Happiness is....

Morning light, and my children sitting in it.

{Wordless Wednesday}

Two-fer

Tuesday!

Jools's favorite snack:: rice crackers with Boursin. Yum!

hbm!

So grateful...

for margaritas!

Vintage Wheels

Took some time on the drive down to Chilicothe to explore the back roads of Circleville (south of C-bus). Good practice with raw-processing... turns out I wasn't saving my exports properly, so we'll see how this changes things. :)

Lamp-light flare

The Afterbath:

I love it when the bathwater drains and the toys are left in their random positions - those Barbies have minds of their own, I swear! haha :)

Crazy Water-fowl

I LOVE where I live! I *major heart* Marietta:-D

Thankful for...

...reminders of spring amidst all the snow.

Thankful

To have a home.

Texture Tuesday

My dishwasher runs a mean clean cycle, but the lips of these sippy cups always collect water and never dry. So, they sit on a paper towel on the counter after washing. I just happened to notice that I made a very lovely color wheel with these - totally by accident - and decided to use it as today's photo. And the texture is actually one of the filters that is on the CD I mailed you yesterday... :)

Two for Tuesday

My Valentine's Day:: Raw Fish, Sake, Passing out. Not because of too much Sake, but because of the flu.

Yummmm.....sushi....now I'm hungry.

No Bench Monday

All this stinking snow and the-flu-that-wouldn't-go-away, has really made me behind on personal projects. Sooooo no bench Monday! But Cute-Liam-Monday....and really, isn't that better?
I'm feeling MUCH better today too!

Happy Bench {snowy} Monday!

And it's still coming down.... 2-4 more inches tonight. Did I mention I'm not a fan of snow??

Be Mine

Jillian wouldn't pose for a photo because her tummy hurts today, so this is about all I could get - the giant heart Avery made me at preschool, with some creative texturizing. Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day

experimenting

Just experimenting with my new camera yesterday in Columbus....no focus, blurry, all bokeh shot at Jeni's....

Simple Pleasures

None of the pictures I took today are even worthy of posting, so I am posting another from yesterday's school festivities. I LOVE the look on Avery's face, because she just did something to make her friend laugh, and she knows it, and I love that she gets a kick out of herself. She is quite the comedienne... while Jillie is more of a drama queen. :)

Anyhow, thinking of you and sweet Mallie and hoping today wasn't too horrible for any of you. Please call me and let me know what happened, ok? Love ya ~

School Valentines

I remember these days... making Valentine's bags, writing out cards to classmates, wearing pink and red for the day... the girls came home with a ton of sugary loot. Lucky for me, they're at Grandma's tonight and I don't have to deal with the aftermath. :)

Hope you feel better, and GOOD LUCK tomorrow - let me know how it goes! xoxo

Blah

I have the flu and Mallie goes to Children's tomorrow for her MRI....blah.

Love Letters

I'm sorry I don't always follow the "theme" - my days are so random that it never seems to fit in anyways. :) But, here is a Valentine's Day inspired entry in honor of the parties at school tomorrow that I'm helping with. Avery told me I have to wear my "cooking bra" {aka apron} like the other Moms. Fun times!!

Texture Tuesday

What better way to spend a snowy day than making forts in the living room?

Texture Tuesday, Valentine's Edition

Bench Monday.... um, not so much.

She looks surprisingly happy here... but she has pneumonia and asthma, officially. I have had very little sleep and very little desire to get my camera out. And, we are getting even more snow, and then even more snow. Ugh, bad start to the week.

HBM--Valentine's Edition

Happy, lovely, hearty, silly, sweety, Valentine's Day!

I'm still here!

I'm sorry, I'm such a slacker! With everything going on I've just been letting some stuff slide, and some not....and I promise to make this one of the 'not's'!
I love you.
I am buried under sick kids and snow. You too?
I have trouble talking on the phone, because the only time it is quiet around me is when I'm stuck under a nursing baby at the computer. But, I love you and want to talk to you! I will call :-D

Here we go again....

