294/365 I is for ......

294/365 I is for .....

Well i of course ....... I'm running in the lame department on this one.

These I took with my Lens Baby. I had recently seen some cool photos with this lens.

I think it would help if my eyes were better because it is basically manual focus.

I love the way the glitter/sparkles came out in the background.

These are all SOOC and could use a little color correction but who has the time? 

Now I'm off to wake the children, which really I never thought I would have to do, but how far we have come !!!

293/365 H is for ......

293/365 H is for .....

Hanging. 

This is the only photo that I took today and I'm happy about it. 

Gosh I stink at handy man stuff. I just wanted to hang this magnet strip thing and well it was a partial success. Now if Rob had done it the thing would be permanently screwed in, I mean even if I hung on it the thing wouldn't budge. So there that's the type of person I am, impatient and not willing to wait for one more second. I love you honey but sometimes your ADD and our busy life get in the way of my stuff. So I have to do it myself, let me thank you in advance for fixing it later ;)

292/365 G is for .....

292/365 G is for ......

So I think this alphabet thing has given me a temporary focus. Something to aim for every day. Sometimes it's a challenge and sometimes it's annoying constantly looking for things that start with G. Really twice now I've caught myself walking around looking for things in the house that start with the letter of the day. 

Anyway here is G :

Green, I actually took this yesterday but loved it. I can't tell which end is which, can you?

This is the Grasshopper that greeted us on the door when we got home. I think if these things didn't fly I wouldn't dislike them so much, kind of like roaches. All creatures that fly have a scary aspect that I have no tolerance for. 

Wow November has snuck up on us like a tornado. Rob's 40th birthday is tomorrow and it's hard shopping for the guy who wants nothing. He's not into electronics or golf or any of that. So I asked some girls at school this morning and they made plenty of suggestions, which I won't post here, but Jennifer came up with sending him with a bunch of notes to open on the hour every hour. So I did that, all handmade little cards that are all different and tell him how much I love him and what a stud I still think he is, even at 40 !!!!

I'm not far behind ;(

291/365 F is for .....

291/365 F is for .....

Furry or Fainting Goat, whichever you prefer.

Yes really she faints when she gets stressed or scared. 

At least that's what the owner told me.

Fun times for the poor little goat. 

Flag, this is from my trip to Washington. 

290/365 E is for .........

290/365 E is for .......

Egg, go figure. I don''t have access to any elephants or emus or earl gray tea or elves or Esquire magazine or egrets. At the church carnival today Little Mama got an entire dozen of these annoying confetti eggs.  So I took one and here is the picture. 

289/365 D is for ......

289/365 D is for ............

Dimes, I decided to get the macro out. I have to think differently when I'm taking pictures of little things. It gets kind of fun trying to think of little things to take pictures of. Anyway I was walking around the house trying to think of D things and I saw our family piggy bank. Dimes is what I thought and so dimes it is.

Have a great Halloween.

287&288/365 B&C.....

287&288/365 B&C......

Big day, very big day for me and for my friends Dayna and Nic and for their new baby.

I tried to post my B's yesterday but my computer crashed. I have no room left and am scrambling to figure out what to do. Anyway yesterday was the day for letter B. Here is what I came up with.

At the car wash they had lots of bubbles, which by the way smelled alot like bubble gum.

The kids love going through the car wash.

Really I love the car wash too except when it's BROKEN like this at the end. I then get to show off my reverse skills trying to back the big silver beast out. 

Then there is my book for book club. I have a Kindle and am loving it so it's been a while since I have actually had to read a real book. I'm hoping to learn some things from this one.

Blue also came yesterday. The kids worked hard putting new batteries in all the decorations, aren't I lucky. This one ended up being part of the centerpiece at dinner. They loved eating in the dark.

 And last but not least BOYS. This is meal time at our house, lovely huh!

And as for C.....

Child, I'd loved to have included this yesterday for baby but it happened today, around 11:5@ this morning and it was the first time I had ever actually seen a baby come into this world. It was amazing and I felt completely honored and blessed to have been there to experience this. Thanks guys.

On top of all that this little girl came out perfect and I hope and pray that she is nice to her parents. 

I'm praying for mom and dad to both have a speedy recovery from this most beautiful glorious experience.