365: WEEK 12

I couldn't really tell you what I have done this past week. Something? Nothing? I don't know. I am currently in the middle of a HUGE purge of my home, so my memory is about 5 seconds long. Favorite image this week: March 24th - First Captured Smile. Pretty self-explanatory. This little guy is such a lover. Smiles at all the kids on a regular basis. It is so sweet.

365: WEEK 11

I have been going NON-STOP this week. I helped plan a surprise party for mutual for our newest beehive. I took all five littles out to eat at Old Spaghetti Factory - solo. I acted as wedding photographer for my brother-in-law and his sweet bride. I photographed a busy two-year-old who couldn't care less about looking at the camera. I saw my sweet babe blessed by his wonderful daddy. And I brought all five littles to the baby's 2 month check-up. Like I said. Non-stop. Favorite images this week: March 14th - My Work. And March 16th - Blessing Day. It is almost impossible to pick between the two since both hold so much meaning. I was beyond thrilled to capture my brother-in-law and his new wife on their big day. So much fun - even if it was eight hours on my feet. And my little guy's baby blessing? Wonderful. He is the light of my life.
That kid right there… Almost impossible to photograph. He hates the camera...

365: WEEK 10

I found a solution: Flickr. Seriously, duh on my part. I can upload right from Lightroom into specific photosets. And if my Mac were to crash (I'd die a little inside), I can download my images again at their original size. Not to mention, the resolution of my images on screen is SO MUCH cleaner than before. I may have swapped out images for everything I have already posted for my 365 Project... My heart is happy. Last week was crazy. I had a race over the weekend and began the following week with an injury. I ran the Neon Bubble Dash with a friend and her son - super fun. I woke to an unrelated neck injury a couple days later. Turns out if you feed a baby in the same position every time for years and years, your neck muscles will slowly retrain themselves to think that your head is suppose to be cockeyed instead of straight. The chiropractor had to pop my neck into alignment. So that was fun. Favorite image of the week: March 9th - Four at the Door. These kids are a whole lot of crazy. But they are MY crazy and I wouldn't have it any other way.

365 ISSUES

I haven't stopped with my 365 project, I swear. BUUUUUUUT the site that I use to upload my images is seriously destroying the color/contract of my pictures. Quite frustrating as I would like you to see the images the way that I have edited them. There is another site that I could use, but it kills the sharpness. Ugh. Let me figure this out and I will get all of my recent pictures up on the blog.

365: WEEK 9

Still photographing. I just don't get the opportunity to upload my images to the computer every single day, let alone make a few edits on them. This challenge felt difficult this week; I am beginning to feel drained of creativity. I even went as far as to beg the mr. to drive by the Gilbert temple on Sunday JUST to get a temple shot that day. Luckily, he loves me enough to have done so. Favorite image of the week: February 27th - Bonding Time. I can't begin to tell you how tricky it is to work with a timer. So the fact that this image came out looking so calm and natural makes me quite happy. Not to mention I am holding the sweetest little guy in my arms. I also like the photo Driving In The Rain. Turns out the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Mesa that day. Makes sense to me - I watched as a 35ft tall pine tree snapped in half like a toothpick at the same time as our trampoline went flying across the yard like a frisbee. Two minutes later, the storm passed. It was pretty insane (for Arizona).

HUNT FOR REPTILES

By now you guys know that I do preschool for my two oldest littles. For the letter R, we talked about reptiles. Various kinds, diet & habitat, defense mechanisms. Since the boys did so well with their lessons, I decided to reward them with a field trip to the zoo. We did a scavenger hunt at the zoo, looking for all of the reptiles we could find. Tortoises, snakes, and lizards abound! The neatest part of our adventure: being able to witness a couple different snakes being fed live mice. So cool.