Christmas Pictures

I decided to get a picture of the kids for my Christmas cards, you know the ones, angel halos around their sweet heads, smiles that would melt your heart, tree lights sparkling!  That was the picture I wanted, well that is not the picture I got, in fact, I had to send two separate pictures.  They tickled, they fought, they screamed, they picked and I even thought there was a bite or two, needless to say I did not get my perfect picture, but the following collages will give you an idea of what I went through to even get the two separate pictures, now that is what memories are made of.

 

Can a camera be sexy?

I got a new camera around Thanksgiving and I love it.  It is a Canon SX20 IS and is a good looking camera, but…My bestest buddy, Jodi, bought my camera a Christmas present, a camera strap.  It is really nice, it is called a Phat Strap and it is black with hot pink polka dots and has hot pink soft fleece like lining.  It is really comfortable to wear, where the original hurts your neck to wear it.  I love it and everyone with a large camera should get one.

A little Downey

Looked out the window today and saw this sweet little Downey Woodpecker at the feeder.  I went to get my camera and when I got back he was still there, they are usually gone, but this time I got to take some pictures.

Playing in the Leaves!

Today Joshua went out to help Ev rake the leaves (after much coaxing from mommy).  They decided to rake up the biggest pile of leaves that Joshua said we could enter into the Guiness Book of World Records.  So they raked and used the leaf blower until they had the biggest pile of leaves and then we decided to jump into the pile.  Joshua went first, then Jenna.  They had such a good time.  I love fall and crunchy leaves and fire pits and cool nights and warm crisp days and cute little kids jumping in leaf piles!!

 

 

 

In the Playroom

Joshua and Jenna love their playroom and since we put in a new storage unit, it is so much more functional and organized.  They play well together for a  little while and then tempers start to flair, so during those magical moments when they are playing together, you need to get some pictures.  Today was one of those days!  They were playing and sharing, so I got a few pictures of them.  Tigger loves the playroom, too.  He has his house and toys out there and spends most of this days watching the birds and squirrels in the backyard.

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Pumpkin Carving 2009

Joshua, Ev, Amanda, Jenna and me carved our pumpkins today.  We carved three pumpkins. Jenna and I did a regular Jack-O-Lantern, Amanda made Jenna a cat pumpkin and Joshua and Ev made a really cool spider.  We all had fun and nobody got hurt.

 

Joshua cleaned his pumpkin

 

Jenna helped me clean ours

Ev helped Joshua with some of the cutting

Amanda gets into her cat pumpkin

Jenna and I finished first (ours was easy)

The Dachshund & Pink the Pig

I love these stories, so I had to share this one.

This  Dachshund is  fostering this little guy for another mom who  couldn't take care of him.  He had his eyes  closed, but now they are open. He is just a  little bigger than her other pups.

She loves  this little guy as much as the other puppies and  she is nursing him back to health.

He is the  cleanest pig-uppy ever because she licks him all  the time.
HIS  NAME IS PINK....

IS  THIS NOT THE MOST PRECIOUS  THING!!!?

"UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN  ANIMAL, PART OF THEIR SOUL REMAINS  UNAWAKENED"