Never forget.

To all the men and women who lost their lives 10 years ago today and to all the men and women who continue to serve and protect our nation, thank you.

Cleaning and organizing

And, maybe blogging?  Hopefully.  Summer was far too busy and one thing that got pushed back was blogging.  Along with cleaning and organizing my scrap area.  Now that the girls are back in school (Ava in Kindergarten?? What!??) I hope to have a little bit of time for my blog. 

We spent the summer visiting the grandparents' cottages and hung out (a lot) on the beach.  The girls had a blast.  I am a little happy to finally not be packing a suitcase every week. 

Tuesday was the first day of school.  Ava started Kindergarten.  I'm still in denial.  Sometimes she loves it, other times she doesn't.  Usually that corresponds to morning/afternoon. She's pretty whipped by the time I get home from work.  Alexa is loving 2nd grade, she practically did cartwheels to class she was so excited to go back.

I'll have to load up some pictures soon.

Hello Spring? Are you there?

Because, you are certainly not here.  I don't know if you realize this, but your cousin, Fall, is hanging around.  It's rainy, cold and windy.  Maybe Fall is confused?  It's definitely not early November.  Please send Fall away, and spend the rest of the season here.

Thanks,
Maria

A couple of recent favorites...

Who can resist a picture as sweet as this?  They wanted to sleep in the same bed for a bit.  I didn't bother moving them until they woke in the morning. 

Working on improving my editing, but I just *love* this capture.   We were taking advantage of the decent weather, getting some fresh air in the yard. 

Ava is still totally into having her picture taken.  (As you can see here^)

The most exciting part of our weekend??? Alexa finally l ost her FIRST tooth!  And swallowed it, with her milk at lunch.  Oops!  She had no idea it was finally out, and down it went.  I'm thinking the toothfairy will still make a visit tonight.  She even wrote a letter to let the toothfairy know what happened.  I definitely need to get pictures.

Project 12 - starting off the year on the right foot!

I finally finished my 2010 layouts, and now, I can say I am officially caught up on 2011 so far.  I know it's only two months in, but it's the thought that counts.  ;)

The February layout was made with the ASD March kit.  The January layout was made with the January Studio Calico kit.  Love using kits for these - all the pieces I need are usually already put together.

Now to find the March sketch...

Supermoon!

I can't really tell a difference from a regular full moon.  But, the skies were clear and the moon was definitely bright!  I did a levels adjustment in PSE (I must not have chosen the right WB, I think I left it on "flash" oops).  Then a tiny contrast adjustment on some and ran a sharpening action.  Here are two versions.  What do you think?

I used two different actions, either one look better than the other?

10 pounds. 3 months.

That's the goal.  :) 

Off to bed, so I don't snack while typing...