December 2010

Top 10 of 2010 ~ Jack

I am joining in with some other fabulous ladies who are posting their Top Ten photos of their children. Did you think I would pass this up? Nope! Amber from Amber's Articles came up with this great idea!!

Our Christmas Card photo this year. I just love love his toothy smile.

He was so happy sitting in the back of this truck, makes me smile looking at this photo.

He looks like such an angel here, so sweet, so happy, love him.

With Daddy in the hammock, looking up at the dragonflies , taking a rare break from running.

Jack and his buddy after apple picking.

This is not a great photo technically but I love it. Makes me bust out laughing every time I see it. This was taken January 2010 and we just came inside from a wintery day, we took off his hat, and there went his hair.

Tubby fun

Jack's favorite summer activity, I love the hat...

Taken this past week, playing in our first snow storm, he loved it.

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More first snowfall...I just love his little red cheeks

Some other favorites:

Some of my favorites ~ repost for You Capture!

Here are some of my favorite photos for 2010...this was hard. So hard. How to pick a favorite? I have a lot of favorites...mostly of Jack, some flowers, some landscapes, some Christmas...so hard. I started this blog back in March of this year. I didn't really get into photography until around June of this year. Looking back at my photos throughout the year...I see such improvement. I still have so much more to learn. I am hoping to continue this journey throughout next year. I want to learn more about lighting, editing, metering, more techniques, macro photography...so much to learn. I am constantly thirsting for more...can anyone else relate?

Here are some of my favorites...

Fun in the Snow

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We had such a wonderful couple of days. Jack had so much fun. He loves Santa, loves presents, loves Baby Jesus, and was such a good boy all weekend. The holidays really are such a magical time. I took a nice little break from blogging and photography also. I did take pictures at Christmas but they are mostly family snapshots and pictures of Jack. Sometimes, it is good to put the camera down and take a break.

Sunday night and onto yesterday it finally SNOWED! Woohoo! Jack was beyond excited and wanted to go out right away. It was freezing and really windy outside but we braved it. He had a blast, jumping, rolling, shoveling and building our snow head. Yes, I say snow head because it was only one ball of snow! This was not good snowman making snow but we still had fun.

LEM Photo Challenge Winner and Happy Holidays!

CONGRATULATIONS to ASHLEY from Ramblings and Photos!!! She is the winner of the decoration challenge. What a tight race this was. It was neck and neck the whole time. There were 605 total votes! Wow, ladies you have some adoring fans. Ashley had 294 votes and Ambrosia from Ambrosia Clark Photography had 273 votes! Congratulations to you both...those are some amazing numbers.

Here is your Winning photo:

Congratulations Ashley...gorgeous photo! Please send me your address so I can mail you your necklace!

Happy Holidays from our family to yours! I hope you have a wonderfully magical holiday. I hope you all spend wonderful time with your families, laugh, eat amazing food, and enjoy your day.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Have yourself a Merry little Christmas....

Shimmering holiday magic...

Happy Holidays everyone! Our household is busy with preparations and filled with excitement and joy. It looks like it be a White Christmas. We had a little dusting here and hopefully it will stay...just enough to cover the ground and make it look pretty.

I have been so busy the past week that I neglected my camera until yesterday. I went home during lunch, set up my backdrop, and had so much fun snapping away.

Love. Chocolate.

Need I say more???

I think not.

Star bokeh texture courtesty of Sylvia Cook Photography. Her photography is just gorgeous. I thought it would be a fun add to the capture.

Linking up to:

WINNERS....WINNERS....come in

Congratulations to the 4 finalists!!! I had to chose 4 this time because I just couldn't decide. Dear readers, the choice is now in your hands. If you are a Top 4 winner, please feel free to grab your "Top 3" Winner buttons under the LEM button tab! Congrats to you all! Thank you to everyone who linked up. The entries were all gorgeous and it was a very hard decision. I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Top 4 are (in random order):

Ambrosia Clark Photography

Gorgeous, love the bokeh, love the tones, the composition is perfect, and I love the gold ornament...