Laura Vegas

the girls had been home today for quite a few hours (early day, so they were home after lunch). i was sitting there looking at amanda for no real reason … and it just hit me. i asked her "what are you wearing?". i walked into the kitchen and grabbed my scrapbook stuff that i need to work on … and took it over to her and held it up against her shirt. perfect match!

needless to say … i made her take some pictures for me! not really a problem since she loves to pose for me and my camera! i couldn’t get over how perfect this was. not that i usually take photos specifically for product or layouts … i usually just dig around until i find some older photos that work. but i couldn’t resist this. of coarse, after i took a few pictures … i went back in the house. then i look out the window and she had taken her hair down. i picked my camera right back up and made her take some more! which is how i got the next one. isn’t she just gorgeous?

so i’ll be printing a few of these tomorrow and scrapping … along with some other ones i found on my harddrive. and i’ll finally be working on something that i’ve been carrying around this house for about 6 weeks. lol! i like to do stuff like that. i have these large ziploc bags with certain projects … or my clear 12×12 containers. and i bring them downstairs every day … just in case i have a few minutes to get creative … or in case all the kids nap at the same time. but i usually never get to anything. even if the kids do nap at the same time … it’s hard sometimes to start being creative if i know my time could be up any minute. it can be done … but i have a hard time with that. so then every night i bring the stuff back upstairs with me … thinking i’ll get creative then … or i’ll work on things while the girls are showering or watching tv. but i usually don’t … i’m usually too tired or just vegging on the computer. so the next morning i have high hopes once again … and bring it back down. then back up. and so on and so on. you get the long-winded point i’m trying to make, right? lol!

i really need to get some new pictures of my girls. i’ve been showing some of the daycare kids … but not my own kids. lol! i honestly havn’t taken hardly any photos in the last 2 months … and only about 6 of them have been of alyssa or sarah. we’re definately going to have to make time for that this weekend. i feel a photo shoot coming on. i can almost feel them cringing at me in their sleep. i’m certain they know it’s coming. lol! it’s a good time though … since the weather has been nicer around here this week.

and just for fun … i thought i’d pull up an old photo of amanda just to show how she’s grown. maybe i’ll do the other kids too … in their own post. i dug deep for this one. august 2005. this was one of my very first digital photos … i had just gotten my camera and knew nothing about it. ahhhhh, look at the itty-bitty! 2 1/2 years ago … she was only 5 years old!

and just an interesting, fun fact. this photo here from august 2005 … this was my 213th photo. and the first one i shared on this post … that was my 8066th photo. so i’ve taken 8000 photos in 2 1/5 years? that sounds like a lot … and yet it doesn’t at the same time. lol! edited to add: ok, i just did the math in my head … and i guess that is a lot of photos. if i did that correctly, that would average out to about 250 photos a month. not too bad!

and completly unrelated … i’ve been having some issues with my email the last 2 days. i’m assuming i’m getting all my emails … and i’m assuming my emails are getting sent. but maybe i shouldn’t be so quick to assume. i do know that i cannot get into my address book … which makes it hard to email someone unless i know their address by heart (which i know none of mine) … or if i can track down a previous email from/to you in my "sent" box or my "trash" … and then copy and paste your address. so long story short … if i owe you an email, or you havn’t heard from me, or if you just want an email from me (because honestly, why would you not?!?! lol!) … try me again. i think i’m caught up … but you never know. lol!