out the blogspot:)..darling illustrations!

Also, I've joined a campaign!
Ron Mortensen for Senate. We'll see if the people can make a difference at the June 24th poll?
www.ronmortensen.com

Speak With Me Books- update!

alright:)... new blogspot for my books...
www.speakwithmebooks.blogspot.com

www.speakwithmebooks.com should be up and running in a few weeks!

The printers have been contacted and we plan on printing them THIS SUMMER-2008!

Coming soon: Pre-orders will be available at a lower book price for those interested!

Utah!!

After spending 10 days in California packing, I headed to Utah. Not without a few hangups though. 100 miles outside of Bountiful my tire blew and my battery was dead:). Thank heavens I added roadside assistance to my car insurance a few days before!

Things are great in Utah. It's snowing, and it's too cold for me, but it's good to be around family again.

Europe!

Book #5 was just finished in my Children's Book Series, "Speak With Me".








Sally and I made an Applestrudel! Merry Christmas to us.






Thanks Christina! I ripped out sections depending on where I traveled. :)




My first time making swiss cookies!

Poland...for the New Year!


Darling lady at church in Wroclaw, Poland. Spoke on Trusting God specifically for me.





Then I visited a little church dating back to 1200's by Mom's special request. With a little divine intervention, somebody happened to let me in while they were practicing the organ. This is where I found this picture..words on picture: "Jesu Ufam Tobie" It wasn't until the next day I found out that this means, "Jesus I trust thee".

"A Polish Sky in Winter"










A fellow traveler:)

Paris in Winter!!

It was freezing! I had to buy a hat:) more pictures on my web album.

Paris's Christmas Tree

Eiffel Tower blinks for Christmas every hour. Please turn your monitor to the side:)

Paris Favorites-(Louvre Museum)

French men...


This french man insisted on getting our picture taken after he chatted with Cheryl in French...he was a little much! A picture speaks a thousand words:)

Jungfrau!

Neuchatel, Switzlerand


Thursday: Just because I can, I took a trip to Neuchatel Switzerland. I stayed at a little hostel and then went to the Swiss Temple on Friday. Saturday, after Kyle and Sally went to the Temple while I watched their girls, we all drove to Interlaken/Grindlewald and saw the Jungfrau upclose:) and the darling town of Luzern.

Luzern, Switzerland

December plans..

from ChristmasMarkt in Nurnberg with Mom and Papa!..to Paris before Christmas! And I'm in the process of writing a Childrens Book Series for phonological/phonetic disorders. Just finished book #3! Still blessed to enjoy the company of Kyle, Sally, Elli and Abby in Gaertringen, Germany. And prepping for a Holy Land presentation to a few families who requested one in the International Ward here in Stuttgart.

Reading Time






I was reading the girls an ABC book in German:) Teach them young, that's my philosophy!

Germany: In the Black Forest

Notice the beautiful colored tree's in the background!

October's activities...

This past month Kyle, Sally, the 2 girls and I saw the Stuttgart Zoo, Ludwig's Castle, Pumpkin Festival "Noah's Ark", and the Frankfurt Temple! I borrowed their car and drove to Rothenburg:) and discovered another cute house. (8 years ago I found my favorite european house and tried to paint a picture of it. it's still not done:) I found another one. Then I visited Hitler's haunts in Nurnberg and saw a very interesting film on the trials of Nurnberg.

Pictures are uploaded on the Web Albums site. enjoy!

Picture: Watercolor



"5 Pea's in a Pod"
Angie's learning to watercolor!

Israel..to Italy..to Germany!

After traveling around Israel and Italy for a month, I am currently in a little town outside Stuttgart, Germany with my 2 darling nieces. We went to the zoo yesterday and saw the most beautiful butterflies.

I visited my parents this past week in Nurnberg, Germany and spent an entire day in the restricted Catholic Archives doing geneology work! Viva La Geneology!