She is Me All Over Again!

Can I just tell you how much I love this girl!  She is so much like me....that's scary at times, but I hope she doesn't mind that.  We entered a Mother/Daughter Look-A-Like this past week or so (for Mother's Day).....however, we did not win.  We were bummed as we wanted the spa treatments and the necklace.

I love this picture of the two of us.  M took it and jazzed it up a bit and posted it on Facebook.  She is so creative.  I love being her mom and getting to spend one on one time with her.  We haven't for awhile now, so I look forward to summer when we can have some fun together.  I love you M!

15 + 9 = Beautiful

I always take my kids to Target or JCPenney for their personal pictures each year.  They are so cheap with the coupons that they offer that I have felt they are so worth it.  I only get a few so I can get out of there for under $10 with all the sizes that I need.

But I thought that this year would be the year I finally took them myself.  Not sure that I really have the "know-how" to do it but I took the chance when the weather was so nice.  However, by the time the late afternoon hit and we got there, it was cloudy.  Why is it that every time I try to take pix of people, it turns out to not be gorgeous out????

Since M had her birthday last month and K's is around the corner, I took them both out and had a fun time snapping away.  I think they enjoyed themselves too. 

Not sure how great they are, but that is the beauty of it....I can always take them out again another day!

My baby girl K turning 9 this month......

My oldest girl M just turned 15.......

Aren't they just beautiful?!!!!!!!

Vacation Shots

These are some pictures from our family trip to California.  My daughter M had fun turning these colored pix to black and white and then adding some of the color back.  She did a great job picking the perfect pix to use.

My First Photo Shoot!

A friend of mine asked if I would take her family pictures and I must say I was quite nervous since this is the first time I have taken these types of pictures.  I was excited but worried that they wouldn't turn out the way I wanted them to.  I was pleasantly surprised that I did okay for my first time. 

NOTE:  These are not touched up - just cropped and straight from the camera.  I had a fun time posing them and seeing what worked and what didn't.  Garden of the Gods is such a gorgeous place to take pictures.

Thanks for letting me experiment on your family, friend!!

PERCY!

I am a great aunt--and yes, that seems very wierd to me.  But this little guy is the cutest 1 year old around.  His name is Ethan Percival but most everyone calls him Percy.  I thought I would never call him that, but after meeting him for the first time this month, I couldn't help but call him Percy.

Close Ups

I am enjoying this camera for the sheer fact of the great close ups I can get.  They seem to be more sharp and clear than pictures off my old camera.  Now, granted I do not have a mega zoom lens yet, but I can still get these wonderful shots of my little girls as they sit near me.  These are nothing fancy, but they are ones that I like from recent days.  And they are growing up so fast that I feel the need to capture their youth while I can.  One small thing I can do to freeze time and keep them young.