The end of the year blog...

Oh it's been ages since i've gotten on here and blogged. there's a resolution for 2010... more blogging. Doing a few commission pieces on the art front, and i just did this one for my awesome conductor friend Manuel Aybar. Manuel & I went to jr high and high school together. We recently hooked up on facebook and i got the chance to work with him on this project.I'm so proud of Manuel, he just got a gig to go and conduct in China this next year. WTG sir!!!

For a group show at Distinction Gallery in Escondido, CA
For a group show at MModern Gallery in Palm Springs, CA...
Actually these past couple of months for me have been about spending good time with my friends. It's been a long while since i've had this much interaction with everyone... and i must say, you all helped end 2009 on one very sweet note. Here are a few pics from this year's Fall Retreat. Hopefully not the last, but bittersweet... it's the last one we will be having at Camp. Due to budget cuts they're shutting down Camp Wrightwood. booo...hissss....
Me & Sloan enjoy the red, red wiiiiinnnnnnee....

The boys had a table-full of hilarity...

and, just like a dream, it snowed on fall retreat night. not enough to be a problem, but enough to make it magical.
Made a lot of cookies this year with the boys.... another resolution... take off the 8 pounds i packed on over the holidays. another booo... hisssss....

Also, thanks to the internet and facebook, it is unreal how many old friends have come back into my life. amazing really. Here's my old pal Mike Ehlers from the camp counseling days at Arbolado. He and his wife Melina came through for a visit. i hadn't seen him since i was 19.

Me, Sloan and Phil Beebe. We went to Jr. High and high school together. Had no contact with him since graduating... another lovely internet connection. i like Phil's stoosh.

And here's Sloan, James & I on WAFFLE DAY. The funny thing about this one is that none of us ever talked in jr high or high school. It's a long story... I stalked James at age 14. Thanks to good ol' facebook though, I'm finally getting the chance to know him.

The beautiful Christmas tree. I love flocked trees...

The Carrillo Christmas card for 2009. Dylan did the snowman painting on the left, i did the snowgirl trying to be thin on the right.
Christmas Eve was a great time. We had all kinds of friends and family over. Here's Mom and Bodie...

James with the drink tag Sloan picked out for him...

And the sweetest little boys around :) Christmas was very good to all of us this year!

I think i'll end the 2009 blogging on this note :)