Dec 23
I saw the idea for this gift online about a year ago and have been dreaming of making it ever since! With the help of my boys, we put together 9 of the awesome Gingerbread House in a Jar kits. Fun to make and fun to gift! Pinterest came through with me just in time …
Dec 23
Over a long weekend I made a trip to my home town to surprise my Mom and get a Christmas hug. My sister, Jan, was in on the surprise and the three of us – plus Mom’s neighbor, Ralph, and my sweet Aunt Madeline – enjoyed every minute we had together. I hope you enjoy …
Dec 21
I’m back! It’s been a busy week leading up to a wonderful holiday break, and I’ve fallen off the collage bandwagon a bit. But I’m back now and plan to play catch up a bit this weekend for the days I missed. Tonight I want to share photos from the wonderful concert we attended at …
Dec 12
12/12/12 was an awesome day for so many reasons!! Trees were set up at church. I went to visit Linus at the Library and mailed all my Christmas packages at the Post Office. The school kids played hockey in the parking lot. And … Stanley got his acceptance letter for Carleton!!!!
Dec 11
Here’s some of my favorite recent photos of my sweet baby boy. He’s quite a character … quite, funny, video game crazed, reader, and math pro! My heart!!
Dec 10
I have all kinds of fun photo apps on my iPad. Tonight I played with Pixlromatic to modify the images in this collage.
Dec 09
The Draper boys had a great afternoon building a 7 foot snowman!! Mom is thankful for her telephoto lens that allowed her to photograph the fun from the doorway.
Dec 08
Tonight we added the Christmas train around our Christmas tree. I made a short video of some of my favorite pics and of the train circling the tree when we finally got it started. I also took a group of photos using the continuous mode of our camera as the train rushed past. Couldn’t resist …
Dec 08
Yippee for Saturday and yippee for snow! The first real snow of the season looks pretty and isn’t too deep yet. But more is on the way. Enjoyed trying out the new camera in the snow!
Dec 07
Today Luke and Ben played their first of two concerts with their Suzuki violin group at a local assisted living facility. There were sing-a-longs and smiles from everyone in attendance.