Flashback Friday...

This is my first time posting a Flashback Friday. I have no words to describe my Grandma so I'll just post two pictures. After all these years her face is still so full of life!

Me and Grandma in 1981:


Me and Grandma last weekend:



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Yellow House Photo Challenge: Urban

This week's Yellow House Photo challenge is Urban.

My first thought when I saw this was "Man, nothing comes cheap when you live in a big city!"






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My Tuesday...

How is it that at three years old she already knows how to stand in the fridge like she's a teenager?



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Trendy Treehouse challenge "Sports"

The theme this week over at Trendy Treehouse is sports. Now really, there is only one week out of the year where sports have any bearing on my life and that's the week I spend volunteering at summer camp. For more than half of my life (18 years to be exact) I've been volunteering for one week a summer at MDA Summer Camp. Camp is nothing short of amazing. It's the best week of the year for these kids and for me. We play different sports every day. I can imagine that the kid in the wheelchair is rarely picked first in gym class but at camp they have a chance to play on an equal playing field.

I couldn't choose just one pic, but here is my choice for Trendy Treehouse. The others are just because I love to share!


Bowling is a camp favorite!







Believe it or not there is a hockey game going on in here. Watch out for your ankles!




And these kids have such great sportsmanship!



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Raw (e) Photo Challenge..

The challenge this week at Raw(e) is (2)6. The directions are to go into the second folder of pictures and choose the sixth photo in that folder. So here it is. The second folder of my smugmug site which happens to be a folder of favorites. This is a shot of my daughters last fall. It's the first photo I ever had printed on canvas. I feel like my photos have gotten a lot better since then (and I've lightened up on the Post processing a TON!) but this is still one of my favorites.

Photo Challenge Father and Child

This is my first time participating in the Two Moms photo challenge but as soon as I saw that the theme was Father and Child, I knew exactly what photo I needed to submit. I took this photo from my hospital bed after my second c-section. Isabelle was brought to the hospital to meet her new little sister for the first time. I remember reaching for the camera and almost tearing my stitches but it was totally worth it. When she came into the room she had a mouth full of goldfish crackers. I love that she stopped chewing to stare at her new baby sister in daddy's arms. This photo will always be my favorite. This was the day my family was complete.

I Heart Faces Challenge Purple

My girls wear a lot of purple, so finding a photo for this one wasn't going to be hard. Or that's what I thought. Once I had them all gathered up I realized that I should really try to pick one where the purple actually means something to the photograph. I love this picture because Sophie loves her purple tutu almost as much as she loves her pink boots!



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My Favorite Photo....

Since really starting to learn how to use my camera I feel like the process has been two steps forward and three steps back. Every time I master one aspect something else comes along that sends me back to square one. For the most part I find it extremely frustrating. But it also gives me motivation to keep working at it since the photos I like keep getting better and better. I just want there to be more of them! So, this is my current favorite. And trust me, the girls are not standing around every day giving each other hugs.

Yum.

This is a picture of coleslaw. I can't stand how it tastes but I love how it looks! I wish I could say more about this, but honestly, it's coleslaw. This is about as exciting as it gets.

And the photo challenge this week over at Simplicity is the color white. I love how the white in this food makes all the other colors really pop!

I Heart Faces Challenge Over My Head..

Very rarely do I ever try to do posed shots with my girls. They rarely turn out and we all just come away frustrated. But for some reason I had this chalk picture in my head and really wanted to try getting it on camera. Isabelle was really confused as to why I wanted her to lay on the ground and keep her hand in one place. Needless to say, the concept of this shot went way "over her head!"

Trendy Treehouse challenge "Faces"

When you live with a mommy who always wants you to smile for the camera, not every face is a happy one. And no one knows how to say "I'm not happy" better than Sophie!

Paper Mama Photo Challenge

This weeks photo challenge over at Paper Mama is "Action." This was taken at the kite festival a few weeks ago. It was pretty sad since there was almost zero wind and thousands of people who showed up to see a kite show! None the less we had a good time trying to get our little kite up in the air!

Paper Mama's Photo Challenge

This is my first week participating in Paper Mama's photo challenge, but when I saw that the theme was photos that make you laugh I knew I had to post this one. Sometimes it is those unexpected captures that mean the most and there is no way I could have planned this one!

My Best Shot (so far!)

It seems like every day I find more and more photo contests to enter online. I love the challenge and it keeps me interested in growing as a photographer. The theme over at Yellow House this week is "your best shot."

This shot of Sophie is one of my favorites. I feel like her eyes are really telling me something. It's also totally not my typical Sophie. She is usually always smiling and full of life. This photo shows a more contemplative side to her that quite honestly I didn't know she had!

Shutter Love Tuesday!

Today's theme at the Trendy Treehouse is By the Pool. This one posed a challenge for me since I never take my camera when we go to the pool. Usually it's just me and the girls and having two little ones who love to run in opposite directions means that I should not be distracted by my camera! So we decided to use the hose in the back yard to fill up a little bucket to splash in. That's still a pool right? And nothing tastes better than water from the hose!