iheartfaces - winter wonderland!

Edit: this one won 7th place! i love iheartfaces!

well, i'm giving this another go. throughout the year, i've been taking photos of my sister. she and my mom and her best friend fought through a blizzard to come see me in the frozen tundra and we took some nice photos when there was a break in the snow. this one was one of my favorites:

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iheartfaces - Best Face Photo of 2010

iheartfaces.com is having another great photo contest! i haven't had a photo picked yet, but i haven't entered that many so far. so, here's another try!


our little man loves tubby time!

 

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Fix It Friday!

I love this competition! It's so exciting to take a photo and see how unique you can make it. This is my first official entry into the iheartfaces challenge. I'm so thankful for this opportunity to learn more! They are a great resource, so check them out! This photo is originally by Michelle Johnson.

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Pets!

This is a pict of my sweet sister Lizz and Rusty in a photo I took for her senior pictures. It was such a fun day!

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wedding day anticipation

Firsts

This weekend our little man had a lot of firsts!

Saturday morning he had his first horseback ride on a horse named Dakota with his Daddy holding him tight. He was on a horse with his mommy for the first time, too.

Sunday was his first day here to celebrate Father's Day with his dad. Then, he had his first boat ride, he dipped his feet in a lake for the first time, was in a life jacket for the first time, and used a sippy cup for the first time! He loves that cup  :)  Oh, yeah, and we had a need for sunscreen on him for the first time.

Sunday night, he met the first girl born to our group of friends, Malia Kay. She is just so precious.

Big weekend!

beginnings and ends

as we celebrate daily the little accomplishments of our son as he is learning to be a human, it is strange to contemplate death.

j's grandmother passed away tonight. when i heard the news, i cried. even when death is a celebration because we know that the person is finally home and hanging out with Jesus, it is still hard to say goodbye. it is hard to know that they are now just a group of stories, memories. all we have of them is what we already had. there is pain in that. her life has ended.

jake's is just beginning. that is something else to celebrate.

so is the fact that he sat up by himself for about a half an hour today. he's such a stud.