Still Life

Fiesta or Siesta

Foolin' Around

Details

Inside the clubhouse at The Links at Gettysburg

Be Still

I drive by the house with this swing every day and would love to just stop and take a seat.  To just be still.

A Great Leap

My baby ... leaping out of being a baby and into a young lady by getting her ears pierced.

Next week: Be still.

Cabin Fever

Cabin fever - but could also be true love.

Next week is "A Great Leap"

True Love

The kids made mailboxes for their valentines when we were with some friends one night.  After we were done the project and they went off to play, we lined up the 4 mailboxes on the counter while we cleaned up the mess on the table.  They looked so cute all in a line ... and I thought this would be perfect for this week's theme.  Danny's mailbox is the one shown, the other "big" kids wrote their own names on them.  And of course, all this week, we've been writing letters to them and placing them inside the mailbox.  Valentines for our true loves.

Next week is Cabin Fever

Drink Up

Who doesn't love a night-cap?

Shadow

I often complain about this dog, but he does make a good shadow.
Next week's theme is "drink up".

Self Portrait

Didn't love this week.  Moving onto next week ... shadows

I Dreamed a Dream

With this week's theme, at first I thought I would be taking a picture of one of the kids sound asleep.  Maybe with a dreamy expression on their face.  But every time I snuck into Danny's room (b/c he naps during the day when there is no need for a flash), he was wide awake laying in his bed.  And then I happened upon this moment.  The two kids snuggled up on the couch together.  Natalie was playing her DS and Danny was engrossed watching.  There was no fighting.  No whining.

It was a dream.

Next week's theme is self-portrait.

Made With Love

I made a New Year's Resolution to take my camera off of the "auto" setting and start learning the manual settings.  I love photography and when I grow up, I would love to pursue it further.  The first step, is to start taking great pictures on purpose (I stole that quote from a workshop I went to recently).  But it's true.  All of the pictures that I think are great, pretty much happened by accident.  So ... I took a class with a friend and we vowed to put ourselves to the test.  Now there are 3 of us that are going to do the challenge over the next 52 weeks.  We got themes from another blogger  and we'll use her themes for the week to see what we can each come up with.  I have many camera loving friends, and I would love if you all joined in the challenge.  Do all 52 or pick and choose ... it doesn't matter.  We can link to each other and see just how creative we all are.

Enough of the backstory... this week's theme is Made With Love.  This didn't turn out exactly how I'd hoped, but I'm already a day late.  And Karen tells me to just go with it; that it's too early to be too much of a perfectionist.  So, here goes.  Made with love.

Next week's theme is I Dreamed A Dream.  Week 1 was Resolution and I do plan to go back and catch up on that one.  Stay tuned.