Sunday, May 15, 2011
Bedtime stories
Realized that I haven't posted anything on this blog in many months since I've been posting everything over at my 365 blog. http://sweettea365.blogspot.com So here's one of the kiddos getting ready to read Peter Pan for their bedtime story. I love how they'll just sit and listen to a story, even without pictures :)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
365 Project
I may be a little more delinquent in posting here (as Becky likes to say :) ) this year. I am going to attempt...or should I just say, "I am going to DO," a 365 project. This basically involves me taking pictures every day of the year and posting at least one. I started the blog sweettea365.blogspot.com to post these pictures to. I wanted a clean slate to start with and a place that I know needs a blog post every.single.day.
Okay, I am scaring myself now. But I really want to do this and I know that it could tremendously improve my photography skills just by being behind the camera every day. I'm also interested to see just what I capture each day and what ridiculously high percentage of them are my children. So, tune in to the 365 blog and hopefully you will get more frequent updates from our family than you would over here.
I will still be blogging here by the way, to give more in depth updates on the Magnolia Alarids. Here's to a great year!!
Okay, I am scaring myself now. But I really want to do this and I know that it could tremendously improve my photography skills just by being behind the camera every day. I'm also interested to see just what I capture each day and what ridiculously high percentage of them are my children. So, tune in to the 365 blog and hopefully you will get more frequent updates from our family than you would over here.
I will still be blogging here by the way, to give more in depth updates on the Magnolia Alarids. Here's to a great year!!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We had a wonderful Christmas with some of our family at our house this year. Santa was really good to us all! The kids received a swingset (courtesy of LOTS of help from a couple of elves!), a firetruck for Jacob, and a play kitchen for Taylor. Of course, Taylor woke up before dawn so she had to wait a couple of hours to see what Santa had left outside. She was pretty surprised when she finally was able to see it and I was thrilled that Santa managed to get it here and assembled in time for Christmas and without the kids knowing!
After the excitement of Santa and unwrapping gifts, Eric's grandparents, mom, brother and sister in law, niece, and aunt and uncle came over. We all got to spend some good time together visiting and had a big dinner that night. I decided to try a new recipe and made 9 Cornish hens from the Southern Living 2010 Christmas book. They turned out great as did everything else that was made and brought by everyone!
I'm looking forward to more picture taking and editing this year, too! I now have a new 60 mm macro lens and the newest version of photoshop to work with!! I'm also learning to use my Bamboo Fun tablet which should be a big help with PS5 and I'm loving the new camera bag/purse that Eric gave me.
One of the more exciting things to look forward to for us is that we are upgrading our internet service next week. We didn't realize just how slow ours was until we started shopping around. That's one of the reasons I'm so slow to post on the blog. The pictures take forever to upload! So, with our new faster service, I should be able to share more with you:)
I hope you all have a Happy New Year!
Taylor climbing on the new playground from Santa.
"Junior", our elf, keeping watch. I'm sad to see him go, and can't wait for his return next year!
Boo Bear in his new firetruck from Santa. (He's also wearing Jaxon's fireman's hat!) He loves anything with wheels and buttons!
After the excitement of Santa and unwrapping gifts, Eric's grandparents, mom, brother and sister in law, niece, and aunt and uncle came over. We all got to spend some good time together visiting and had a big dinner that night. I decided to try a new recipe and made 9 Cornish hens from the Southern Living 2010 Christmas book. They turned out great as did everything else that was made and brought by everyone!
I'm looking forward to more picture taking and editing this year, too! I now have a new 60 mm macro lens and the newest version of photoshop to work with!! I'm also learning to use my Bamboo Fun tablet which should be a big help with PS5 and I'm loving the new camera bag/purse that Eric gave me.
One of the more exciting things to look forward to for us is that we are upgrading our internet service next week. We didn't realize just how slow ours was until we started shopping around. That's one of the reasons I'm so slow to post on the blog. The pictures take forever to upload! So, with our new faster service, I should be able to share more with you:)
I hope you all have a Happy New Year!
Taylor climbing on the new playground from Santa.
"Junior", our elf, keeping watch. I'm sad to see him go, and can't wait for his return next year!
Boo Bear in his new firetruck from Santa. (He's also wearing Jaxon's fireman's hat!) He loves anything with wheels and buttons!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Pumpkin Patch
We had a great visit to the pumpkin patch with my sister and her kiddos last weekend. They had so many different kinds of pumpkins and gourds there! The kids had a lot of fun finding unusual looking ones and we managed to pick out a very large one to take home to carve. Here are some pictures of our trip...
The cousins
Drawing the face
Getting out the gooshy
Our Jack - o- lantern!
Austin & Jacob liked riding in the wagon!
Boo Bear!
The cousins
Drawing the face
Getting out the gooshy
Our Jack - o- lantern!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sweet Tea Enhancements - Professional Photo Editing
Today I am launching my new business, Sweet Tea Enhancements! I'm very excited and a little nervous about making the public announcement. You can't have a business without customers though, so I'm working on getting over the nervousness part and spreading the word.
Sweet Tea Enhancements offers custom photo editing and professional print products to fit your needs. Simply upload a photo on Sweet Tea and pick your enhancement level, then leave the rest to me. You will appreciate your enhanced photo in a whole new way. This is perfect for those vacation pictures, birthday parties, children's milestones and more that end up on your computer and not on your walls. With custom enhancing you will want to display these memories in your home, on cards, and as gifts.
Check out my website and send me a comment if you get a chance! Thanks!!
http://www.sweetteapics.com
Sweet Tea Enhancements offers custom photo editing and professional print products to fit your needs. Simply upload a photo on Sweet Tea and pick your enhancement level, then leave the rest to me. You will appreciate your enhanced photo in a whole new way. This is perfect for those vacation pictures, birthday parties, children's milestones and more that end up on your computer and not on your walls. With custom enhancing you will want to display these memories in your home, on cards, and as gifts.
Check out my website and send me a comment if you get a chance! Thanks!!
http://www.sweetteapics.com
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Family Self Portrait
Yes, you read that right...self portrait. I didn't realize how sweaty you get trying to run back and forth between the tripod/camera setup and your "spot" in the picture! Many thanks to my beautiful family for their patience this morning. For the last week it has been refreshingly cool in the mornings here, but not today!! I would pick the one day that the humidity returned to the Houston area. We did manage to capture a few good ones though. And the kids seemed happy enough to play with the apples! (and as a little bit of trivia for you - this picture did not really happen. it is the result of the two best pictures combined. I LOVE photoshop!)
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