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Maggie…

Jan 26, 2012

First, I’m going to embarrass myself… Ashely Ann commented on my blog! Freak out!

Okay. I’m done.

Jeramy worked on the hard drive issue and loaded the pictures from my card. Yeah! Whoo too! Jeramy is the best most hottest computer guy I know! Thats why I hired him to work at here at Homegrown. And I’m sure he thinks I’m the best most hottest photographer and thats why he works for me.

So how about a quick little slideshow? This is Miss Maggie on the very last day she will ever be “free”

This isn’t the song I had planned to use. As I was editing the slideshow she sat on my lap, (which was being occupied by Jillian at the time) and proclaimed that that wasn’t her favorite song, and asked if I could please use her favorite song. So, I did.

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Ten on Tuesday!

Jan 24, 2012

1. I haven’t done a Ten on Tuesday (ToT) in like 50 years!

2. It’s Maggies 4th birthday today! How is she FOUR? I’d post pictures from her very last day as a free year old, but….

3. My hard drives are all wonky and for some reason all the USB ports are being used so I can’t plug in my card reader. I’m afraid of unplugging anything on my computer! I’ll wait for Jeramy to load the images and Mags will have her own post this week.

4.I just went to my iPhoto library to load up some iPhone pictures… it can’t seem to find the library!

5. This ToT is LAME!!!!

How about this…

6. I made a sweater that could actually be worn! Too bad its too small for Cyrus!

7. I love reading. I’ve worked really hard on trying to get my kids to be readers and for the most part they are. Only they are really good readers, and I find that the books for their reading level don’t match their maturity level. The books written for 5th graders are all dealing with issues that I feel my 5th grader doesn’t need to be reading about. But I think Honey for a Childs Heart is going to be a great resource for me.

8. Have you seen this YouTube video?

“But they’re SO comfortable!”

I’m not going to lie… I want Uggs. Amanda bought me Ugg slippers for Christmas. I had them in my greedy little paws, but they were the wrong size! I used my store credit and my gift card I had been sitting one for a LONG time and bought boots, just not Uggs. I hear they are wonderful… I just don’t like how they look on me. Anyhow! I bought a pair of Keen boots… I LOVE THEM!!! And for sure I’ll be getting the slippers in my size!

9. I love Lil Blue Boo clothes! Jane and Mary Rose have done some modeling for a friend who is an affiliate photographer for the company. The clothes are fun and funky and full of sass! But, it’s the owner and designer of Lil Blue Boo that inspires me EVERYDAY! Read her blog and be prepared to be amazed. You can follow Ashley’s Cancer Chronicles HERE and watch her video HERE.

And finally…

10! Another blog I follow… Under the Sycamore. Not only is this a great Mom/DIY/photography blog… They are adopting a little girl from China! If it wasn’t so wonderful I’d be so jealous! I’d give anything to adopt a little girl from China! Ashley-Ann blogs about the process in such a real and completely wonderful way! I’m going to be a mess once she blogs that she is holding her darling girl in her arms! I am so excited for them! Its crazy considering that I don’t even know this family… or the little girl waiting for them in China, but I pray for them all the time!

I did it! Ten on Tuesday… DONE!

( I didn’t take the images of the boots and books… my watermark just gets put on everything. I’ll fix it later. Just want to be clear. You can’t ever be too careful these days!?

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A Very Random Post

Jan 23, 2012

~So… I’m freezing! I can’t stand when my feet are cold! I’m just cold all over and can’t get warm!

~Have I mentioned my fish tank? I love it! And I’m bitter that Jen has a bigger one then me! I MUST blog my frog story! Or better yet… video Maggie telling the story!

~ Have you been to Brady’s Awesome Blog? Its Awesome. And so is he!

WAIT! This is turning into a Ten on Tuesday post! I’m saving the rest for tomorrow! How about a slideshow of some of my favorite images from my last few sessions I haven’t blogged yet?!

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And I’m guessing in the spirit of randomness the images have uploaded themselves very randomly! Odd… But, I’m just going to go with it!

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I’m a bad blogger.

Jan 12, 2012

I can’t seem to catch a break! I’m hanging in there with the crazy life, but blogging seems to be something that just can’t get done. NOT that I think a million people read this tiny blog here, but I’d like to be better about blogging! I have fun family stories and great family shoots still yet to blog and I just can’t get to the computer long enough to post them! Here’s what I’m telling myself… JUST POST! Don’t worry! Lighten up and stop stressing! The more you blog the easier it will get!

Thats what we learned in school, right? You’d tell the teacher, “I don’t know what to write about!” And they’d say, “Just WRITE!” So, I’m just going to write! Or just share pictures and let them speak for themselves!

To quote The Awesome Brady.… Here we GO!

I’m addicted to Instagram. If you have an iPhone you need to get this app. I love it and I will be making a book of our Instagram pictures. Instagram is a fun easy app. that helps you create really great pictures. I really want to do a picture a day with it, but EV-ER-RY TIME I say I’m going to do a picture a day thing… I don’t. I do think that with instagram I can do it… Thats it! I’m proclaiming that I WILL be doing a photo a day with instagram and for Christmas I’ll make a book. How fun would it be if me and Jeramy both made our own books! So, here are a bunch of pictures I took last year… I’ve already stressed about how many more images of Maggie and JIllian then the rest of the kids, but they are ALWAYS with me!

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Christmas in San Francisco!

Dec 20, 2011

I’ve always loved going to San Francisco. When my gramma used to work as a secretary in the finical district she’d take me to work at least once while I was on Christmas Break. When I was older and I worked in the City I didn’t hardly want to go home! Christmas in San Francisco is so sparkly and pretty!

A few years ago we made time to take the kids to Union Square, but it seems mostly life gets in the way and we can’t make the trip.

THIS year however!!!! Jeramy surprised me with tickets to ride a Christmas Cable Car!!! A cable car tour of the City! The car was decked out in lights, they gave us Santa hats, played Christmas Carols and taught us some fun San Francisco history! IT WAS SO SUPER FUN!!!

Some tips if you decide to go…

~We got a great deal from Groupon. Make sure you check them out for deals.

~Sit in the front and on the left side of the car. Thats where the good views are.

~ It is really cold. Dress warm and gloves are a must!

~ Don’t be afraid to ask your driver to stop so you can hop off for a good picture.

~ You stop at the Fairmont to see the HUGE gingerbread house … they have a direct mailbox to the North Pole. Get in and write those letters! You have 10 minutes!

EDITED: Mary Rose wrote a letter at the Fairmont and dropped it in the Direct to the North Pole mailbox and just got an e-mail back from him today! She is freaking out!!!

On another level I was sad, I was missing Anne so much. Jillian was singing and doing “The Beenie Bop” and I always wonder what Anne wold be doing… and I always have a hard time taking family photos without Anne. And then, driving through the Financial District I couldn’t remember the building my Gramma worked in… It was across from the Trans-Amercia building, but I was sad I couldn’t point it out anymore. I did feel pangs of sadness, but I didn’t let those feelings take over the happy excitement of the evening.

Real quick about these images… I am still so excited about our trip last night! We’ve had these tickets for a couple weeks now, not to mention that I’ve been wanting to take the kids on a cable car for a very long time! I handed my camera over to the lady who worked with the cable car company which was really scary… for many reasons, but I didn’t want to have bunches of pictures and not have me in any of them. They are perfect! In all their blurry brightness, they are completely perfect. I let go with these pictures and backed off on my quest for the most perfect image and just captured the spirit of the day. I did edit a few… changed them to black and white, but for the most part these images are just as I took ‘em and I am so excited about them!

How about a slideshow??

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