by-by Frend elf

Dec 24

elf in the window

Dec 23

Dec 22

a photo shoot with a newborn....man I love photographing newborns!

Dec 21

telling Santa

 my little princesses telling Santa what they wanted for Christmas

Dec 19

sleeping Matt-matt

One thing about me if you had to much to drink at one of my party I make sure there is a comfy place to sleep.  yep this is what we woke up to the day after a party, a sleeping matt-matt.

Dec 18

Mr Potatohead's glasses

Lil R loves it when she comes over to play with Mr Potatohead.  this day she decided that the glasses would be fun to wear for awhile.  Doesn't she look cute!

Dec 17

on the chandelier

Dang that Frend the Elf, he was found hanging on the chandelier in the dinning room.

Dec 16

wreath all light up

Woke up and saw this.  It looked so beautiful, so I had to take a photo of it.  It's my wreath on my fireplace.

Dec 15

Frend in the bathroom

I love this little elf, I'm going to miss him when he's gone.  Found him hanging out in the bathroom waiting for the girls to brush their teeth is morning.

Dec 14

morning backpacks

 The backpack on T's bus in the morning

Dec 13

Elf with snow people

sledding by the front door....I really like little Frend the Elf.

Dec 12

elf on a wreath

Yeah, I know lots of photos of Frend the elf but he's so great to photography, doesn't complain and is always compliant.  But you have to admit that this IS a cute photo of him hiding in the wreath with a broken candy cane up on the wall.

Dec 11

We're doing a secret Santa were we need to be crafty so I decide to have the girls do mod-podge frames as gifts.  I love the way they turned out!  Here's the girls making them the funny thing is their outfits match the frames.  The colors were picked because it's our secret Santa's favorite colors, not because it of their outfits.  LOL and than the finished frames.

Dec 10

Frend the Elf pt 2

I'm having so much fun moving Frend the elf around the house.  Edd loves looking for him and then finding him.  It's so much fun to see the look in her eyes when she spots him.  T on the other had not so excited about it all, I'm not sure she gets it.

Dec 9

Let ME in...human

Yep that is the look she is giving me as I reach for my camera this morning.  It was cold and I told her that before letting her out the door.  Did she listen to me?  Of course not, she's a cat!  LOL  Yeah, I think she was out for a total of 15 minutes the whole day, the rest of the time she was curled up on my bed in the laundry that needed to be folded.

This is such a fitting photo of Chocolate kitty that I wanted to enter it in I heart faces for their Furry Faces challenge.  If you're an animal lover go take a look and see the other entries over there.

Dec 8

my new obsession

modge podge on canvas....need to find more photos to do.

Dec 7

Frend the elf

Yes we're on the Elf on the Shelf kick with just about everybody else with kids around 3-8.  His name is Frend.  He's not very mischievous or naughty.  he just kind of a nice guy that listens to the girls and reports back to Santa every day until Christmas.  Edd is loving finding him around the house and talking to him.  T, not so much.  This morning guess he needed some coffee to start his day, cause that's where we found him.  Sitting next to my coffee pot with his cup in hand. 

Dec 6

newborn hat

I been wanting and waiting for someone to let me do some newborn photos.  And I've been looking at how much newborn hats cost...OMG those things aren't cheap.  I've been asking my mom to make me a few but well it's kind of hard to get on her case to make me one when she lives 700+ miles away from me.  So because I'm cheap and I have in the past done some crocheting I decide to get some yarn and try my hands at it again.  Not bad for not picking a crochet hook up in a ~long, long~ time.

ps if you have a newborn and you're in the Atlanta area let me know I'd love to photography your newborn.

Dec 4

sometimes you just need to stop and take a picture.  That's what I decide as I was coming up on this church and cemetery.  I've been wanting to take more cemetery photos and today just seemed like the day.  No one was behind me as I made the quick swerve into the parking lot.  I got out of my car took 3 pix and got back in my car and drove away.  Yep, that's what I wanted to do.  I think it came out right just what I wanted dreary and a bit dark.

Dec 3

Love this photo!

Love this photo!  I did a photo session with 3 great kiddos all in black in white.  Okay I really shot in color.  But it's was suppose to be a B&W shoot.  I love the way this one turned out.  He was a bit shy and didn't want to do a lot of smile.  I told him to just look at the camera and stick his tongue out to see if it would make him smile.  Yes, I got him to smile some, but really only when he was with his brother and sister.  Those turned out great.  took about 245 photos and had to narrow it down to under 30.  That was hard, but I did it.

Dec 2

eatiiing cup cakes

I bought some cupcakes on sale and as we were eating them I decided ~or maybe it was lil H who decided~ that he need some too.  Gave him a bite or two of mine.  No question about it, he's going to dive right into his 1st year birthday cake with all the gusto of kid with candy.  Can you not see the "yum sugar!" look in he's eyes as he's "eating" his piece of the cupcake?

Dec 1

stand up fry

we had dinner with fries and after I grabbed a hand full and put them on one of the girls' plate one was standing straight up!  LOL  I told them too look they both laughed and say "take a picture of it momma!  take a picture!"  too cute.  So thanks to my daughters the photo of the day is one french fry standing up while the rest are just laying about.  ;-)~

Nov 30

Happy anniversary!!!

That's right it's our anniversary.  25 years  of wedding bliss....okay maybe not bliss we've had our ups and down but this day was a great day.  He surprised me with roses and champagne!I squealed like a girl when I saw him getting out of his car with them.  Yep, I'm a happy girl, I got roses and champagne from my anniversary!!

Nov 29

making X-mas cards

I went shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend! and picked up some crafty things to make Christmas cards/ornaments for the girls so we can pass out.  First of all I can't believe I really went shopping over THAT weekend and second I can't believe I let the girls make the cards so soon after I bought the stuff to make it.  This year THEY WILL be mailed out in time for people to hang them up.  Now I just need to go get envelopes and stamps to mail them off. 

Nov 27

baby spiders

the day after thanks giving I stand on my deck enjoying the weather and look down and see lots of baby spiders crawling around.  I know there are a few out there who would grab the broom quicker than the camera, but not me I took about 10 shots of those little buggers!  But you know I've always thought that they hatched in the spring, won't most of them die because of the cold?

Nov 25