Summer Break week 9..and a half.

End of the summer break.

week nine and the last long weekend of the summer.

 a week and a half of:

biking

Swimming Lessons

they had them with friends and we played on the rocks outside the summit centre each day 

Dinosaur spotting 

Playing in Orillia

Watching the zamboni

National Selfie Day

After swimming lessons

Face Painting 

Beach time

Slip n' Slide

Sharpie Tattoos

Arrowhead Provincial Park

Haliburton Highlands

 Dorset Fire Tower

Skate Park

Hair cuts for school

I have loved this summer break.

thankful for all the memories, 

all the struggles, 

all the laughter.

Summer is not over, just our break is done.

hope to still enjoy the last couple weeks of this amazing season.

 *all photos taken by me, 

except the last one.

That was taken by my boy with Gertie.

my photos taken with Gertie (5,6,13-24)

Chester (1-4,7-12)

Monday Munchkin

happy monday!

what a beautiful autumn day.

the colors are changing, 

the cooler temperatures are here.

and today is a new day.

today i wanted to share with you one of my munchkins.

we took this last week.

i love this girl.

she had me put that flower in her ponytail, and then needed a photo with it in.

have a beauty day.

if you have munchkins you love, 

make sure to get out today and capture a memory of their beauty at whatever age and stage they're at.

*photo taken by me

with Gertie

not edited

20/365 & 21/365

day 20:

Upset.

i didn't take a photo of this.

instead i chose to take a picture of my daughter.

i had promised her that we'd do rags in our hair on the weekend.

we didn't.

so she asked if i could do them after dinner.

while she watched tv i put hers in.

(i put mine in after she went to bed)

so my theme yesterday became:

Promise Kept

this morning after we took out all the rags.  

don't the curls suit my little one.

she is so bouncy.

i don't know if today she was more bouncy because of the curls or if the curls revealed how bouncy she really is...

but she bounces everywhere - i should have named her Tigger. 

day 21:

In a Bowl

I thought about this one...

i thought about taking a pic of the kids cereal this morn.

or my cream of wheat.

i thought about putting things in a bowl to make it how i wanted.

i decided to take our reflection in a bowl instead.

my mixing bowls.

the best one to take a reflection in.

just hanging out on the counter.

and finally, my girl.  look at her smile... 

can you see it? 

she needs her bangs cut - thats the hair hanging.

*all photos taken with Gertie.

edited in Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here 

day 30

this is it.

the last day of my challenge.

same theme as the first day of the challenge:

self-portrait.

that's it.

challenge over.

kind of miss it.

a little.

next time i'll make sure dumb dog isn't wandering around behind me.

*all photos taken with Gertie. 

on a tripod..

with a timer.

day 21

day 21:

Faceless Self-Portrait

and just how does one go about that?

well, this is how i went about it.

wish i had my dreads for this pic.  

this is definitely me.. as often as possible.

Gertie is 'my precious'

braids.. spoon-ring..hat..

This is me.

*all photos taken with Gertie.

Wedding- (J&F) *Part 1*

June 2011

I was in a wedding.

i brought along my Canon T2i and snapped some pics of the event.

*See here for some pics i posted on my other blog.*

transformation of the church:

Hair and Makeup:

 -bride-

-maid of honor-

the hair & veil:

At home for pictures:

please stay tuned for part 2.

hello

Hi.

so, here i am.  

i have a butt-load of photos that I just don't know what to do with.

ok, i do..

I want to share them with the world.

or at least people that care.

some of them may be good.

some may be crap.

some may be breath-taking.

some may mean nothing to anyone else but me.

maybe one or more will make you smile.

or cry.

or remember something, somewhere, sometime...

let's just start out with one today.

one silly one.

my little boy and his "head of hair".

haha

it makes me smile, 

and even laugh when i think about how hard we were laughing when we were trying to get this picture.