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First Fishing

Saturday, February 6, 2010 Posted in our family, the girls

A couple weeks ago I found an ad for a free fishing tournament for kids ages 4-14. Wade was supposed to go out to the deer lease this weekend, but with all of the rain we have gotten, the owner called and said he didn’t want the land all rutted up. Wade went to academy and got both the girls a rod and reel with a small tackle box.

The day was just beautiful…but the wind was cold and blowing pretty hard. Stacey thought the whole thing was cool and knew when to reel in her line, but Sydney just stood there complaining how cold it was. I don’t think she will be the fisher in the family.

After about 45 minutes of standing in the wind with the line coming back to us, we packed it up and left. It was a fun first-fishing adventure with the girls.

How about Stacey styling in my glasses???

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Eyes

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Posted in darling daisy, our family, the girls

I got bored one night, Wade was at dance with Sydney so it was just Stacey and me. I wanted to practice using lights and flash. As I have mentioned before, Stacey’s mood totally decides what kind of pictures I can take of her. Sometimes I can’t get her to crack a smile, other times, she is all over the camera. She literally was all over the camera this night. She got very close and wanted to know if I would take a picture of her eye. A topic of conversation in our house is what color the girls eyes are. They are sort of a hazel-green-gray eyes. What do you think they are?

Daisy had to get in on the action. Of course her look is more like…seriously…you are going to take a picture of me???

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Artistic Ability

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Posted in our family, the girls

I think it is funny that no matter how hard I try, I cannot draw a straight line. Part of my new design, I wanted to make frames for each picture…just something a little fun. I tried to do it tonight. I just can’t do it. Wade will tell you I can’t do it. As artistic as I am, no straight lines for me. But really…aside from writing on the board in front of a bunch of kids, when do I need to draw a straight line? Oh, and forget drawing on a graphics tablet in Photoshop…I do much better in Illustrator.

On to my children’s artistic ability…ok, maybe just Sydney, Stacey is not anything to write home about yet. But she is only 4, so I expect more when she gets a little older.

Both got American Girl dolls for Christmas. Sydney decided hers needed a fire to roast marshmallows. I like how the strap for the marshmallows is wrapped around her arm so it looks like she is holding it.

Here is another little project. I am not sure when she made these little flowers but it was somewhere around kindergarten.

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i heart faces- Places I Love

Monday, February 1, 2010 Posted in contests, i heart faces

This weeks photo challenge on i heart faces is Places I Love. I would have to say that one of the most magical places anyone can go is Disneyworld. It gives you this magical feeling that is indescribable. It has been even more fun to take the girls, each when they were 4 and still believe in the princess magic. Even though we just went a month ago, they are already asking when we can go back. When you turn 15…

Since there is no judging this week…we can add as many pictures as we want. I am going to also add a place that is not romantic, or magical, but I could not live without it…it is my art room. I get lost in my creative world in the art room.

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A New Look

Sunday, January 31, 2010 Posted in randomness

I have literally spent the entire weekend in front of my computer. I have not been happy with the look of my things…sites…logos…etc… I started from scratch in my doodle book. Once I had a few sketches down I moved on to Illustrator and started drawing them out.

Once I had the look I wanted down, then comes the hard part of making the components for my sites.

I am not finished, but have a great start. The little details will follow as I tweak what I have. I also redesigned the layout of my blog (you might want to take a look if you get this in your reader). I am happier with some of the content off of the main navigation bar at the top.

And now it is time to switch the laundry for the 6th time today.