Played around more with letters today...Z is a hard letter to find and shoot! hopefully I can put them one on top of each other and it will work, I didn't have the time to make them into one side-by-side shot. It's my last name for those that don't already know it!

This evening I downloaded a free trial of an add-on to my Capture NX2 photo editor. I wanted to see what other things were available with editing, Hope & I had been talking about this today. I'm still playing with it, there are lots of fun options, but still not the shiny option I was looking for (I don't think) Here is a shot I took today on the way home and I played around with it a bit but I couldn't tell you what I did, I was trying so many different things! LOL

I had lots of fun with my camera this afternoon! I couldn't decide so you get two shots today. This first is one of my favorite attempts at the alphabet photography Karen posted about yesterday.



And this one is a different perspective of my two favorite subjects. :)

Kitties GROW...

Remember this picture?
Well, the seven kittens have grown, here is the same kitty this morning:
I couldn't help but get a ton of shots and they even climbed a tree, which made for even more interesting shots! Smart kitties! (btw, they all need homes, my client probably will not keep all 7 of them, they are used to being outdoors. I'll be sad if she separates them and gets rid of them, they are a sight to behold all together! Too cute!)

Letters

So this wonderful idea was introduced to me in Hope's Disney Pre-trip report about taking pictures of things that are in the shape of letters to make a word, so I thought I would mess around briefly tonight and see what I came up with. Granted, I was just in my back yard, not Walt Disney World, so I struggled a bit to see letters in the things all around me. I'm not sure if this will be harder or easier in WDW, but I would love to take a bunch of shots that make the word "CHERISH", "VACATION", "FREEDOM", or "DISNEY" when we finally make it back there next fall...

Karen is the coolest mom evah! She had a FABULOUS party for the girls tonight for the premiere of Camp Rock 2. The girls had a blast and we had lots of photo ops. (Though I missed a few of those taking Jace to his sleepover!)

Camp Rock 2!

Tonight we had a Camp Rock2 movie premier party. It was (is...still a few girls here!) fun and the girls seemed to enjoy themselves! I have two pictures. One b/c it's hilarious and I loved all the shots I got when the girls let me take a *Rockin'* picture of them.

The second is the prettiest shot I got tonight when the girls were making collages.

I had a couple good shots I went back and forth on choosing for today! In the end, I picked this one b/c I loved the lines and artistic look.

Not posting tonight, I hurt my knee today and I thought I might pick up the camera and just take a quick shot of something, but the battery is dead...no motivation to charge it tonight. I'll post two tomorrow or something! LOL

I admit it, I did drag Karen down the Disney road... but to be fair she drug me there first! I spent the day finalizing some plans for our upcoming trip- Karen helped in person yesterday and through email today. I don't know how I would have planned this trip without her! <3

and thanks to Hope, my mind has been on this all day today!

PJ Day

It's been a long time since I didn't have a petsit, lesson, grocery store, or homeschool event to go to and I can't see another day for most of September that I will get again, so I stayed in my pjs. Hope came over and we chatted away the afternoon, I quickly realized why she got her pic posted so early! After Hope left and we had dinner, we popped in the Netflix that arrived, Colonial House, which we watched years ago and wanted to re-watch. It was a great evening, but I realized 5 minutes ago that I hadn't picked up the camera, so you get my lazy-day-pj-day-off-netflix-watching-evening shot!

They guy Robbie carpools with left his bike parked in our driveway today. If that's not an invitation to take pictures I don't know what is!!

It's a big day in our house! About eight months ago Kya started sleeping in our room. We don't really know why or what triggered it but at around the same time she also stopped sleeping over with friends. We didn't worry too much because she seemed fine otherwise and didn't think it was caused by anything- she just knew she felt more comfortable in our room so that's what we did. Today she asked if we could set up the bunk bed that was in the basement and move her mattress from our room onto the top bunk! We worked all afternoon to rearrange and make room for the bed. She's planning to sleep up top and is using the bottom for storage (she has waaay to much stuff in her room but that's another story). I'm gappy she's feeling like trying this out but I must admit that I felt a little sad when she was in her room with the door closed and music up loud. As much as I want her to be independent I can't help but feel a pang as she grows up.

September's coming...

It's still warm, but I can see fall coming in the plants and flowers when I go out to shoot.

I somehow hurt my neck and back. Everyone I've talked to who has experienced something similar seems to think its a pinched nerve. I'm willing it to get better soon- my September is waaaay to busy for injury. In the meantime, ibuprofen.

Rey's home for the night, this is my pic. Nuff said. ;)

and I do believe

that leaves ARE going to be falling soon! I took these today (before the fall, I'm glad b/c I was too shook up after) and in honor of being lucky enough to have a working camera, I'm posting all 3 b/c I like them all!

Leaves are supposed to fall....

NOT my camera! This isn't my actual picture for today, but it was so traumatizing that I had to post about it. I was flustered today and in my haste grabbing for the phone that I was frustrated with, I knocked my camera off the picnic table and right onto the pavilion CEMENT floor...

There was a collective GASP of everyone in the pavilion and resounding silence as my camera hit the cement and BOUNCED. I froze, I think I thought if I just froze up, maybe it would all be a dream. Hope quickly picked it up for me and it must be a miracle b/c not only is the camera ok (as far as I can tell), the lens didn't crack either. I must have SOME kind of luck b/c when you hear a camera bounce on concrete, you don't expect it to work afterward.
SHEW...now, on to the pics that I'm terribly grateful to be able to take!

I had a few good pics to choose between today. In the end I picked this one because M is a new subject for the blog. And I love that she was climbing the jungle gym in her flowy skirt. ;-)

I also enjoyed the attic fan today! Seeing the curtains billowing was one of the prettiest things I've seen in a long time!

FWIW, I took this pic before I read Karen's post- I guess great minds jut think alike!

Can you feel it????

The breeze, that is? This weather is out of this world and what a difference it makes for me! We've had the windows open and the attic fan all day and it's gorgeous. I have gotten a ton done around the house and have boundless energy, I'm attributing this to the weather. The first shot is where I'm going to spend my evening. I guess I should have gotten some wine to have with my book, but I forgot.

Then, I noticed something in the first shot and had to go outside and take another picture...

Circle of friends...

It has been so great to help with the wedding planning, mostly because of the time spent with great friends. Sometimes, like today, when we all get together we have so much fun that we don't get much accomplished. But that just means we have to get together again so it all works out in the end. ;)

Makin' a wedding!

Spent a wonderful afternoon working on stuff for Summer's wedding and then finished it off with book club!

It's a brand new day!

Lots of changes for us today, Rey starts his new job and we are giving up our car (and payment) for a older paid off vehicle to save money. Changes can be hard sometimes, but these are for the best, I think. I'll spend half the day licensing the car, I'm sure, and the other at my client's house, spending one last afternoon in a pool before it's officially fall for us!

I know, I'm a slacker...

I DID take a few pictures, but most of the day was spent in my client's pool and enjoying the 1 day Rey had home!

Only in a small town is the airport in the middle of a hay field and the old planes literally put out to pasture.