Week 33/52

a bazillion loads of laundry to fold + mommy's deep hatred of folding laundry = lots of time outs for tickle fights

wk 32/52

~ Bath time ~



*For anyone who is interested, this was shot with my d200 and new 28-75 2.8f lens with the black & white setting in camera, iso 1600 (dark bathroom!), 2.8f, 1/100. I really love the black & whites straight out of the camera. I ran a light defog on the photo and added some grain for a filmy look. It's amazing that I had to ADD grain, with an iso of 1600 there should be an absolute ton of grain, but I find that taking the photo in b&w really minimizes the grain.

*and with that....I am caught up!! I'm so enjoying taking these pictures each week. I just got that new lens so maybe I can take advantage of it this week and try something different. We'll see!

wk 31/52 & the snow

We visited the snow a couple weeks ago. Jeremy luurrves the snow, I in a few words *do not*. (I blame my Father because he took us to the beach and not the snow growing up...give me an ocean over a mountain Any Day!) But since I love my man, I'll bundle my babies up and walk around frozen ice for a few hours. :) This was the first time I had taken any photos in the snow. Any of you out there looking to me for guidance on taking pictures in the snow...please do not! Man it is difficult!

This photo SO my children...Abby the Helper, Lily the Joyful, Zach the Cranky. I love 'em all so much.


I know Lily is getting a ton of attention with my weekly photos, but she's pretty much the most cooperative lately! I know I need to get Zachy in some pictures. I'll work on that.

wk 30/52

I really love this photo :) There's saliva ALLL over the window!! I'll let her do pretty much anything for a photograph!

wk 29/52

wk 28/52

Week 28 was taken back during Christmas week. Wow I am so behind. I think some people would have given up by now, but really, I think this is a lot of fun. I still have about 3 more weeks to catch up on, and with 3 little ones I'm catching up slowly, but I will! My plan is to be caught up by Friday when I will post Week 32. Hmmm....can I do it in 2 days?

So anyway, I got lucky with this photo! I guess I wasn't paying attention and didn't take a scheduled photo of me & the kids that week. So I went searching...and found this one :) :) Can you find me and Abby?

And that is Lily's first ornament right in the middle there from Grandma...

Railroad Museum & wk 27/52

I'm catching up on the pictures that I had to put on hold when my computer crashed. We had a lot of fun over the holidays and we were able to spend some quality time with Jeremy's parents. We visited the train museum and no matter how many times we go there, it is still pretty fun :) I took my week 27 photo that day too.




He really loves playing with trains.

Betcha' didn't know I was taking a picture of you Grandma :)


Yeah, she dug the trains :)



The Fam'

Week 27

wk 26/52

Ok, I'm going to slowly catch up on my project 52 photos now that I have my computer back and can access my files. I'm pretty sure I was taking my photos, but we'll see! This one was about to be posted right as my computer died. So here's week 26, I thought since you've seen the bottom of my feet, you might as well see the tops. (...and I'm sure I've said it before, but don't you dare look at the laundry on my couch!!)

wk 25/52

This is a fun one, don't you think?! I didn't take this photo, and I don't remember which one of my 11 other family members who were on our Disney trip did...but whoever did, thank you for giving me a wonderful memory of Liliana's first trip to Disneyland!

wk 24/52

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving! Mine was full of family (and food of course!) Not seeing my Grandma at the table was very heart breaking, but it was Liliana's first Thanksgiving. Life comes and life goes, it was an important day.

So I had already chosen my photo for this week, an easy camera phone picture. But yesterday my sister took some photos of Lily and I and I thought it would be great to use one of those!

So here's Liliana (and me!) on her first Thanksgiving. She looks so chubby in this photo. Maybe it was the 2 rolls she ate or all the mashed potatoes :)

wk 23/52

In case you're wondering...I have intentionally skipped week 22. With my Grandma passing, I really want to take a photo that shows how I was feeling during that week. I haven't the energy to do it now. As you will see in the next two self pics...not much effort has gone into them, with both being shot from my camera phone :) Quite a bit has been happening in my house, with the past few weeks being some of the most busy and emotional weeks of the year. So later this week, I will try to take a photo that I should have taken during week 22...a week I will remember forever.

