Flowers, Lizards, and Fun Times; Here’s September!

Well, we had a blast in September, for the most part. Nate was gone, it was just me ‘n Charly, killing time. I take more pics when Nate is away, so he can still see what’s up at home. So here ya are: September.

Day 245: 1st Dentist Visit: Yes I know, 5.5 years old is prolly a little old for a first dentist visit, but at least we had one. :) And she had a great time, she’s such a good kid!

Day 246: Name Letters: Inspired by some super creative ladies at church, I decided to let Charly decorate letters for her name, and then we hung them on her bedroom wall. She let me decorate a tiny little bit, but she did 95% of the painting, stickering, and gluing herself. And they look fab! Then I asked her for a rockstar pose. :)

Day 250: My Roses, 1 & 2: I have a rosebush in my garden. I pray I can keep it alive, it’s sooooo purty!

And this next pic I am totally in love with. I learned some new things in Adobe Camera Raw in the process of editing this photo.

Day 251: Incoming Storm: Yep, we were driving toward it. Just HAD to get groceries.

Day 255: Charly and Miss Priscila: This is another cell phone picture. My phone cam takes the crummiest photos. I tried to save it in Photoshop, but there wasn’t much I could do. I still have a lot to learn. I also REALLY want a Sony c905 phone when I upgrade in January. Google it if you like. :)

Day 256: Cold Pizza: This is a pic for Daddy, it’s Charly eating cold pizza, straight from the fridge. Yup, Daddy’s little girl!

Day 258: Charly’s New Boots: Fall marks the time when Charly gets new boots. It’s a yearly tradition. This year she chose these over ones that looked cooler, because these “look like Daddy’s boots.” :-D

Day 263: Charly N Mommy: My favorite photo of us to date. Love it!

Day 265: Charly’s Shirt: So, Charly lost all her markers because she chose to color on her WHITE CHURCH PANTS with a blue marker. Her excuse was that the marker was washable. Lucky for her it was. So I decided, if that’s what she wants to do, then I’ll buy her fabric markers and let her draw on clothes on purpose. This is her first shirt. That’s her family, including our dog Annie, inside a heart, and then over the top right of us is God. :) And of course lots of hugs and kisses. Daddy is the big person, and I think he has on a “rock shirt.”

Day 266: McDonald’s Rainbow: As we were leaving Mickey Dee’s we saw this awesome rainbow. Not the best intersection to photograph, but that’s okay. I like the contrast.

Then on our way home, we saw this sky, and I just had to stick the camera phone out the window as we were driving by:

Day 267: Roses Day 1: So my darling husband ordered us 100 roses. They filled 2 large vases and 3 small bud vases. He’s so awesome!

Day 268: Roses Day 2: He had the foresight to order a vase to match the new dishes I bought, that he hadn’t even seen yet. What man thinks of that?! Mine does! Hehe.

Day 269: New Wedding Band: I finally ordered a new ring for myself, after a year of not wearing the original one that doesn’t fit my finger anymore.

 

Later in Day 269, we had an amphibious visitor. Dunno how long he’d been in our house, but it was cool all the same. :)

And in this one, Charly thought it was so funny that his tail looked like it had fallen off, lol.

Day 273: Princess Charly: I so love this photo, and the freckles especially! Now, can I have my 5yo back? She seems to have been replaced by a 10-year-old…

 

Okie doke, that’s all for September. Today is Oct 10th and I’ve only taken two photos so far this month, so I’m sure that the Oct post will be much shorter than this one was. Whatever happened to me posting once a week? Eh, I dunno, but at least I’m posting. *-) Later!

-S

August: Such a Busy Month!

A roof leak, a wedding, a Kindergartner, arts and crafts, and family time…we had so much to do in August!

Day 214: Cutie on the Truck: She was so cute I couldn’t help myself. :)

Day 215: Wet Wall: That’s the new paint, and between it and the sheetrock is a bunch of water, all bubbled up. Praise God, a little over a week later the leak was fixed. The paint we had to peel off to drain the water out isn’t. Yet. :)

Day 218: Drumming Hands: I had on some interesting Middle Eastern music at dinner one night, and Nate couldn’t resist grabbing the bongos and playing along. I wish I’d had my tripod, but this pic still came out okay.

Day 220: Daddy Daughter Night: Church had a special night for dads and their daughters, and Charly and Nate looked so great together!

Day 223: Cricket: I was taking pics of some weird looking spiders and saw this cutie just sitting there posing for me.

Day 224: Trying on Dresses: I had taken this with my camera phone to send to the bride-to-be for approval. We ended up buying it and Charly looked super cute!

Day 230: Cupcakes: Trying to be artsy with this one. I loved the red cake and the white icing together.

