Hello out there!

I cannot wait in a week I get to fly to Texas to see my sister and as luck would have it my friend Melissa moved to Texas along with my friend Paula. Makes it convenient for me. My friend Becky Jean will also be coming along. I love having things to look forward to. I can guarantee it will be full of laughter.

Another thing I look forward to is free things. Especially when it comes to photography. At www.thepioneerwoman.com
she gave away a set of her actions. I just found out that she gave away the second set of actions that she made. Completely free. Oh how I love actions. They sometimes really make processing pictures easier. Since I have not been taking a lot of pictures lately I tested them out on some of my favorite shots.

There is a sharpening action and a warming and just all kinds of fun. The next shot is an example of her seventies action. Do love that one!

I love messing around with this stuff especially since it has been so cold and snowy here. There is always something more to learn. I am going to be taking an online course about lighting. Very excited.

By the way Amy you should see how long my hair is getting. I am showing you right now as I type!

Excited?

I think I am excited to start something new. It is called project 365 on flickr. I am supposed to take a picture a day and post it to flickr. I think that it will push me to be more creative and take pictures of more things. I am starting off with this one. Carson is always so funny to me and this is a classic look.

I am also excited because I am going to start to get ready to hike the narrows this summer. I decided I needed a warm destination to get me looking forward to something. So here goes. Did I tell anyone that Jaden's new word is moron. He calls everyone it. And to my suprise he uses it appropriately. I know that he has not heard that from me because I like to call people stupid. Then when he calls someone that I of course say that is not nice. So then he always backs it up with something french like "excusem wa." Another favorite of mine.

So long winter blues!

Well the blues are gone hopefully for good. I was able this year to change the way I think. Don't get me wrong I wrestled through plenty of ice cream. I am just trying to stay busy! My kids help a lot because they keep me busy. I have also been taking a lot of walks. So I have been trying to take the camera on the walks but chasing kids and a dog who likes to roll in poop (a whole long story) I try to capture what I am seeing. I have decided as long as I am outside that helps a lot. So we bundle up and go. Today it was just Jaden and I walking along paths through trees and it was the best time I have had in a long time. He is so fun to talk to and just talks about anything and everything.

I love that there are trails. It is through a lake and a forest and I just love it. Taking pictures is helping me appreciate so many little things that I never even considered beautiful!

There is never enough time in the day though. Because if I stroll through the grove laundry does not get done. But I would never change it. I am looking forward to so many things this coming year and one of them is just to spend time with the kids--I mean look at this face. I don't think that this is just a face only a mother could love--he is just lovable!!

The hardest time of year!

I have to admit that this is the worst time of year for my craziness. I get seriously depressed. The Christmas rush is gone. The weather is terrible and my schedules are all over the place. I hope this year I can keep it together. The day after Christmas I got a case of serious blues. I think I am going to start tanning. I have heard that it helps. I have also heard that exercise helps. I cannot image that getting on that stupid treadmill is going to help. I shall give it a whirl.

I have also been working on my indoor photography. I have to say that it is terrible. I don't know how to just get a regular picture of my kids around the tree anymore. I hope that gets better because all that will be in their scrapbooks will be pictures of frozen berries, trees and snow. Daniel took these last couple of pictures and I really liked them. See he always thinks that I have to be the one to take the picture.

We hope everyone has a safe and happy New years!!!

I am so proud!

I am so proud that I figured out to refigure my blog. I did not like the look of it so I had to change it up. For those of you who read the post I just deleted I guess I don't have the uploading of pictures locked down yet either. But this is what we woke up to Friday morning. Right now it is -1 outside.

I have been doing a lot of photography editing and printing out pictures. I never get around to printing out our own. I am feeling really isolated because of the weather so this helps me stay happy.

I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas. I plan on eating alot and exercising very little.