The new B&H catalog came the other day, and I have a birthday coming up in December, so I thought I would make it easy for Brad to get me a gift..no thought and he could just go online and hit the "purchase" button...
But all I got was "this is a joke, isn't it?"...
So, due to the flurry of photography business (which I am thankful for..not complaining), I have become a slave to my computer editing pictures...and haven't been in my scrapbook room in ages! I miss it..it keeps calling my name every time I walk by it...
I went on that scrapbook retreat several weekends ago and finally photographed a few layouts that are finished. There are still several more in different stages of completion..
Thought I would post these so no one forgets that I do actually scrapbook!
(click to see the layouts larger)
This was from our short little trip down to Savannah back at the beginning of they year..I used Kate Pertiet's digital photo clusters for the pictures and then cut it out as one unit..the flourish is a Silhouette cut I had laying around that worked perfectly...that picture with the trees looks better in real life..apparently is had some sunlight reflecting on it when I photographed the layout..
and this is from trick or treating at the Avenue LAST year..we didn't get to do it this year unfortunately due to a football game..I used a Becky Higgins sketch for this, altered to fit my pictures..and this is much brighter and happier in real life?
Ok, gotta go hop in the shower and get moving...!
Got a picture of Mimi tonight before we took her out to eat...lol...
We stuffed ourselves with some good country cooking...
who, I had a really hard time finding a picture of for some reason? One by herself is really hard to come by, so I liked this one with all the girls...I'm not going to mention what number birthday this is because she would kill me, but let's just say it's a significant one..a beginning of a new century for her!
I definitely am blessed with the best Mother-in-law in the world!
Happy Birthday! We love you!
It rained pretty much most of the day on Halloween, and that evening it was that nasty mist/sprinkle, but we didn't let it stop us,NO WAY..We went to my in laws, per tradition, and tried to get there early cause I was stressing about getting pictures before it got too dark outside..it was really cloudy all day..
Out came the "face paint" (I can't call it "make up"..that upset Chaz...lol) and we transformed both kids..
Brad worked on Chaz, spraying his hair black first, then doing the face painting..we aren't Picasso by any means, but we did ok..Chaz had a hard time with the make up, because I kept hearing Brad in there yelling at him to stay still...
and this was the final result..lol..
Would you even know this was Chaz?
Bailey's face painting was much easier..and I did hers..lol..
She was SO cute..and did much better in the rain in her costume..poor Chaz had black hair spray running down his neck after awhile..lol..but it didn't really bother him that much..it was dark by then..
Love this picture...had to get the cute little tail in..
They were peering out the window, dying to get going..watching the other trick or treaters that had already started..
BUT, we had to get the obligatory family picture first..I know, mean Mommy..
It makes me really annoyed that this picture is blurred..the only one I have of both of them together..but what can I say..I refuse to use the flash and should have changed my lens on my camera..
Sorry that all these are so blurry, but when I use them on a layout, they will definitely be very small prints..lol..I love this house..it's always so cute, but the kids were sprinting from house to house so fast, I couldn't get there and get set fast enough to get a good shot, so this will have to do..
man, I was glad to get back to Mimi's house..
I wish my Halloween pictures looked like Karen Russell's..sigh...are those not awesome?..with the cute neighborhood and fall trees.. I love the "feel" of her pictures..was feeling very jealous looking at them..lol..
Anyways, this week kicked off with ANOTHER mild case of pink eye for me..dang it!..why do I get this so much? So, I'm feeling my way along with my old, scratched, crooked glasses instead of my beloved contacts for a day or so..I still have some of the eye drops for it, thank goodness..I REALLY need to get some new glasses and had sworn THIS year, I would, but still haven't..grrrr...and I have a bit of a cold, which is giving me a sinus headache..ughhhhhhhh, I'm so fun, aren't I? lol..
I had a really good photo session last Wed and yesterday evening..hope to get those peeks up soon..check my photo blog..I put a new peek up this weekend from last Sundays' shoot...
Is the whole Christmas thing stressing anyone else out? Geeez, I like to enjoy Thanksgiving first..and we may be doing something a little different for Thanksgiving this year..will share when the plans are firmed up..and I've got to get Chaz's birthday plans in order..it'll be here before you know it.
Happy Monday and first of November!
It's going to be a soggy one here, but we'll make due..can't wait to get pictures of my little Dracula and Spot!
Be safe!
The whole playoff thing turned out to be a fiasco..we were supposed to play the first game last Saturday..got there at 8:30am as instructed and once it got game time, guess what? NO REFS..the other team was responsible for lining that up and ooops! they had forgotten...SO, they decide to reschedule the game to 4pm that day at their home field (how convenient! you are supposed to play playoff games at a neutral field)..so everyone rejuggled their days around to be there...got there and guess what?! there were teams already scheduled to play on those fields at 4pm..niiice...so the question was do we wait around 2-3 hours for them to finish and then play at 7 or 8 pm or reschedule yet AGAIN? so the team took a vote and one vote threw it over to rescheduling it..it was COLD that night people..and our boys had been up since the crack of dawn getting jerked around about their game that they had been excited about playing..they were pumped up that morning..sooooooo, we finally played it last night at THEIR field, with sucky officials, two really tall players that were rumored to have been added AFTER the season for the playoffs (wouldn't put it past this league to do that), a raging coach on the other team that yelled so loud you could hear him from the other side of the field and he threw water bottles (made me feel pretty sure he beats his wife if he gets THAT enraged over a 5-6 year old football game), our coaches were all at odds with each other (which had never really happened before), some of our players cared about winning and playing their best and some didn't, etc etc..it was a really bad night..we got beaten 25-36, and we all left a little disappointed that it all went down like that...Chaz woke up this morning at Mimi's (it was their night to spend the night) and she said he said "Mimi, I really wanted to win our game last night..I tried my very best"...awwww! and really, that is all we asked of him..He did play great, made some awesome passes, and had some good runs.
However, it was a great season, we did awesome only losing one game, Chaz learned so much and got to see what being on a team was all about, he made a really good friend in Gabe, I reconnected with Amy, we had great parents and coaches that didn't yell and scream at our boys--it was just a really fun three months!! Loved every minute of it...and I took tons of great pictures of my boy and the other boys that will be cherished memories for years to come..! Now, we are planning our end of the year party and readjusting back to a normal schedule..
Getting excited for Halloween! On that note, I leave you with this picture of a boy on Chaz's team that came to the game we were supposed to play last Saturday in full face paint...loved it!
Given her favorite puppy (as seen in the last post), her costume was an easy choice once I saw it at Old Navy..I love the Old Navy costumes..they are so easy and nice..I'll hate it when she can't fit them anymore..we're going to paint her face up too with a black nose and all..and I've got to tighten that part around her face..but how cute is this? I always love the tail..and her name according to her collar is "Spot"..lol
Two years ago she was "Fifi", a pink poodle ...
