Welcome to the New Year!

I cannot believe that 2012 is already here! We've already started the year with a bang. I have repainted the kitchen and now started repainting the livingroom. I want to make our new house a home. I want the warm, cozy, mature look that is classic. We are choosing colors carefully and trying to keep with in the same palette. Our first painting adventure was the bedroom which I copied from an awesome blog lizmarieblog.com. She used the most beautiful gray called Woodsmoke made by Glidden.

It's a gray with a slight brown undertone which makes it really warm.
Our bedding is from Pottery Barn and I will post a picture later, but here's the picture from the PB catalog!

We are loving how the room turned out. Will post pictures soon.
So there's some of the things I've done in the house in the past year, and I've done a lot more but haven't loaded all the pictures to the computer yet! Hope everyone has enjoyed a great New Year's and is looking forward to what's in store for 2012!

Day 10...a childhood memory...

Well there are so many things that I could photograph for this one, but I settled on two things that really stand out from my adolescent years. One, cheering and football games! Oh, my how those were some fun times! Friday night football games, pep rallies, competitions,....you name it, we did it!

The crown is from winning Homecoming Queen! I have to say, that was pretty awesome being a teenage girl!

The thing that really reminds of my childhood is dance. I have taken dance classes since I was 2 years old. I took for 15 years and then taught for 8 years until little Darby came along! Now I get to be the mommy of a dancer and that is a whole new kind of fun! Kimberly (my little sis) and I would dance everywhere...I think we drove my mom crazy bouncing all over the store! Dance is still a big part of my life...now I'm the mom peeking in the window to catch a glimpse at my little girl dancing!

Happy photographing to all! I'm having fun with this challenge. Practicing my shots and editing! Until tomorrow...not sure what the challenge is, so I better be checking on that!

My 30 day Photography Challenge

So I've really been wanting to perfect my photography skills so I can capture great pictures. I do NOT want to do this as a job, but a hobby. I really want to get those awesome pictures of my kids! I was on Pinterest (my newest obssession) and came across this 'pin' with 30 days of photographs to take to help you capture different angles and shots when taking pictures, so I figured why not?!....I'm a day behind on this post because I started yesterday on the 1st to keep my days and challenges on the same number so I wouldn't forget! So here it is....day 1....
Here's what the pin looked like on Pinterest.
So here's my Day 1 Self Portrait. I kind of hope I can lose some weight during these 30 days since I end with another self portrait! I know this is not a perfect shot, but that's the reason for doing...improve your skills and learn some new techniques.

Swimming in the Yard!

Just some snapshots of the kids swimming in their froggy pool in the yard! It's almost to hot to even enjoy it b/c the water warms up so quick.

Happy 30th Anniversary to my parents! We went out for dinner to celebrate 30 years of marriage, 2 daughters, and 2 grandkids!
My sweet little man is getting BIG too soon. He was 10 months on June 1, 2009...he was mad that he couldn't escape the paparazzi!!!!!!!!!!!!


Darby being silly!!

Some snapshots of Darby I took while at a wedding tea. Can you believe that she wanted to wear sunglasses?? She even had a purse, you just can see it in the picture!! She's going to be a "girl" after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited pic's

I have been playing with an online photo editing website that I really like. I actually introduced my friend Mandy to it, but she has reintroduced myself back to it. It has so many capabilities and is a lot of fun to work with. Here are some of my works! By the way I need to catch everyone up to date, so much has happened lately. Easter, Bodie turned 9 months, Bodie is now sitting on his own (finally!!!), etc... You know how it is with kids, who has time for anything!