Christmas Eve 2009

Ok, so I am a little slow at actually posting photos this year. I started out so strong. I am going to continue to try to post more timely. With that being said, this photo is from Christmas Eve. The kids are all dressed up and ready to Christmas Eve church services.



After church we returned home to a nice dinner with family. Grandma Judie, Grandpa T John, Nanny, Papa, Uncle Josh and Aunt DeAnn joined us for the festivites. Dinner was served, cookies for santa were set out and reindeer food was sprinkled on the lawn. We were ready for Santa.

January 8th 2010 - Day 8

Laughter and smiles....this is what we are to capture today. It was perfect timing for the photos that I took of my children yesterday. It snowed yesterday afternoon and last night. My kiddos were so excited. Once the first snowflake hit the ground, they were begging to go outside to play. They couldn't wait to catch them on their tongues. Here is a photo of them all bundled up and ready to play.

January 7th 2010 - Day 7

For today's challenge, we were encouraged to photograph a favorite food. I photographed our dinner from last night. It has been unseasonably cold here in Georgia lately. We have had several days recently where the temperature did not even rise above freezing. I have always liked to eat something warm and comforting when it is cold. So for dinner tonight, I cooked chili with sweet buttermilk cornbread. They were both delicious. I loved the recipe for the cornbread. If you like sweet cornbread that tastes almost like cake, you will love this recipe. You can find it here:

January 6th 2010 - Day 6

For today's 365 challenge, we were encouraged to take a picture of our desk. Where we work and spend our time. Mine is a mess and I did not clean it up for this photo. This is where I spend my time. This is my desk. My OWN space where I work and play.

Matthew's First Day of School - 2007

I have always loved this picture of Matthew. This was Matthew on his first day of school in 2007. Isn't he cute? He was so excited about his first day. He was all ready to go with his own sippy cup!!! This digital page was created using a special font called "body hunter". I used that font for the word "school".

January 5th 2010 - Day 5

Today's photo is of a small portion of my fabric collection/obsession. I have stacks of fabrics in various prints/patterns/styles. I love fabric. It comes in so many beautiful colors. It is such a fun thing to "play" with. What would you like to create today?

January Challenges

Each month at Gotta Pixel, there are several challenges in which to participate. I love these challenges. They are fun and at times very challenging. Each one comes with a set of rules that are to be followed. These are the challenges that I have participated in so far this month.

The first challenge is called an element challenge. In this challenge, I had to create one digital scrapbook page and use beads in the layout. Here is my completed page:


The next challenge was by the numbers challenge. In this challenge we were to use 1 photo, 1 paper and 10 different elements. Here is my completed page:


For the next challenge, we were given a template. This is the simply sketchy by Laura challenge. From this template we were to create a unique page. I used a photo from this Christmas Eve for this challenge. Here's mine:

January 3rd 2010 - Day 3

For today's challenge, I took a picture of my beautiful Amaryllis. I purchased this flower in early December. It bloomed yesterday and the colors are so vibrant. I love red flowers.
Enjoy....

January 2nd 2010 - Day 2

So I don't think I explained what I am doing in the first post. I have decided to take the 365 day photo challenge here. The basis of this challenge is to take a photograph each and everyday for the whole year. So here is where I start. On day 2, they challenged us to take a picture of a favorite toy. Our life would not be complete without our toy cars. We LOVE them. We talk to them, play with them, love them, sleep with them and generally have at least one or two with us everywhere we go.

January 1st 2010 - Day 1

Today, I am posting a picture of my favorite subjects. It is 3PM on January 1st. This is what my children have been doing all day. I just asked them if they would like to take a break to eat. Sarah replied "Mom, we are on vacation. It is OK if we don't get dressed or do anything all day!". So there you have it....