This photo should have been posted on Friday. I didn't cheat...it was taken last week! I included my other "baby" who deserves to be in a lot more pictures than I take. He's out of the country for a couple weeks and I'm holding down the fort! This was us in the car when the kids and I dropped him off at the airport :(

Just for some info, I just ran a quick black & white action with no tweaks on this photo from my camera phone.



ps. I'm going to do my best to getting back to posting Project 52 every Friday! Well...I hope so. LOL.

Wk 21/52

This was taken by my friend Jeanette in Chico last week (so even though it has my name on it...it was all Jeanette!!) Thanks for taking my weekly photo friend! I love what you captured.



And thank you to everyone for your condolences about my Grandma. They mean a lot to me and my family. Its been an extremely difficult week. Extremely. But God is so good and He's giving my family the grace that we need to get through it. I am diligently scanning photos and getting a slide show ready for her memorial on Friday. My husband is great too, he's trying to be the rock that I need. We actually were able to steal a date last night. Have you seen "Fireproof"? I think its almost out of the theaters, so when it comes out on DVD, BUY IT. It is absolutely awesome. I think the best thing was at the very end...a huge scripture verse spread out all over the huge screen.

wk 20/52

I think this pic is so stinkin' hilarious! Sure, I think I look like a cheese ball but I just adore what the kids are doing in the shot. And yes...I AM at a red light, although I have been guilty of taking photos while driving in the past...tsk tsk.

ps. I'm all caught up now with my self pics! Lets see if I can STAY caught up :)

Wk 19/52

hee hee ... meet my new baby!!

Its much bigger than its older brother, but so far I haven't seen any sibling rivalry :)

Wk 18/52

Ok, I'm cheating on this one, I'll take two pics this week...but really, its my challenge so I'm making up the rules as I go. LOL. I think if I end up with 52 pictures...no matter when they were taken, I'll be happy!



I'm so mad I cut off her hand here! It couldn't be helped, it was a perfect and quick moment, the wind blew suddenly and she looked up to see what was happening. I love this stage...everything is exciting to her.

wk 17/52 and my 3 year old :)

We went out of town last week, back to the city we lived in before we moved here. It was so relaxing, it still feels like home even though we haven't lived there in 1 1/2 years. Its one of my favorite places to take pictures too. The scenery, the light, full trees, tons of captivating backgrounds...so much fun. We're going back in 3 weeks, I'm looking forward to it.

Here's my week 17, thanks to dh for taking it!




Here's my big boy...these will be his official 3 year old pics.

wk 16/52

looking up at me
big eyes full of love and wonder
chubby hand reaching
tiny fingers exploring my face

our routine we know so well
a special rocking chair just for us
no one but you and me
peace and quiet but for a moment

your tummy full of love
sleepy eyes say you're full
these moments carved in my heart forever
these days I'll know so well

time to move on now
the last drink comes too swiftly
heart aching for yesterday's baby
you'll need me in other ways for sure

Wk 15/52

Wk 14/52

So I know I'm playing catch up with my self pics! I've been super busy over here as well as the kids sick and me sick as well. Jeremy even took a whole day off for me the other day so I could rest, I don't think I've slept 11 hours in one night in literally 5 years!!! It was awesome.

So this was from a couple weeks ago...a sweet snapshot by my wonderful husband. My boy turned 3 that day and got breakfast in bed :) This was the one pic Mommy got in on! Sure its not my normal style...but just a word of advice, make sure you're taking those snapshots!! We get so caught up in capturing the "moment" that the real moments pass us by. Well not that morning...his face was golden as we served him cocoa puffs and he opened his gift. What a sweet baby boy.

wk 13/52

I'm late in posting this, but I actually had it done last week, just no time to post it! Life is going at a crazy pace...and I'm shocked I can keep up with this project, but I am!

So in this pic...Zach is actually the one taking the photo (see the little remote in his hand?)