Smile!

This innocent silliness make my heart smile. I hope this makes you smile too. Take time to notice the simple pleasures this new year. And smile. Have a great weekend!

Motherly Instinct

That Motherly Instinct.. it starts early. Liv, now you know how I feel.

Raid My Pantry

Can you find the following items in my pantry?

-box of crayons
-phone/answering machine combo
-electric screwdriver
-a camcorder
-a fake pumpkin
-tape measure
-WD-40
-sunglasses

I am thankful for storage space. However, it isn't evenly distributed in my house. The most storage space we have is in our kitchen pantry. It's a real mess. It has become the hodge podge of items we aren't sure what to do with or that don't really have a place. I was in the pantry the other day putting up Christmas decor and caught my eyes scanning over several items that had me thinking the same things- "Why do I have that?" and "Oh, there that is!" and "What is this?" and "Why am I keeping this??" All while my frustration was steadily increasing. SO, I had to leave the pantry - and QUICK. My 365 photo today is documenting the before. One day in the near future, you will (hopefully) see a 365 photo that is documenting the after. And what a sweet day that will be!

So, I would love to know.. what couldn't you find?

365

I've heard about the photo projects 365 - you know, where you take one photograph every day for 365 days. Yikes! But I think I am going to try it. It will be fun to then go back and look at your year in photos. Think I can do it? Thanks guys for having faith in me! With my increased interest and my new found love of photography, I also think this will be good also at helping to practice, practice, practice!!

This past weekend, Anthony's parents came into town to bring our dog back. They were dog-sitting for us while we went to West TX for Christmas. I don't think it's so much that they want to help us out, but more so that they want to hold Roxie ransom so they get to see Olivia at the return of her- ha! We went and had lunch one day and here's some photos of after wards at the on-site playground.






And for my special 365 photo:
Olivia and Anthony's dad - "Papa Rod"