Day 120

Tonight before Brendan's baseball practice, I started taking photos for his upcoming birthday.

ISO 500  f/2.2  SS 1/1600

I took several in a few different poses.

This is one of my favorites in color and in...

Day 119

We have this interesting tree...

I'm not sure what it is...

And I could not resist the sun...



All of these are SOOC... 35mm lens

Day 118

ISO 1000,  f/8, SS  1/125

Day 117

Another tough day at the ball field...

One silver lining...B got to cross home plate to score a run!

Day 116

Beautiful day here in our little part of the world.

I was ambitious this afternoon and made a fresh flower head-wreath for Emma.

I took her out late afternoon for a photoshoot.

This is the first photo that I have edited, but I have many more that I love too.  Cannot wait to get them all processed.

Day 115

It's been a tough day for my mom...12 hours being monitored by doctors post cortisone injection in her  neck.  She is suffering from extreme pain and slight paralysis.  Hopefully she will leave the ED soon.

I left her to rush to B's game tonight after my sister arrived.  It was a massacre...not in our favor.  UGH.  

What a day!  It's true...you just never know what is in store for you day to day.

Here is B with some real sunburst and sunflare...he caught all night tonight.

Day114

Swim Lessons

Day 113

edited a few last minute photos before my friend's jewelry show tomorrow...

Day 112

Tonight I begged Emma to let me take a few photos for the blog.

She promptly told me that I could only take 5 pictures.

She held me to 14...

Although this is not the best photograph, it is the best of what I snapped.

Monday is almost over!!!  :)

Day 111

Caught Brendan out in the yard waiting for his brother to make "homemade" football gloves...

Brendan is now officially taller than me...this is a feat he has been anticipating for several months now. It's a little hard to take in honestly.  

Where has the time gone?  He will be 12 years old in two weeks!

Day 110

Good times with friends.

Day 109

Emma had her Kindergarten Screening today.

She did fabulously!

Day 108

We have a dogwood tree...

ISO 400  f/7.1  SS 1/400

ISO 400  f/4  SS 1/1000

It's our first dogwood tree...just a little giddy!

Day 107

Today after my lunch date, I popped in at the Habitat Restore...

I'm looking for a small, rectangular cocktail table.

I want to paint her a coral~pinkish to add some color and spunk to my new dining/living space.

I did not find what I was looking for...

what I did find was this lovely...

an original, framed pastel.

It was a little pricey at $45, but I LOVE her!

I quickly came home and cut away the backing so that I could straighten the pastel within the mat.

I think this is a treasure.

I love original pieces of art!

Day 106

First outing with the new micro lens...

It's not the best photo, but I sort of like the composition and symmetry.  No time to edit so this is SOOC.

Day 105

Today is my birthday.

Today is also Patriot's Day in Boston.  Our good friend ran the Boston Marathon today.  Just minutes after he finished, the bombs exploded around the finish line.

We are so thankful that he, his wife and daughter are all safe tonight.

photo credit

Day 104

Emma's grandmother made her a beautiful, new spring dress...

We out and had a little photo shoot this afternoon.  This is one of the photos that I like best.

Day 103

The church we were married in almost 15 years ago...

Day 102

you never know when you may need a kid in a ghillie suit crawling through your back yard...

Day 101

Since it is Thursday, we are going to go Throwback Thursday since I didn't really shoot today.

Here is one of Jackson edited from Tuesday night at the soccer field...

I heart it!

Day 100

Emma 

Day 99

school

work

saving a neighborhood dog

3 kids with 3 sports activities tonight

=  

exhausted.

this was our night...all unedited and straight out of the camera.

good night

Day 98

Day 97

Back to the baseball field...

B's travel ball team played in a one day tournament today.  They lost 3-2 in the championship game.  It was a fantastic game though.

Here is B out in the field warming up a pitcher...

Day 96

Even though it is colder here, it is still so nice to come home to everything in bloom.

Day 95

On the way to

Home Sweet Home...

Day 94

Last day on the beach...

My boys goofing off!

Day 93

Another beautiful day here...

Day 92

We spent all day on the beach!  

Today was our prettiest day yet!  Sunny and warm with just a little breeze.

I tried to capture a lot of pictures on the beach today.  I really wanted a photo of Brendan, but he wasn't really up for it!

This is all I got, but I like it!  My boy is growing up so fast!

Day 91

Fun Filled Day in Ft. Lauderdale and Pompano Beach!

We started the day with a boat tour around Ft. Lauderdale!

We had lunch outside across from the beach...

Then we ended the day playing a family match of beach volleyball!

We had a fantastic day!