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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Paper Mama Photo Challenge ~ A Hint of Color

What a fun Challenge to enter. I love photos with "A HINT OF COLOR" I have so many so this was hard to choose from. This has to be my favorite one for this challenge. She had so much fun with her 5 year photo shoot and I gave her permission to get silly. As she always is and of course those made the best shots. Hope you enjoy my entry.

Make sure you click on the button below to enter your Hint of Color Photo and to see all the other great entries.

Some more of my favorites that I wanted to share...

♥ Personal Post ~ Camping ♥

I wanted to share with everyone our recent family fun. CAMPING. My Aunt and Uncle have a claim up in the mountains that they camp at. They have asked us often if we would like to go and we just never could find the time. Well we made time this year and let me say, we loved it! I can't wait to go back next year.

This particular trip we had planned on going up for the day and hiking around, playing cards and just visiting. I packed up the car with snacks for the day and swimsuits for the kids just in case they wanted to swim in the creek. Well as we pulled in to the camp, we got a flat tire. Just our luck. But I was so glad we did because we ended up staying over night. We had to sleep in the back of our car, but it was worth the aches in the morning. LOL The girls slept in the trailer with my aunt and uncle while Keith, Cordell and I slept in the car.

We had so much fun. We got there, settled in and decided to take a hike. We hiked up a logging road, then back down the other side where we could go down to the creek. The kids loved it. Oh and I forgot to have them change into their suits, so we got a little wet. LOL It was warm enough to dry off by evening so I wasn't worried. My Uncle Pat showed Cordell and I how to pan for gold while My Aunt Dawn and Keith played in the water with the girls. No Gold. :-( but we had fun looking for it.

Oh and I have to share this photo below. The girls and I found a heart shaped rock in the water. I told them to gather up some white rocks so we could outline it. It turned out to be a really cute picture.

After our hike we headed back to camp for some cards. The little girls don't know how to play so Aunt Dawn set up a movie in the trailer for them. The rest of us played cards. It was fun teaching Cordell and Charleigh how to play Rummy. They really enjoyed it. And I was happy because Keith is not usually a card player and he had a really good time too. We had a great BBQ dinner and enjoyed our time around the campfire that evening. Looking at the stars and just visiting. The stars were beautiful that night. We have a lot of stars to look at at home but this was so many more. The kids pointed out some constellations that they had recently learned in school.

Then it was off to bed in the back of our car. LOL Interesting. Luckily Aunt Dawn and Uncle Pat come prepared with extra sleeping gear. We weren't bad off at all. The next morning we took another long hike, about 2 1/2 miles, then played more cards before we headed back down the hill. The drive home was interesting with a donut for a tire but we made it in good time.

Going to the claim was a blast and we look forward to another trip soon. We actually were there again last weekend for another 1 night trip but we plan on going longer next summer. My hubby is working on a custom camper for the back of our truck. So hopefully it will be ready for us to use. It will. Hubby's fast. I'll have to share photos when its complete.

Some of the treasures they found~we made bird feeders out of the pine cones.

What are some of your fun camping stories? I'd love to hear about them!

Monday, September 27, 2010

♥ Shutter Love Tuesdays ♥

Check out last weeks winners of our "Cake" theme HERE!

This weeks theme is "BLUE"

Share with us your interpretation of BLUE! Have fun!!!

Be sure to check the sidebar for up coming themes!

AND don't forget to vote for your favorite photo too! No Anonymous Voting!

Tara & Jamie will be picking the Top Ten as well as some of our FAVORITES too!

Have Fun!

To see all rules for this party & our other link parties, please visit HERE! You can grab the Shutter Love Tuesdays button HERE!
To allow more time to view all the entries, we will be posting the winners on Saturdays at3 p.m.

Tara's "BLUE" Photo
I loved the blue bow on my daughters tutu, so I just had to share this in our Blue theme. My mom found these cute tutu's at Costco recently and knew my girls would love them. They each got a different color.

Jamie's "BLUE" Photo

Don't forget to grab the blog hop so others can enter their photos too!

