Thursday This and That

Just a quickie post. We enjoyed a glorious day outside. The weather was my kind of perfect...low to mid 70s, sunny with a light breeze. Just lovely!  We spent most of the day out in the yard where I snapped a few pics. Now we're onto dinner prep and puzzles...hopefully the kids will be worn out enough to sleep well tonight. There has been a lack of sleep around here lately...I'm due to a full night!

What have you been up to lately?

Wordless Wednesday

I'm trying to eat up all that cuteness while I can...

because lately I'm getting more and more of this:

Project 366 Rewind Week 7

Yipes! Today has been a busy day and I feel so far behind, finally I'm ready to hit the rewind! Here are my pics from the past week:

Mr. Man making "that" face. If you knew him, you'd know this is his character. I love those smiling eyes.

A lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day - thanks honey!

 Some Daddy love:

 Prompt - favorite feature. She's the only one in our clan with blue eyes.

The final basketball game of the season. That's my boy in the air :)

My photo model who so sweetly lets me practice with her - she's much more willing than the boys. Although I did have to agree to make her a blog, lol. I set up a share site for her on Shutterfly and she can keep an online journal and share photos and videos with family and friends (password protected). It's a great compromise! She's my B.I.T. (blogger in training, ;)

 This one speaks for itself ha ha:

It was a fun week. What have you been up to?

Photo Feedback Week 2

Hello bloggy friends! It's Monday again, and time for another Photo Feedback hop. If you missed out last week, be sure to join in this week! You don't have to post a photo to participate, but why not? We can all benefit from an unbiased eye and I love hearing new ways to improve my photos. Many times the feedback includes things I had already thought about in processing that I'd like to do better, but often I hear things I had not considered. 

It's easy to join in, just post a photo on your blog that you'd like critiqued, include the blog hop button and link up at Mom Tried It, or even right here. Then visit others and leave a thoughtful critique of their work. Try to include what you like about the image and why, as well as something you think might improve the photo. Think about composition, cropping, color, the subject and its relationship to the environment, the overall mood of the photo...anything you can offer. Be kind and be as specific as possible. Critiquing others helps to hone your eye as well - it's a win win so join in!

Here's my photo from this week. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

 Photo taken with my D5000 and 50 mm lens at ISO 100, f/4.0 SS 1/640 

on a cloudy afternoon around 1:30. 

 Thanks so much for stopping by! Please share this post and help spread the word about Photo Feedback on Mondays. ;)

 

Scavenger Hunt Sunday Week 7

It's Sunday again, time for another Scavenger Hunt!  Here are my interpretations for this week's prompts:
Love - of the sisterly kind:

Duplicated - Valentine's flowers from the hubs:

Trend/Trending- twitter was all about Whitney Houston so I went with this week's trend at our house, which was delivering Girl Scout cookies:

Paper- we had fun playing with the paper mustaches I won from a giveaway held by Mira Crisp (sorry about the background line through her head, it's terrible I know!):

Plastic - I love this Lego camera man my oldest made for me ;)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Sunday ;)

Simple Things Sunday #11 - Everyday Snapshots

While none of these images is technically perfect, they are simple snapshots from our everyday life and that's why I chose them for this week's Simple Things. I love each one for the memory of a captured moment in time.