Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. As for me, I have NOT been sneaking time in on the computer while I should have been cleaning up for my mom’s [...]

We’re back for another week of I ? Faces. Could it really be the 3rd week?? This week is the first week with a theme. And what a wonderful theme! JOY. I looked through a few of my pictures for a two photos that spoke to me of joy, photos that were full of emotion, [...]

Yay! We’re ready for another week of Meal Planning! I have new recipes for you guys…..the truth, though, is that I probably won’t be cooking much this week. My Mom is coming into town tomorrow and we always end up buying easy meals and spend our time hanging out instead of cooking. I love having [...]

Notice anything different about my sweet, happy little boy? Well, unless you had spent the last few days in my house you wouldn’t know that he has been extremely whiny and fussy and clingy lately. Driving me crazy. Yes, this sweet little boy has been driving me bonkers.Apparently, he’s been driving everyone else a little [...]

This week, my book club met and discussed C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity and the Screwtape Letters. I loved our discussion…..and the fact that there were cool quotable sayings on every single page! Here are just a few that I gathered from Mere Christianity: The best of (human beings) will make mistakes; all of them will [...]

I was shocked and thrilled beyond words this morning to see that my photo of Twizzler WON the I ? Faces kids photo contest! What an honor, considering all of the incredible photographers who entered this week. Hello! There were 258 entries!! CandyMan was very proud of me when I told him, although his first [...]

Chocolate gets rid of headaches, right? That’s what I’m going on tonight. And if it doesn’t get rid of my headache, then at least I’ll suffer happy. (-er)

It’s a miracle, my friends. All of the kids went to school today! After 2 weeks of not leaving the house in daylight hours, I went out!! I picked up my sister and niece at the metro station and we planned a day of play. Unfortunately, the two little kids, AJ–age 3, and Nessa–age 2, [...]

Freshman year of college. Having the time of my life. Tons of great friends. But I still missed my family. Lucky for me, Grandma and Grandpa had recently moved to my college town, and it was a great excuse for my family to come visit during Winter Break. The California guys enjoyed playing in the [...]

I decided to go simple this week and talk about one thing that might not change the technical quality of your photos, but will certainly enhance their visual appeal. How many times have you said the words, “Say Cheese!” or heard another photographer say those words? And how many times have you ended up with [...]