Make sure you vote for your favorite photo in the comment section!
REMEMBER NO ANONYMOUS VOTING TO KEEP IT FAIR-THANKS!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

♥ Shutter Love Winners ♥

We had a fun theme this week "CAKES"

All your entries were so cute. Thanks for making this week great!

Our #1 pick goes to....

Mommy's Cake

Doesn't that just look delish! I could take a bite right now!

#2 - Pieces of Me

#3 - Beach Cake

#4 - Sunflower Cake

#5 - 525,600 Minutes

#6 - Bethany Sherrard Photography

#7 - Modeling Chocolate Monster Cake

#8 - The Great Umbrella Heist

#9 - My Take on Photography

#10 - Piggy Cupcakes

We had another tie this week for Viewer Choice and had to do a random draw.

The winner is...

The Paper Mama~Congrats!

Some of Tara & Jamie's Favorites that didn't make this weeks top 10 are...

Thanks to everyone who entered in our fun "CAKES" week.

Don't forget to go grab your award buttons if you see your photo above.

Make sure you get your photos ready for next weeks "BLUE" theme.

Remember to share this {Party} with friends so more can join in.
If you are a winner, go pick up your {Prize Button}

What's your guess?

Well, I've made it to 37 weeks and 3 days pregnant.
I've only got 18 days to go.
I really thought I was going to have this baby yesterday...
but that did not happen.

So, here are some recent photos of the baby belly for you!

The top view makes it look much bigger don't you think?

I've been busy crafting, sewing and cleaning.
The nesting bug has hit me hard...and my home thanks me!
Although my house is far from clean many things that
haven't been cleaned in a while are now clean.

I love to make things for my kids.
So I thought it would be great to make some shirts for them to wear.
I'm almost done with them
(still have to do a little sewing on the boys shirts)
and plan to have them done before the baby comes.
Here they are.
I used a little steam-a-seam 2
which is a double sided fusible interfacing.
That stuff is amazing!!!!
Once ironed on it's permanent, but I chose to sew the letters down too,
to add a little more character and stability.

So, here's my question...
will we need THIS combination of shirts...

or THIS combination of shirts?

Let's have a little contest!!! Shall we???
Leave a comment with your guess as to the gender of the baby
and when the baby will make its appearance.

I obviously have two kids already, a girl and a boy.
They were both born a week before their due date.
My actual due date for this baby is October 13th.
I do not know the gender of the baby.

Whoever guesses the closest to the actual birthday
and time of day (approximate) and gender
will get a small prize from me!
And when I say small I mean it, I have something fun,
but it's nothing huge or elaborate...
I will have just had a baby so you gotta cut me some slack!

Oh and whichever onesie we don't end up needing will be in my etsy store later!
Check out my blog for some photos from our maternity session!!
Guess away!!!

Monday, September 20, 2010

This weeks theme is "CAKES"

All cakes apply. Cupcakes too! And these do not have to be cakes that you made. Just share your best cake photos. Have fun!!!

Be sure to check the sidebar for up coming themes!

AND don't forget to vote for your favorite photo too! No Anonymous Voting!

Tara & Jamie will be picking the Top Ten as well as some of our FAVORITES too!

Have Fun!

To see all rules for this party & our other link parties, please visit HERE! You can grab the Shutter Love Tuesdays button HERE!
To allow more time to view all the entries, we will be posting the winners on Saturdays at3 p.m.

Tara's "CAKES" Photo
I took this photo at my sons 10th birthday. It's hard to believe it's almost his 11th. How time flies. We had his party at a jump house place. It was a huge hit and they of course want to go back this year. As you can see this cake was basketball themed and no I did not make this. Wonderful Raley's pulled this together for me. This year I think I will tackle a cake for him. Going for a military theme. We are going to set up obstacle courses outside. It will be awesome. If you have any ideas for obstacles, please send them my way!

Jamie's "CAKES" Photo
I know this technically is not a photo of cake,
but this kid is too cute to pass up.
If you'd like to see the cake before he devoured it you can see it here.