Yellow

Paper Mama's photo challenge this week is "Yellow", one of my favorite colors!

This is Kensi testing the waters on the beach in North Carolina last summer.  I can't believe how little she looks!

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Waterfront

  This is my entry for Two Moms Made A Photo Challenge.

This weeks theme is waterfront.  

You Capture ~ Spring

Jumping in on a photo contest called You Capture over @ I Should Be Folding Laundry.  (Great blog name by the way, as that is exactly what I should be doing right now!) The theme this week is spring! I am very much a beginner when it comes to photography but I do have a few shots I am proud of.  I guess I'll take this opportunity to show them off now!

 

**edited to add**

Right after I posted the above photos I walked outside into my front yard and saw this....

So of course I attempted to capture it the best I could, being careful not to disturb the nest or touch anything.  Momma bird was watching from my roof top!

Have you ever seen a blue more beautiful & brilliant?

Also guarding the nest?  Our dopey but lovable Peagle, Besty.  Can you guess what 2 breeds of dog she is a mix of?

Monday Mugs ~ Smiles =)

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and don't want to can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs are for YOU!

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Smiles =)

 

 

Seeing as today's Monday Mugs is all about smiles, I set to work trying to capture a few.

I wasn't getting much cooperation @ first!

There we go!!

Oh!  Another one!!

While I think she may have been all out of smiles for the camera,

I figured a few of these blueberry eatin' photos might bring a smile to YOUR face!

Monday Mugs~Collages

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and don't want to can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs are for YOU!

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Collages

 

So I am not a pro @ photo.shop or anything and quite frankly I was feeling a little too lazy to try and figure it out.  So, that being said, I leave you with these photos from another lazy day last week in which Kensi and I were looking for some fun!  We certainly found it.  Oh and.... pardon my hair.  No I am most certainly not wearing one of my daughters clips in my hair in an effort to keep those overgrown bangs out of my face.  Nope.  Not me!!

Monday Mugs~Bubbles

Are you in need of a mindless Monday Blog post? Are you struggling to deal with the weekend being over and can't muster the strength to type a single word? Well, Monday Mugs are for YOU! I may or may not "borrow" ideas from IheartFaces and post my interpretation of their weekly theme. Without submitting my photo for judgement and not being forced to follow the rules.

Mondays are hard! Blogging on Mondays shouldn't be!

Today's theme for Monday Mugs is: Bubbles


And yes.  I am aware that today is TUESDAY!  HA HA!

A rare smile captured on film from my sweet daughter Kensington.  She doesn't mug for the camera much these days!

And we may not have bubbles, but this wouldn't be complete without a picture of what was going on on the other side of the room!  Sweet baby Dell is getting his bath too!  He just LOVES his baths.  They calm him and make him SO happy!

You may be wondering what happened to the rest of the "Year In Pictures".  Well believe it or not I have every intention of finishing it.  It is just a matter of me going through my photos and posting for those days that I have missed.  One of these days I will get the chance and the motivation. 

Alot has happened since I last blogged.  Kensi and Dell lost their Gigi, my mother, on March 23.  Gigi died suddenly and it shook our world.  We are still feeling the aftershocks and I am sure we will continue to for a long time to come.  She will be missed greatly and remembered fondly.  Kensi loved dancing with her Gigi.

Here she is with Gigi snugglin' in on a Sunday morning in January.  One of the last times she saw her.

This is one of the few pictures I have of my mom with Dell.  This is the last time we saw her in person.  This is the last weekend in January.