I love cemeteries! I went to my favorite one this weekend to get some pictures for school. I took my digital camera too and snapped these. Doesn't it look peaceful? This is one of the largest cemeteries in the area and probably one of the most beautiful.

Sydney was in a posing mood. I quickly snapped a couple cute shots. Hopefully this weekend I will be able to get some more.

We went to Harvest Fest today and had so much fun. It is one of the few free venues at the State Fair. There are stations to decorate cookies, make your own caramel apples, feed/pet animals, go on a hay ride and, of course, eat food! This year we went into the lights tour of the haunted house. What a fun place! The haunted house is HUGE and would be so scary in the dark. Kaitlyn said she wanted to go when it was dark but changed her mind after going through with the lights on. LOL!

Today was my nephew's 1st bday party. Isn't he a cutie?! He didn't quite know what to do with the cake but when he figured it out...he went to town! The last picture is so cute--it looks like he might have had a little too much sugar. (That fork is actually stuck on his shirt from the frosting) :)

I watched my nephew last night. Isn't he adorable? The girls were across the street at a birthday party but Kaitlyn ran home and had to get a quick hug in before running back to have some more fun.

This is one of the pictures I developed and printed in my photography class last semester. My final project was done at one of our local cemeteries. This photo was one of my favorites. We had to take pictures using 4x5 film on a view camera. The view camera is not my favorite piece of equipment but towards the end I was having fun. I think I lived at the cemetery for a couple weeks!

What a morning! Kaitlyn is going to middle school now which means I have two different schools to drive to in the morning. Can I just say I HATE traffic?! What is normally a 5-10 min drive takes almost 30min in the morning. I was up late last night which meant it was definitely a Starbucks morning. I don't like coffee-but frappuccino's are my absolute fave drink! Always the same thing...java chip frappuccino light please!

Wow! Getting photos up right after I take them...that's a new one for me. The first day of school has finally arrived. Kaitlyn is now in middle school and Sydney is in 4th grade. This will probably be the only day this year they are both ready a whole 1/2 hour early and excited to go to school!

These are a couple from our 4th of July parade. I've been playing around with some new settings. Don't they look cool?

This weekend there are thousands of Harley's in town! Harley Davidson is celebrating it's 105th anniversary and there are Harely's here from all over the world. There was a parade today and here are a few shots. It's a crazy few days!

We were able to go to the Wisconsin Dells a couple weeks ago to meet up with Heather and Annette. It was fun to see the families finally get to meet each other. Laney and Sydney hit it off. Unfortunately, I did not get pictures of anything except this one of the two girls.

I'm back!!! I recently got a new computer and it has been such a hassle transferring all my photo programs. I am presently working on color calibration...but hopefully have it fixed. I have so many pictures to post from the last few months! Tonight I was playing with textures and trying to figure out how they work. This is my first texture! Doesn't it look neat?

What a funky week we've had! Last Friday there were tornado sirens going off in the city. I guess a funnel cloud touched down about 7 miles away. I was seriously ready to be in my basement. The girls were still in school and all buckled down on the first floor. I was so happy when it was over. Then the rain came. We had some major downpours here. There has been flooding all over. Luckily, we have not had any water damage to our house. As I drove a few blocks away today I saw lots of garbage at the curb for about 8 houses in a row. I am assuming that was from water damage in the basement. Many people had sewer water coming up from their drains. We've had many flash floods also. I went out to the park near my house to get some pictures on Sunday. The river was very high and only a couple inches from the bottom of the bridge. This is the same bridge we go under to take pictures in the summer. All of a sudden it started pouring and I could see more and more water building up on the sidewalks. I was scared I would be caught in a flash flood and hurried out of there. One of the pictures has the street in the front. That is to show the perspective of the water. This is a soccer field and the water was just about to the street. Actually, the day before it had crossed the street. The neighbors still had water in their yard and were riding with a canoe to get around.

I've been tagged by Heather Scott!

The "rules" of the game:Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

Ten years ago: I had a one year old and was desperately trying for number 2! I had also been a nurse for 2 years and had just switched to an ob floor at the hospital.

Five things in todays 'to do list': (I will write about tomorrow since it is so late here already)
1. attend a bridal shower for my cousin Rebecca
2. buy Rebecca's present LOL!
3. take pictures of the flooding that is occuring here from todays rain
4. return our rental car from our trip to Chicago today to see my lil sis
5. bills (ugh!)

Things I would do if I was a millionaire:
I would quit my paying job and only volunteer. I would love to be a full-time SAHM. I would be generous with my family and their needs. I would donate to the charity I am involved with and I would invest.

Places I have lived: (that I was old enough to remember LOL!)
Milwaukee, WI
Monterey, CA
Sierra Vista, AZ
Gales Ferry, CT


I will now tag:
Annette
Stephany
Candy
Sharon
Eva

One of my new favorite pictures!

I'm so excited to see green grass and flowers growing. Yesterday on the news they showed a snow storm we had on May 10 in 1990. I'm so glad I don't remember that! LOL! We had a busy day yesterday. It was Luke's birthday party and we also went to the zoo.

I have been in a picture taking slump this year! I've been worrying about my assignments for school and doing everything on film-I have nothing to show anyone. :) Not to mention that I've seen more snow than I ever have here. I was also the sickest (with the flu) I've been in years on spring break. We had all our snow melted and then on Good Friday we got another 11.5 inches. So, what better way to celebrate Easter than to make a snow bunny?!

I can't wait until summer!!!! I've been becoming a little bored because I can't get the energy to get outside in the cold and snow and have nothing to photograph. This winter has been crazy. December was one of the snowiest Decembers we've had. Now last week we had 16 inches of snow and then another 6 inches today. I can't stand it! I want green and flowers. Here is what I captured last week. I converted them to b&w.

I have been blessed! That seemed to be the theme for my girls weekend in San Antonio. We went there for our scrapbook retreat with The Angel Company but we all know it was much more than scrapbooking/stamping. We had a blast hunting for ghosts in our haunted hotel, walking on the riverwalk, going to starbucks, shopping and seeing friends we haven't seen in a while. We are spread out across the US (even Alaska) but cherish the time we are able to see each other and have fun again. I laughed so much that weekend my sides hurt. Here they are-- mi amigas!