My Valentine, from my Valentine. ;)
My Valentine
February 14th, 201210 Years Old?!!!
February 14th, 2012My oldest turned 10 this month – craaaazy!! Casey was in town visiting, so we had a combo celebration at Chuck E. Cheese since my youngest celebrates her birthday in March. The girls have only been to C.E.C. one other time in their lives, and that was a million years ago when we lived in Honolulu (they were around 2 & 3 and it was for a birthday party); and since they have been asking for years for me to take them, I figured now was the time to give in. The cake was a chocolatey-delicious surprise that my Mom custom ordered for Mel and her love of polka dots, which we enjoyed with a side of peanut butter ice cream. I seriously want to know where the time is going? I love watching my girls learn and grow, but there are definitely days when I wish they could just be infants/toddlers again. I miss it. And of course, the older they get…the older I start to feel. LOL
Personal Project: In Real Life
February 11th, 2012As you may recall from several posts back, I am making a concerted effort to do more “in real life” portraits of my girls. It’s a personal project that will be ongoing, not just for 2012, and it’s probably the most important photography related project I will ever take on. Here are a couple from yesterday that captures their love of their DSi’s, and apparently now “personality glasses.” ;)
6/52: “Emotion”
February 11th, 2012I missed week 5, but that’s okay. I don’t live in the past, so lets move on with Week 6. :)
4/52: “Imperfection”
January 29th, 2012For this week’s theme, I chose to use another photo of Baby B. that I took this week. She is 10 months old, and still learning how to get all of her food into her own mouth, which is one of the charming little things to watch babies learn (especially this one, because watching her try to chin that piece of cereal into her mouth when it landed on her shoulder was way too much! lol). So, I thought this was a cute photo that illustrates her perfect little “imperfection.”
Beautiful Baby B.
January 24th, 2012Look who I met today – a 10 month old bundle of sheer cuteness! Tell me this is not one of the most adorable baby girls you’ve ever seen, I dare you! That hair, those cheeks…oh my! :)
3/52: “Inspiration”
January 17th, 2012This week I had every intention of shooting a great photo of my daughters, as they are my greatest inspiration and the driving force behind my “In Real Life” personal project, however, I changed my mind after I captured this photo of my niece. I felt that this inspirational quote fit the bill perfectly for this week, and as we were shooting her “statement” piece, I was inspired to play with the beautiful window light – so both photos here represent “Inspiration” to me.
Snowflake Macro Love
January 15th, 2012I. Love. Macro! I especially love snowflake macro. We finally got some beautifully light, fluffy snow here in my neck of the woods, so I rushed outside to see what I could come up with. Here is a little collage I put together, followed by each individual image. :) I’m looking forward to the next fluffy snowfall so that I can try again because I still feel like I haven’t gotten my “perfect” snowflake yet.
2/52: “Life”
January 14th, 2012This week, the subject for the 52-Week Project is “Life.” I’ve chosen to keep the 52 challenge as closely matched to my “In Real Life” commitment as possible, so this week, I am sharing a glimpse of something I see everyday: my oldest daughter with her nose buried in a book. I don’t think I’ve met another kid who loves to read as much as my daughter – there is no question that her life revolves around her love of books (as is evident by the STACKS she owns). When my little Miss grows up, she says she wants to be an author. :)
1/52: My Resolution Photo, “In Real Life.”
January 5th, 2012
I have been wanting to take on another photography challenge as it’s been a while since I’ve done one, and my answer came when I saw it posted that my lovely and talented friend, Sarah Cornish of My Four Hens Photography, was hosting a 52 Week Project – a photo a week. Her challenge has a new word assignment each week, and this week the word she chose was “Resolution.” Aside from working harder to maintain my blog, another resolution I have is to capture the daily lives of my girls – time is getting away from me, and I don’t have nearly enough images of them “in real life” anymore. So as I begin this challenge, I also begin my resolution to do more lifestyle work of MY family…I’m calling the whole journey “In Real Life.” This is a project I simply HAVE to do for myself. I really don’t think any of my other resolutions have ever been quite so personal to me. I submitted the black & white of my girls doing homework as my first photo of this challenge…the rest are just extras that I want to share. Talk soon.
