A New Creative Me

Now that I have officially graduated from college (yea me!), I have decided that I want to devote more of my free time to my creative side. Today I was inspired by my very creative sister-in-law while reading her latest blog posts. You may be asking yourself which sister-in-law, since I have 7 of them. Well, I will tell you....I have been inspired by my very talented sister-in-law Leah. From writing inspiring blogs (see proudfootfam.blogspot.com for a peek), to painting a very large, very beautiful cupcake in just one day, she has turned into my creative hero!

So, I have decided that I am going to reinvent myself and turn back into the Martha Stewart that I used to be....baking yummy cakes (once I have a kitchen), cute home improvement projects, and organizing pictures into digital photo albums and videos. In 2005 I did some of my finest work at the time by organizing family pictures for both my mom and mother-in-law into Mother's Day tributes. It is time, people, for me to turn back to my creative roots and start making beautiful things for my home and other people!

Our "Noble Beast"

I was faced with the difficult decision of what the first topic would be for our family blog. Our "noble beast" Zoe is fast approaching her 10th birthday. She was a gift to Drew on Valentine's Day the first year that we were officially dating. She was the tie that began the family bond that now includes Kaya, our other dog, and Jackson, our 3 year son. She is part of what made us the infamous Powerfoot clan, hence the reason why she was the lucky winner for our first post.

This summer we made our annual trek to Creede, CO. As is the tradition, the dogs, or the "girls" as we refer to them, came along for the ride. They love running in the woods and wading in the streams that run along side the trails that we hike on. Zoe and Kaya are our faithful companions who do nothing but shower us with unconditional love. We love you "girls"!