This is the installation piece that Ashley and her friend Sarah made for the design show.

From left to right:

Ashley Mize, Echo Johnson, Tyler King and myself

Our senior design show was October 28th. What a job it was to put that together! But I think it was a success. The theme was "Masquerade."

This is the first toybox. It is made almost entirely out of 1x4 pine planks and I managed to not have any outside holes for screws. It has a 1" gap around most of the top so little fingers won't be caught and will eventually have a hinge with special closers that won't allow it to slam shut. It will be painted black and distressed to look like barn wood.

Building has taken quite a different look for me. I finally have a job that has given me the chance to do something for someone else. A friend from church found out that I like to mess around with woodworking and has hired me to build her children two toyboxes and, if there is time, a shelf unit. So far I have managed to build the first of two toyboxes. I figured if I can play inside them, certainly they will be able to withstand the acrobatics of two small children!

I made a table for the miter saw completely out of material I found in our ally. My sister would call me cheap...I prefer to think I am a good steward of the trash people throw out! :P

The newest edition to my Ryobi family. Mom, don't worry. 9 of 10 digits isn't bad.

Happy birthday to me! Josh's gift to me was four foam visors with animals on them. We had a devo shortly after this picture was taken in which the theme was "made in the image of God"... I had to take the hat off because I couldn't stop giggling in the middle of the devo...

I know it doesn't look like it but the smoke was from the candles...promise

I definately partied with the Dean...