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

While I’m At It, Here’s Most of June Too!

Another small month, but that’s okay, I was busy livin! Lol…

Day 154: Cubby Charly: This was taken at her graduation from Cubbies. She finished her 2nd year and will be a Sparky when Awana starts back next month!

Day 156: Sittin Like a Grownup: Here she is at her preschool graduation, and already sitting like an adult! What’s up with that, Miss Pretty?!

Day 161: She made cards for her teachers, Miss Mary and Miss Janice. I wrote on paper how to write what she wanted to say on and in them, and she copied it! Then of course had to embellish the cards with little pretty things, and did a great job choosing stickers and colors that matched each teacher’s preferences. Oh, and this was also the day she discovered exclamation marks. She loves that she can convey her excitement and enthusiasm with them, and certainly loves to read them! Lol. And if you notice, she also wrote “ever” in all caps, also to convey her enthusiasm. :)

Day 172: Charly Sending Some Love: She made this heart out of some magnet things, and said she wanted me to take a picture so she could “send her love” to everyone. So, everyone, here is your love. :)

Day 175: Sunflowers: I loved having these on the table for a few days. Lovely greenery and purple baby’s breath were a perfect complement to the gorgeous sunflowers. I’m posting 2 pics cuz I couldn’t choose just one.

Day 176: Monkey Joe’s: I love how her hair was falling in this photo!

Day 177: Charly’s Bejeweled-Type Game: So I love playing Bejeweled on Facebook, and one day Charly was on the Noggin site and found a Go Diego Go game that’s REALLY similar. Of course I had to document it, she played it forEVER!

Alrighty, that’s mostly it for June. If I find more pics, I’ll post ‘em

-S

Hooray for May!!

I would like to say that I’ve been slaving away all day to get the May photos done, but seeing as how I only took pictures 5 days in May (plus one more day that’s still on Nate’s phone), it wasn’t so hard to get through them. I honestly have no idea why I didn’t take more, maybe I lost the camera or something? I feel kinda bad now; it’s almost like there should be more pics from May stashed on some camera or hard drive somewhere. Forgotten and lost. But alas, this is what I have, and I already know that I did better in June (those will be up soon, hehe.) So here ya are, May:

Day 124: The Rain I’m Driving Into: This was on my way home from my awesome mini-vacay with my bff Maria in Charleston, WV. I prayed that I would just drive in and out of the rain, that it wouldn’t stick with me thru the mountains. God’s a pretty good listener when He wants to be. :)

Day 126: Messed Up Pic: I have no clue why my camera phone did this, but it’s so weird I had to post it here. And yes, that’s Charly hanging on to Chuck E Cheese. :)

Day 136: Butterfly Mobile: We decided to make a butterfly mobile. I cut butterfly shapes out of transparency paper and we painted one side of them. Then hung them from monofilament (fishing) string from a twisted hanger. They look kinda neat. Here’s the shot of the day:

And cuz it’s so cool, here are two more shots, the beginning and the end of the art process:

Day 141: Yes, She Dressed Herself: She’s in this phase now, when she puts on socks she pulls them all the way up, as high as they will go. For some pairs that means they go over her knees, it’s quite cute. Not to mention that if it’s a flowered jacket and a flowered shirt, they obviously match, seeing as how they’re the same shape and all.

Day 145: A Kid and Her Dog: So I was taking photos of the plants I have by the window. Charly decided she wanted to pose. So did Annie. They were way better subjects than the plants.

Next I will post the Memorial Day photos I have tucked away on Nate’s camera, if they’re any good. Then it’s on to June!

-S