...with the snow. 10" overnight. Which is why I didn't post for Friday, too cold for photos - though this one looks cheerful.

Hey, where are you??

Victory!

Avery's hair is finally long enough for a ponytail!

Good Intentions

I was trying to get a fun photo of Avery playing Barbies... upon closer inspection, I realized it looks more like she is holding her Barbie hostage. ha!

What was Tuesday's theme?

I don't remember. At any rate, this sums up the theme of my day today. Ugh, motherhood isn't always what it's cracked up to be.

Bench Monday... Bathtub Style

A slightly different take on Bench Monday...!

Happy Bench Monday {Play-yard Edition}

The play-yard in our local mall is nothing short of ridiculous-giant soft sculpture food items.

Grateful for...

... flowerpot hats! And the fact that my children are so cooperative when it comes to letting me take pictures. Avery still insists that I pay her $1 every time she poses for me, but on this particular occasion the thrill of the new hat made this one a freebie.

Grateful for::

Bright spots in long, dark, winters.

Easy Mornings...

With Mallie taking the photos....this is actually from today, but I'm using it for my Saturday 'light' photo.....catchin' up....

Hidden Treasure

Dan & I went browsing around the various thrift stores and tag sales in Akron today looking for the perfect "photo" chair - I found what I was looking for, the lone remaining piece from a set bought long ago by someone else, just waiting in a back room for me to find, $15 and we were out the door. I love old things. I love making up stories about where they have been and who they have belonged to.

Not Fence Friday

Glad you didn't do fence friday...because I'm not either:-D

Trent and I got almost exactly an hour to ourselves last night....so, what did we do? You know us...we drank wine:-D

Random Funnyness

Today I had my 3rd & final shoot for the week, and laughed {hysterically} when I realized I had caught this on camera. Oh, and I want to steal this baby. :)

Acting Silly

This is a proof from a session I had today with my friend's 3-yr old daughter, Emerson - she was twirling around and her hair got crazy with static!

Silly Thursdays?

Is that right? Ahhh I'm so tired, I don't even want to go look it up! Anyway, I think I'm right...and this is definitely fitting. Hilarious expression if you ask me!

Now, bedtime for me....or least rest-time....xo

Caught in a Moment

This morning while eating cinnamon rolls for breakfast, I took this picture of Avery with icing on her face... words: surprised, annoyed, innocent, loved.... God, I LOVE this kid! xoxo

Wordless Wednesday....

My first wordless Wednesday is this::Solitary. One solitary promise of spring to come......

Texture Tuesday!

I figured I'd take a cue from some of the older photos you've posted to flickr and try out my textures on this photo from Jillian's 5th birthday. Believe it or not, this was taken with a film camera!

First Texture Tuesday

Well...it snowed here again, and it is still coming down. In honor of that, I'm showing a photo from a couple of weeks ago (because my computer is going in for a boost today and I'm not sure if I'll get it back tonight or tomorrow, and who knows if I'd be able to upload a picture that I take today....) Hmmm that was a very run-on sentence....but whatever.
I need another cup of coffee. :-D

Bench Monday

Yep--I did do it:-D I'm still trying to keep up....a little behind but getting there!
This was my Bench Monday {barefoot in the kitchen, but definitely not pregnant!} edition. With Mallie's hands being wrapped up and her unable to use them, we are basically staying home, so I've been cooking up a storm (and staying in my jams:-D)

Happy Bench Monday!

There are no birds and butterflies out yet, so I added my own for the sake of wishful thinking. It was semi-warm and sunny this morning, then turned to light rain/snow mix. I strongly dislike Ohio weather. Grey is such a depressing color.

A Form of Art.... ?

I have to admit, this is a pretty tame maneuver for Avery - at least this time the only thing she ruined was her clean self... and maybe a small spot of her new duvet cover, but I'm not going to sweat it. I give her credit for creativity, the inner belly-button swirl is a nice touch. ;-)