Spoiled

Oh am I feeling spoiled this Christmas season!

First my parents bought me Photoshop Elements 8 and Plus

A gift card to Old Navy which I took for a little after Christmas shopping spree and ordered these:

 

for the trip that my husband surprised me with; a trip to Walt Disney World to visit this guy:

and today I got to order a lens for the camera to accompany us on our trip thanks to my grandma giving us a $100 gift card to Amazon.com

An AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR for my Nikon D40x. Oh so excited! Can not wait to get to use it.

I have to say that this has to be the best week ever! Thank you to all my loving family, I am feeling very spoiled.

I Heart Faces: Hilarious Outtakes

 

 

Those always serious comical girls at I Heart Faces are at it again. This weeks challenge is to post one five outtake photos. Having two boys, I should be able to produce one or two five don’t you think?

How about this one of Little Fire Chief stuffing his face? I was trying to get him to hold the hot dog up so we could see it, and this is what he came up with.

How about the faces on these ladies in their pjs? 

and Mr. Moo trying to figure out what to do with spaghetti on a fork.

and he figured it out. What a face!

   This is what I get when asking Little Fire Chief to look strong! lol.

Head on over to I Heart Faces for more laughter!

The Greatest Christmas Surprise

 

Merry Christmas a day late from our family to yours! 

Oh what a day it was.  Hubby had to work at 8 AM so we got up at 5:30 and opened presents with the boys and my parents.  Little Fire Chief made out like a bandit, receiving a Star Wars Space Ship, Transforming Wall-E, 159 Piece Train Set from Melissa and Doug, and an array of new clothes.  Mr. Moo two tents, First pair of rain boots, and other miscellaneous toys. Those boys will have new toys to play with for months! 

The best surprise of all though was mommy’s gift from Hubby! It’s a surprise for the boys too, but they won’t know until we get there!

Can you guess where we will be writing postcards from in the new year?

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

I Heart Faces: Constructive Feedback Friday

 

So last night I was given Photoshop Elements 8! *grin* However, I have not taken it out of the box, and it made it’s way over the hill to work with my husband this morning.  So here’s what I want to do. I want to submit a photo that I have not edited with Elements, and ask the lovely contributors over at I Heart Faces for their help!

I love this photo of hubby and Mr. Moo, but as you can see it’s way too dark.  I know I can add some light with Aurora, but what else does it need?  

Thank you I Heart Faces contributors. 

I Heart Faces: Pets

It’s all about pets this week at I Heart Faces! Although I have no photos of Teddy (our dog) to share yet, I do have a photo of a very cool animal today!

I heart penguins just about as much as faces! Now please head on over to I Heart Faces and share your photos of your special pets today!

Ketchup and a giveaway

Dear Readers:

I am so sorry that I have been such a slacker when it comes to blogging lately.  You see, there have been a few things going on in our little world lately which have made time scarce and blogging nearly impossible. So today, I am going to play ketchup Catch-Up! Make sure to read all the way to the end for the really good part!

Here’s the updates:

1. We are looking at purchasing a home spending most of our off-time looking at houses with the realtor.

2. Mr. Moo has discovered that he can climb and reach most everything in our house making mommy a very busy lady.

3. We have been traveling back and forth from my mother in laws for the holidays as Hubby’s sister and (soon-to-be) brother in law have been visiting from Washington every few weeks.

AND last but certainly not least. . .

4. I am 2.5 months pregnant with our third child. This go around I have been extremely nauseous all day (almost to the point where I can not get up off the couch at times).  I have been tired and spacey. I decided that it would be best to take it easy and not over extend myself. Please pray that we deliver a healthy baby. I am secretly hoping for a girl, but of course will be happy with whatever God has planned.

5. Our very first  Giveaway!

As we celebrate God’s blessings in our lives, Pick Your Pocket Studios is offering one lucky reader a Pillowcase Dress of their choice from their lovely website and matching hair accessory from For My Girls Accessories. One lucky little girl will feel like a princess in one of these dresses!

Enter to win by leaving a comment on this post and I will randomly choose a winner at the end of the week.

