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Yesterday, my friend Lisa and I headed to the local Meadowside Nature Center to catch some photos of bugs and birds. Although the bugs and birds were all slightly camera-shy, I did manage to catch a few. I brought my Canon 60D with 70-200mm zoom lens and my new, smaller Samsung NX300 with 20-50mm […]
Yesterday, as I walked my son to school, he asked me, “Mom, are all of those things on the tree going to turn into pinecones? That’s going to be a LOT of pinecones!” I’ve been carrying my new, not-so-enormous camera with me just about everywhere I go…and I’ve noticed a few things. First, most […]
Today’s Give Me Your Best Shot is courtesy of my new phone. New phones are the best kind of toy, aren’t they? I even threw a little post-Mother’s Day selfie in the mix. The weather’s heating up around here and the pace is speeding up as we near the end of the school year. […]
We almost missed the annual Easter family pictures. And that would have been a shame. We’ve been doing a picture in our Sunday-best every Easter morning for as long as I can remember. We had no time to spare before church (Easter egg hunt, Easter baskets, and cooking Easter dinner before we left was […]
I’m exhausted. But it’s a good exhausted. I literally just walked in the door from the greatest show on earth…I mean Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. My family was invited to come to the circus and we had a blast (yes, our tickets were free…but all opinions and enthusiasm are my own). […]
I am counting down the minutes before my kids head to Spring Break. I can’t wait! I’m trying to get things ready so that I can be out of the house as much as possible for the whole week. I found these pictures from Spring 2009, when my kids were a few feet shorter. […]
This Sunday we had a couple of very special sisters over for some crock pot Cuban shredded pork burritos. One of them has become a close friend over the last few months and we were sad to be saying good-bye. On Wednesday she finished her mission and headed back home. I know she’s enjoying […]
We LOVE Medieval Times. Yes, this latest family trip to Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament was complimentary, but our enthusiasm for the awesomeness of Medieval Times is 100% authentic. I’ll apologize upfront for the ridiculous amount of pictures from this latest trip. I swear I deleted dozens of decent pictures before choosing the photos […]
It’s hard to believe that Monday of THIS WEEK was a snow day. We woke up Monday morning to 8 more inches of snow and yet another day off school. Just the week before we had all hoped and prayed that THAT snow storm would be our last of the year. This week, we’re […]
Birthdays are kind of a big deal around here. Especially when you’re a kid. This week, we celebrated my youngest daughter’s 11th birthday. For some odd reason, she wasn’t in the mood to let anyone know about it - she wanted to keep the birthday completely hush-hush. But not at home. At home, she […]
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