the simple things

this weeks simple things:

flowers

I just love this rose bush outside my front door.

Top Ten!!!

My picture placed in the top ten!!!

I am so excited!

That pouty face is hard to resist!

Love her.

i heart faces -- Let Them Be Little

This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com

blossoming sticks

They are finally here. I have been waiting and waiting for my trees to blossom. It finally happened ... and they are beautiful!


And with the blossoms come a promise ...

of warmer weather ...

and time spent outside ...

taking walks, riding bikes, and drawing with sidewalk chalk!

I can hardly wait!

i heart faces -- self portrait

Back in September I took Willette's class, Finding YOUR Joy {Capturing Your Life Thru Photos}. It really pushed me to get in front of the camera more ... and I am grateful that I have because I do want to capture my life ... with me in it! I hope to post more of my pics from that class soon.

i heart faces -- silhouette

My entry this week is an oldie but a goodie ... and the only silhouette that I have. I had hopes of going out and getting some new ones but the weather here has been all gloom. Oh well!

i heart faces -- orange

The theme this week at i heart faces is orange.

He thought this was so silly ... and fun ... and tasty too!

just like her momma

ruby has been doing a lot of this lately!

she always says "CHEEEEESE!" when she takes a picture

she tries to put that little pink strap over her head

and

i love that she even looks through the view finder instead of using the LCD screen

cute little photog in the making! {grin}

More orchard

I thought it would be fun to take my kiddos all dressed up in their Halloween costumes to a nearby apple orchard for some fun shots. The kids loved running around, picking apples {even though I was constantly telling them not to} and posing for pictures. It was just what we all needed after a long day at home. I love these shots. There is nothing cuter that a peacock, and kitty, and a skeleton running about.

Collin and Ruby chased each other around this tree forever. They thought it was soOoo much fun! {and NO they didn't run this fast ... I couldn't figure out how to make it move any slower!}

We had so much fun ... we might need to make this tradition!

i heart faces -- in the orchard

The theme for i heart faces this week is in the orchard. I LOVED this photo shoot. It kind of has a "Where the Wild Things Are" feel to it. My kids thought it was so much fun to run around this orchard all dressed in their Halloween costumes.

My older kids kept picking the apples off of the trees ... she had to settle for the rotten ones on the ground. She didn't mind.

More orchard pictures to come ...

i heart faces --Smirk!

This little guy was such a ham in front of the camera. Just one smile after another. But in a couple of pics I caught this smirk. I think he thought I was a crazy lady.

i heart faces -- Vroom Vroom!

The theme this week at i heart faces is Vroom, Vroom!

The kids sure did love this car. They could have spend all evening in it.

i heart faces -- photojournalism

She blew out her candles one by one ... maybe hoping to get a wish for each one.

She deserves it!

winner!

My beach fun photo of Ruby made it in the top 10 last week at i heart faces. I am so thrilled! Yeah for cute babies!

i heart faces -- Beach Fun

She wasn't so sure of the water at first ... but she soon loved it!

In fact, I didn't even put her in a swim suite

because

I thought there was no way she would even get wet.

Ha! Boy was I wrong.

By the end she was soaked.

Family Pics

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we had some family pics taken. And Ruby screamed the. entire. time. So basically it was my worst nightmare. But I handled it well. In fact, it didn't really bother me at all. My pics are REAL. Real life. Captured. They are perfect.

We went a little early and I took the individual shots of my kids and then we met a good friend and neighbor and she took our family ones. I can't thank her enough.

the family:

{see the crying ... }




little miss ruby:

{okay ... she didn't cry through the individual shots. but she did through all the family shots!}

collin {i am so photogenic} curtis:

and the beautiful sophie j:





Now to decide which ones to print {sigh}!