We were all in town all day New Year’s Eve doing year end shopping for the business. Sometime in the mid afternoon one of our friends, Kim, called on her way home from Denver to say she had talked to another one of our friends and they both decided to …

We bought one family present this year which was a new X-Box 360 and Guitar Hero. I’m not sure I dare admit that I actually really enjoy playing this game (LOL). It’s kind of addictive for me because I’m rather competitive and like to see if I can keep getting …

One day after co-op some of the other moms and I were standing around visiting and watching the kids out the window. They were wondering what Nathan was doing (LOL). I guess they had never seen anyone “snow plant” before >VBG>! Snow planting is where you shuffle your feet along …

In this picture, I was again trying to practice with the natural light coming in the window. I was trying to capture some of the water dripping from his hair, but you can’t really see it. I’m not sure I like how the light coming from behind lights up his …

In this picture I was practicing using natural light. First I had to convince Nathan that he should take a bath at exactly the right time that the light shines in this window. It’s REALLY hard to get him to not pose because he LOVES having his picture taken and …

I was going to take an online photography class, but decided I couldn’t handle the stress of having a set assignment schedule with real deadlines. Instead, I have requested a few books from the library and dug out some photography books I had here on my shelf. I’m also reading …

I don’t remember exactly which weekend we were treated to a visit from our “other” girls (LOL), but they were here overnight sometime in early December, I think. Aren’t they the CUTEST little girls? We just adore them. They remind me so much of Amanda and Emily when they were …

My aunt, my mom’s sister, came for a visit a few days after Christmas. They treated us to a soup buffet one day. Notice the towel clothespinned to her shirt? In this case would you call it an apron or a towel? Here she’s cutting up the green onions for …

This year my brother came up with an idea for a float that his YMCA spinning class (as is cycling) could do to represent the local YMCA. He spent several days the week of Thanksgiving working on it as well as most of Thanksgiving Day. The day of the parade, …