Week 28 Feet Week

This week over at http://www.iheartfaces.com/ they are taking a break from faces and focusing on feet! You should check out all the entries!

I actually just took this picture today...we had a lot of fun snapping a lot of pictures!

Week 25 "Just for fun"

Week 25 "Just for fun"

I took this picture at Hanna Park near Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Florida. My little boy has started mimicing me when I take pictures, so I'll put the camera up to look through it and take a picture and then he puts his hands up by his face and using his imaginary camera takes a picture, he even makes a 'click click' noise as if his camera was actually taking a picture. This picture was taken right as he finished taking his 'picture'...!

I guess the old addage is true, sometimes your children are like little mirrors...and by looking at them you get a true view of yourself.

My Home Sweet Home Photo Contest

I am entering two photos for the Animals/Wildlife contest at My Home Sweet Home. I am entering these photos for a chance to win a one year subscription to National Geographic and a sample of Energizer Lithium Batteries!


The first picture I would like to enter for this category I took at Pier 60 in Clearwater Beach, Florida. It was an amazing moment.

The second picture I am entering for the same category (Animals/Wildlife.) I took this picture in our own backyard...we discovered a ton of lady bugs in our yard...

Stop by http://myhomesweethomeonline.net/ to see the other entries and also to enter one of your own!

Week 24 Let's Here it for the Boys...

Week 24 Let's Here it for the Boys....

This is one of my all time favorite pictures of my son. I took it when he was about six months old - he just turned two this past week.

Kids Entry:

The following picture I took of my brother...and I am entering it in the adults category:

Head on over to http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ and check out the other entries!

Week #23 Sepia Toned

Week #23 "Sepia Toned"

I absoultly love this picture that I took of my sister. I have been playing around with it since I took it trying out different things. I figured I would use it for this weeks theme.

Go check out the other entries - http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

Week 20 Silhouettes

Week 20 Silhouettes

We haven't had much sun the past week or so due to severe thunderstorms and rain. However, about a month ago my husband and son and I woke up early to see a sunrise on Jacksonville Beach and then drove to Clearwater, Florida to see a sunset over the ocean --- all in the same day...it has been one of those lifelong dreams of mine to do that. Anyways...while on the beach early in the morning waiting for the sun to come up I was taking pictures of my son, and being that I am no pro I was disappointed because you can't see him - just a silhouette. My disappointment turned to joy as I read about this weeks entry - they were perfect pictures just for this! The hard part became choosing one....this is the one I chose:

I think everybody ought to try their hand at this weeks category...so head on over to http://www.iheartfaces.com/ and good luck with choosing a picture to enter!

Life has been a bit crazy lately.

Getting boy back to himself has been a bit more difficult than the last time we ended up in the emergency room. Allergy issues are no fun...but seeing as it has been raining for the past week and more rain is in the forecast, it has washed all the pollen away!

I know he is definately back to himself now, he has been eating none stop, oh and now he has taken to drawing on the walls....of course I didn't realize he had picked up this little habit. Seems whenever he can get something to write with he writes every where or "color" as he says. The couch, the piano bench, and now the walls...YIKES!

I found a little niche in Orange Park that I love...it is called the Paxon Discount Christian Book Store. I love this place because there are so many different little "goodies." Great stuff for gifts...and a ton of books...they are having a "we're not going out of business" book sale. The books are between .49 - 2.99 ...and when you look at the original prices it is like 'wow'...I love books...we went last weekend and the weekend before. The first time we went I found a bible study series - a little book (each contain 12 lessons) on each book of the bible. I am looking forward to embarking on that journey with my siblings over the summer. I also got some gift books for grandparents and parents and some pens and bracelets...odd little stuff....The second time I went they were having a buy one get one free sale...I got a few books by Dr.Dobson - I love reading his stuff...and also got a book on Literary Analysis and American Literature...I am a literature hound and love diving into a good study on literature. I think they are actually meant to be used as part of a homeschool curriculm....The only down fall to this place is that it is about a 25-30 minute drive from where we live...but hey the money I save on books is definately worth it, even if we have to spend a little more in gas!

I am in the process of trying to catch up the scrapbook. The pictures started piling up quickly and before I knew it I had hundreds of pictures just asking to be placed....I'll be happy once I get that caught up.

I think that is about it for now...

Special I ♥ Faces Blurb Book Contest

I took the following photo on Easter day. It was one of those pictures that you don't plan on taking but it just kind of happens. I took quite a few and then when we went back later and looked at them all this one stood out as one of my favorites. A little bit of sweet boy mixed with a lot of mischief...a true reflection of his personality!

Amateurs Entry:

I am submitting this photo into the http://www.iheartfaces.com/ Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites.

Head on over to http://www.iheartfaces.com/ and check out the other entries...and while you are there go ahead and enter one of your own!