Please bear with me as I try to be better about blogging. I will post photos of the puppy soon. I promise.

God Bless,

I Heart Faces: Fix-It-Friday

 

It’s Fix-it-Friday over at I Heart Faces again.  I just couldn’t resist this great photo of the cowboy! 

Here’s the Original:

I reprocessed the image, added some punch, crisp and toned down the warmth a little using Aurora.  Here is my fix:

  Please head over to I Heart Faces to join in the fun today! 

P.S. Next week I will be able to use Photoshop Elements! I know I am getting it for Christmas from my employer (who also happen to be my parents) at our Christmas Party on Thursday! Can’t wait! 

I Heart Faces: Sweet Dreams

Dreaming faces are the best aren’t they?  Well over at I Heart Faces, you can show yours off too!

Mr. Moo was so tired he fell asleep in his cheese! Poor little man! 

I Heart Tushies!

 

Those crazy girls over at I Heart Faces are at it again!  This week challenge is to submit a photo of a behind.  That’s right, no faces, just tushies! I submit a photo of the cutest tushy I have ever seen! I could not resist this one of Mr. Moo! 

Head on over to I Heart Faces to share your favorite behinds!

I Heart Faces: Autumn Beauty

I have been MIA for the last week or so. Sorry readers. I’ve been busy with work, children, and now, a new Black Labrador puppy named “Teddy”.  I will be posting photos of him next, but first I want to get back into the swing of things with I Heart Faces. I have missed the last few entries for one reason or another. You would think that I have photos of my children with balloons alas I do not!  However, I have something for autumn. 

Mr. Moo delighted in sorting pumpkins at Gowan’s Pumpkin Patch.  I couldn’t resist sharing this with you all!  Now head on over to I Heart Faces and show us what you’ve been photographing this autumn!

Rotten

As I was driving through the neighborhood this morning I couldn’t help but notice the rotten pumpkins ready for the compost pile.  Stinky, moldy, ugly, yucky pumpkins that were once beautiful and bright. 

Sin is ugly, stinky, and moldy! Man’s Sin is like a rotting pumpkin. God sees that we are sinners and condemns us to the compost pile. It is only by His grace that He sent Jesus Christ to die on Calvary so that we would be saved from the compost pile of eternity. Man is like a rotting pumpkin. We are all sinners. If it weren’t for the blood of Jesus Christ we would all be headed straight for that big compost pile called Hell.

Do you know the definition of Hell?

Hell is separation of God. A life without God is no life at all. More-Over, it is Hell.

The bible says, that Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life, No one comes to the Father but by Him (John 14:6). The only way that we will ever have God in our life, is to ask Jesus to live in our hearts.

I don’t know about you but I am thankful that Jesus died on the cross so that I did not have to be a condemned rotting pumpkin headed for the compost pile.

5 Years Old

If you read this post you know that Little Fire Chief had a birthday party last week.  However, yesterday was his actual birthday. We didn’t do much since we had already celebrated but we did make Halloween brownies and go to Kid’s Night at our church.  I thought it only appropriate to pay tribute with some photos! 

So here he is!

Brand New! October 30, 2004

1-year-old. October 30, 2005 celebrating at Disneyland!

Two-Years-Old Christmas 2006.

3-years-old. Mother’s Day 2007.

4-years-old. October 2008.

5 Years Old! October 2009.

I can’t wait to see what the next year brings!  I love you little man!

Happy Halloween

Buzz, Tony the Tiger and I will be Trick-or-Treating tonight along with going to some harvest parties.

What do you have planned for Halloween?

You Capture: Fall

Nothing says fall to me better than Pumpkins, apples, birthday parties and costumes!  If you remember from this post we recently went to a harvest festival.  Pumpkins and apples were everywhere!

There were these pumpkins donated by Gowan’s Oak Tree in Philo CA. 

  What would you call this, chomping for apples?   It was a super cute game. 

There were Pumpkin faces! 

As you can see, there were plenty of pumpkins to go around.  There were costumes too!

What have you been photographing this week?