i have a few kids that i just have a tough time photographing. ariana is one of them. she is so bouncity that she rarely holds still for much. and she gives me these huge smiles … but avoids actually looking at me and then rolls her eyes way off to the side. but today…

still scrapping … still feeling my creative "mojo" going. not really enough time to do anything with it right now … but squeezed in these 2 layouts last night.   love this layout. love the photo of amanda. the colors are showing up a little different in the pictures … the aqua is a little…

remember that day a few weeks ago where i took like 200 pictures of the girls? i havn’t looked them since that weekend … finally getting around to going through some tonight. thought i’d share a few of alyssa from the first set of pics.   and i thought this one was fun … it’s…

started this layout real quick last night … and finished it right now as the daycare kids are napping. i printed this picture of my neighbor ziek on the weekend when i was doing the others … but just didn't get to it. i got a comment the other day asking how i go about…

i scrapped this weekend! and why am i so excited about this? because as i mentioned before … i havn't made a single layout in 2 months. but after all my re-grouping and re-organizing … i was finally ready last night. i did 5 entire layouts from start to finish (including selecting and printing the…

i can say that after the last 2 days … i am 90% caught up on my photos. i had family photos and daycare photos from the last 2 months that needed to get done. by "get done" … i mean finish my normal steps i take each month. i got everything except the 200…

i thought i’d share this one photo of sarah. i’ve been working on uploading and ordering pictures all day. fun stuff i tell you. NOT! anyways … i do edit every single photo i take … every single one gets personal attention of some kind. usually just brightening up the colors some and sharpening ……

you ever have one of those "blahhhhhhhhhhhh" days? just a regular day. nothing stands out. just mundane stuff … stuff that tends to annoy me sometimes to be honest. i don’t mean that in a bad way. really, i don’t. just so much coming and going … in and out. there are honestly times when…

making a mental "note to self" … always remember to double check the details when planning day trips. this is why i don’t travel … or go anywhere for that matter. because when i do try and do things … something will always manage to go wrong. it’s just the way my life is. last…

today was alyssa’s big day. after almost a year and a half she got her braces off. check out those straight, perfect teeth! it only took about 5 minutes to get them all off … we thought it would be harder. then they did the impressions for her retainers … involving some putty and some…