Day 231: Red Marker: We decided to make a mask out of a paper plate and some markers and string and stuff. I love crafts!

Day 234: Matt’s Ring: Our friends Matt and Priscila were married on the 22nd. Nate and Charly were both in the wedding, and I got to take some pictures of my own. Mostly to keep from bawling. :) I like this one a lot.

Day 235: Arty Name: I do believe this is the first time she made artistic letters. So dang cool!!

Day 237: Big Kindergartner: She’s so awesome, all ready for her first day of Big Kid School!

Day 239: Waiting for Charly: She says she positioned them like this, but I really thought Nate had. In any case, these are Charly’s fave toys, all watching the door for her return.

Holy frijoles, I made it thru July!

Heya! July was an especially busy month, but I do believe I managed to take pictures for about half the days in the month! Yay! I’m slowly working back into that wonderful photo-a-day habit. :) A lot of the July photos were taken with my camera phone, which has very crummy quality, and I did what I could in Photoshop, but still. Sony makes Cybershot phones now, and one of those is certainly on my wishlist! (My bday is less than 4 months away, hint hint, lol). So, here ya are, July:

Day 182: God’s Rays: Walking out of Lowe’s, on one of our MANY trips there, we were welcomed by this awesome gift from God. I do so love it when you can see rays shining out from the clouds!

Day 186: Soap Beard: She’s so silly! She even made soap eyebrows!

Day 187: The Coolest Broom Ever: We were eating dinner at a Chinese buffet place, and the people there swept the floor with this broom. Now, the picture sucks, but here’s how it looked: Imagine all the bristles curled up. All of them. That’s how it looked, one big cluster of curled and mashed up bristles. But I saw the lady sweep with it, and it really worked! So odd.

Day 195: Computer Time With Dad: They’re so sweet. :)

Day 197: Dad Ride: Why walk to the living room when you can hitch a ride?

Day 198: Hail in July?! Yup, here it is:

Day 198: My 4-Leaf Clover: The same day as the hail, I found a 4-leaf clover!!

Day 199: Deflated Bed: I thought this was funny looking, like we have a really old bed or something. So I took a pic, but I really wish the deflated-ness translated better on film. (In case this is confusing, we have a Sleep Number bed, which is basically a glorified air bed. The king-size one has two air chambers in it so that each person can choose their own level of firmness or softness.)

Day 201: Show Me Ya Grill: Yeah apparently aluminum tape is way more fun on your teeth than used as it’s intended. Though wrestling the duct thing was fun too, at least to watch, lol.

Day 207: Watching Daddy Do The Fan: I had no other clever title. But it would appear that it’s way easier to watch what Daddy’s doing perched on his shoulders, instead of sitting beside him or something.

Day 209: Sandy Car: So I took a wrong turn and got stuck in sand. In the middle of the afternoon. In 95 degree weather. With no cell phone signal. Luckily, no signal only means “not enough for a call” but there was enough signal in spurts to get a text message out. Note to self: no more dirt roads. This pic doesn’t make the car look really stuck, but you can see the front passenger bumper is sitting on the sand. Meaning the car is basically buried up to the bumper. Good times.

Day 210: Facebook nerds: We got the desks set up, and computers temporarily set up. Then you can see what we did next. *-)

Day 212: Wrecktastic Poo Cake: I love the Cake Wrecks blog. So every time I see a cake that would fit the kinds they show, I take a pic and send it in. They haven’t posted one of my pics yet, but ya never know, this poo cake might just be it.

Okie dokie, and that’s all for July. Probably. Oh, but I spose I could add this one from June that was hiding on my phone. This was taken at the Golden Corral on Day 177. Notice the signs say “Fresh Produce” and “Prepared Here.” I’ve highlighted that produce for you, in the red box. Maybe it was freshly canned?

Hehe, see y’all soon, I’ve got some good pics for August!

-S

One Day in May, and Another in June

I got the pics from Nate’s phone! Apparently, in addition to the Memorial Day ones I also did a mini-shoot of Nate and Charly in June. Nearly all the pics from that were so cute that I’m just posting them here too, instead of just one of them.

Day 145: Memorial Day Flags: Yes, the official May post already showed 2 photos for Day 145, but still, I’m lacking so much, here’s another. *-)

Day 158: Playing Around at Lunch: Nate got a new phone, and finally got me to play with it. What do I do first? Take pictures. And aren’t they just the best subjects too?!

Here they’re “trying not to smile.” It’s a game I played when I was a kid. Charly is usually not this good at it…

I dunno what’s going on here, but I LOVE it!

And lastly, there’s this:

I love my family. :)

-S