as i posted the last post about the painting i realized i should put a pic of our painting on the blog, im so glad and lucky to have such a talented dad and im so lucky to have our beautiful painting!


my dad always tells a story about a woman who lost her husband and two sons while they were serving in the navy, after she was left all alone some visitors stopped by her house and were sitting in her family room, one remarked on the beautiful picture that she had of a navy boat at sea and then asked why she kept it still in her house as it would always be a reminder of what she lost, she told them that the picture had been up for many years and that even though she begged her sons not to join the navy they did anyway because the picture that had been up all of their lives showed them what their father believed in and what was important to him

my dad always ties this into if you have pictures of the temple or whatever is important to you in your life up in your home always your kids will know what is important and stick with them, i was lucky growing up to have several paintings of many temples around our home to serve as a reminder to what was important to my parents and to my family