Scavenger Hunt Sunday 12.01.13

Hello!  I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving!  Can you believe that it's December?  Time is passing by quickly.  Summer will be here again before we know it!  At least I hope! :)

I want to shout out a big THANK YOU to Sarah Halstead for designing my new watermark that you'll see in these photos!  If you are like me and haven't a clue how to do that yourself and are in the market, I highly recommend her.  She was very patient and flexible with me.  :)

{starts with s}

SNOW!  And lots of it!  

{texture}

I picked up a new textured rug this week for inside our front door.  Honey was nice enough to try it out for me right away.  :)

{a blessing}

These kids are such a blessing to me.  My three kids with my two nieces had a fun time together on Thanksgiving day.

{warmth}

Warmth to me is time spent with family.  Like my sister and my mom.  It has been a while since we had a picture of the three of us together.  I made sure to remedy that on Thanksgiving day while they were here.

{i went ...}

I went to our local parade/light up night with the kids last night.  We walked behind our church's float in the parade (which, by the way, won Best Overall for a non-profit by the judges!) and handed out candy canes and invitations to our Christmas play.  Then we served hot chocolate to anyone who would accept it.  :)  We had fun, even though we were freezing the whole time.  My boys drank way more hot chocolate than any one person should.  In fact, Alex has chocolate on his nose in this picture.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Scavenger Hunt and Shoot & Edit - A Little Late

So I'm a few days late posting my Scavenger Hunt photos.  But better late than never, right?  :)  

{portrait}

I'm sure you've all seen the hanging Christmas lights trick for a pretty portrait background, right?  Well, it didn't quite work with my lens and set up.  You could still clearly see the strands, so I draped a white sheet over them and voila!  Still not perfect, but much better than what I started with.  :)


{nostalgic}

A former co-worker still makes me an ornament each year.  He is incredibly talented in woodworking.  This one reminds me of what things must have been like many years ago.


{time}

My baby, Alex, turned six yesterday.  It seems like I just brought him home from the Midwife Center!  Where did the time go?!?!  (On a side note, boy my dining room walls need a fresh coat of paint!)  :)


{full of light}

We had a gorgeous frosty morning recently.  The boys were up and asking for breakfast, but I had to make them wait so I could go outside and lay on the ground to get some frosty photos with the sun making everything sparkle.  :)


{motion}

Some jugglers at our town's Light Up Night.


Next week's Hunt items are: 

1. Less is More
2. Holiday Lights (Exploring with a Camera Prompt - click HERE for details)
3. Ornaments (Michelle's suggestion: 25 Days of Christmas)
4. Cup of Cheer (Michelle's suggestion: 25 Days of Christmas)
5. Nativity (Michelle's suggestion: 25 Days of Christmas)

While I'm trying to get caught up, I thought I'd include my SOOC shots for Shoot & Edit/Good to WOW! instead of bombarding you with a gazillion different posts.  :)  This week's theme is Holiday/Christmas.

I'm sure this is not an original idea ... our Christmas tree out of focus.  My kids always tell me I take blurry pictures when they see pics like this.  :)



We have colored lights on the outside of the house.  My husband surprised me one day and put them up while I was out.  He's so sweet.  These are strung on our deck.  The kids love having lights on the outside of the house.  This year we might even string some lights on the inside ... just need to figure out how to put them up.  :)

To see more great Holiday/Christmas SOOC shots, head over to Jill's.


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to stop in again on Wednesday for Wild & Wonderful Wednesday!

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Photo of the Day: November 26

ISO 400, f/5, 1/4s, 18-105mm lens -  photo is SOOC (only editing was sharpening and resizing for web)

Tonight we attended our town's Light Up Night.  The decorations were so pretty.

Linking up with SOOC Sunday at Murrieta 365.

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