Scavenger Hunt Sunday 05.05.13

Hello!  And welcome to another Scavenger Hunt Sunday!  I had another crazy, busy week and am pleasantly surprised that I was able to find a photo to fit each prompt this week.

{background}

We have these beautiful blossoming trees behind our house.  The other evening after a walk I asked Alex if he would pose in front of them so I could see how they looked as a background.  Surprisingly he agreed.

{spotted or dots}

We had the privilege of welcoming a Black Swallowtail into the world this week.  He'd been in chrysalis since September.  He was magnificent with his white spots and areas of blue and orange.  I shared a post last week on the different stages called Waiting for a Butterfly in case you'd like to check it out.

{weather}

Now that spring has finally arrived, the weather has mostly been gorgeous!  Honey and I enjoyed a walk/run on the bike trail on Wednesday where we came across these beautiful buds.

{motion}

On Friday I chaperoned Alex's field trip to the Children's Museum.  When you looked up in the art room, there were all these streamers hanging from the ceiling so I just had to take a picture.  If you mouse over the photo, you can see the photo before I added twirl and liquify filters in PSE in order to give the illusion of motion.

{sweet}

Alex has decided that he wants to learn to play the violin.  Keira was so sweet to allow him to try playing hers for a few minutes.  When we rent one for him, it will be much smaller than her full-sized one.

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 04.21.13

Hello and welcome to another Scavenger Hunt!  After a crazy, busy week, I am looking forward to a couple days of being not so busy.  At least I hope.  I didn't pick my camera up quite as much as I would have liked this week - just didn't have time - however I did manage to get all the prompts.  Some loosely interpreted, but still.  :)  So let's get to them ...

{happiness}

Seeing a goldfinch in my maple tree this early in the year brings me much happiness.  :)  We don't usually see them until May.

{spring in black and white}

One of our daffodils.

{family}

We received a new addition to our family this week.  Belt, the sloth, from the movie The Croods.  I won him in a giveaway that Gina had a while back.  The kids have been enjoying him ever since his arrival on Wednesday.  Especially since when you squeeze his belly, he says, "dun dun daaaaaaaa!"  Thanks, Gina!

{fuzzy}

Since I used Belt for family, I didn't want to use him again for fuzzy.  Although he does qualify.  So instead I used a blossom from our maple tree.  It looks kinda fuzzy, doesn't it?  :)

{gathering}

A gathering of lilac buds.  I thought I'd get a quick shot of them this evening since we are supposed to get a frost tonight.  Hopefully it won't kill them!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a wonderful week!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 04.14.13

Hello!  I am in a near coma state tonight after consuming lots of sugar today at Nick's birthday party.  I had been pretty much sugar-free for a month or so (maybe longer) and allowed myself cake and ice cream today.  And a cake pop.  And a little more ice cream.  :)  The sugar fast begins again on Monday.  Why Monday instead of Sunday?  Well, because we still have cake, ice cream, and cake pops left and I'll probably eat at least one of those Sunday.  Gotta be realistic, ya know.  :)

Anyway, let's get to the Scavenger Hunt ...

{glow}

My friend, Lindsey, has a baking business and I asked her if she might be able to make Yoda cake pops for Nick's bday party.  This is what she came up with.  Aren't they cute?  And they kinda glow.  They were a huge hit!

{old}

Nick turned 10 years old on Saturday.  {sniff sniff}  He requested a Yoda cake for his party.  It didn't turn out quite like I had in my head but he loved it and that's really all that matters.

{shadow}

Shadow from Keira's violin.

{spring}

The lilacs are getting ready to burst soon!  So glad spring has finally arrived!

{smile}

Nick is in the stage where he usually doesn't like to have his picture taken.  He yells "PAPARAZZI!!!" and runs the other way.  So when we were getting ready for his birthday party, I told him he was going to have to let me take his picture and I would also like him to smile.  He agreed ... reluctantly.  One day he will be glad he complied.  :)  (He's got some crazy hair going on here because he was wearing his Yoda hat after taking a shower and took it off just before his party started.  Plus he needs a hair cut.  Badly.)

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit Ashley's for more great finds!

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Project 52 - Week 14

We had a beautiful weekend here in Pennsylvania!  It seems as though spring has finally arrived!  Better late than never, right?  :)  Temps in the low 60s today and I hear it is supposed to be upper 70s on Wednesday.  WOOT!  Of course, then it will turn around and be 50 degrees for a high on Friday.  But that is spring for ya around these parts.

Because of the warmer temps and sunshine I was able to get out with my camera several times last week.  And I hope to get out even more this week.  

Before I show you the outside, here's a photo of my silly boys inside.

I bought the kids the movie Madagascar 3 for Easter, so they have been walking around singing Firework nonstop.  The boys asked me to record them singing upside down on the couch.  (I  have no idea why they needed to be upside down except just to be silly).  Of course, I had to snap a few still shots as well.

I showed you one view of the lilac buds in my Scavenger Hunt post on Sunday.  Here is another view.  I'm excited to see signs of spring's arrival!

These little purple flowers are covering the ground of our upper garden - soon to be my butterfly garden.  They are probably weeds but they are still so pretty.

Our daffodils are popping up too!

On Saturday we spent the better part of the day inside at Bible Quizzing.  Alex quizzed in the morning; Nick in the afternoon.  Alex got a participant's award and Nick got a bronze award.  All the participants brought home these little trophies.  Nick's not too happy about getting his picture taken, as you can see.  :)

Last week I also got asked to take senior pictures and prom pictures, which I'm both excited and nervous about.  Not so much the senior pics but the prom pics, since I've never done them before.  I love the opportunities to grow and learn!

Thanks for stopping by and seeing what we were up to!  I hope to get time today to visit.  I've been trying to get some things done and haven't taken the time to visit lately.  Spring cleaning, ya know.  :)

Have a fabulous week!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 04.07.13

Hello!  We are finally seeing signs of spring around here.  Sunshine and warmer temps.  Although it is still pretty cold at night.  Flowers and trees are beginning to awaken from their hibernation.  The kids are able to spend more time outside without being all bundled up.  I love it!

This week's Scavenger Hunt items are Outside, Chatterbox, Comfort, In the kitchen, and Trees.  And here are my interpretations ...

{outside}

Honey and I were walking around outside looking for signs of spring.  Well, I was.  She was probably looking for a squirrel to chase.  :)  I found some buds on the lilac bushes.  Yay!  I textured this with a photo I took of the seaweed in our neighbor's pond.  I turned the opacity down quite a bit.  If you are a texture junkie like I am and would like to download the photo, you can do so from my Flickr account.  Just right click on the photo, choose a size to view and once it takes you to that view, you can download.  I just ask that you give proper credit when you use it.  Thanks!  Here's the link:  Seaweed texture

{chatterbox}

This House Finch was singing outside my window.  Not while I was taking his picture, of course.  :)

{comfort}

Alex wasn't feeling well on Tuesday so he stayed home and spent the day in his jammies.  He looked pretty comfortable while watching a movie.

{in the kitchen}

In this case, in the freezer in my kitchen.  You just never know what you might find some days.  Apparently Alex was upset because we didn't have any frozen GoGurt, so he decided to make his own.  :)

{trees}

Our trees are still pretty bare but the blue sky yesterday was gorgeous.  Barely a cloud in the sky!  We're all so glad to be able to get outside more!

Well, that's it for me.  Hope you have a great week!  

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