strike a pose

my child is silly.

(all credits to come)

a few recent of my kya

journal entry

this in an entry in my quote unquote journal (thought i was all
talk about doing that , huh). journaling says:

i know, now. man, sometimes life is just hard.
i mean, no one ever told me that it was going
to be easy. and, its true, when it rains - it really
does pour! it can get almost impossible to see
past the present and in to the possibilities of
the future. life has a way of throwing things
at you - again and again and again. its a
fight to keep your faith under the weight
of it all. its so easy to get sidetracked. it
can be hard to keep the course. dang, it
can be hard to just see the course half the
time. the pull to just give in or give up
often times is so much stronger than
your will to keep fighting. it gets tough.
it really does.
its so reassuring to know that
God’s word says that “weeping
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning”. the battle
is more bearable knowing that there will be a light at the end. we have
got to hold on to God’s promises
and assurances and rest in the fact that He knows much more than us. His thoughts are not our thoughts
and sometimes His plans are not what we have planned. He promises not to give us more than we can bear and I trust that if He brings me to it then He’ll also find a way to bring me through it.

a recent maternity

miss brianna

baby jason

just one to share for now!!

baby caden

FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE SKIN I'M IN

i had a really fantastic principal in highschool.
very enthusiastic and encouraging - genuinely
concerned about her students. before every
assembly she would say this chant (and we would
repeat back). while looking through some old
stuff the other day i ran across this.

FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE SKIN I'M IN...

Vanilla, Chocolate, or Peachy blend...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Short ones, Tall ones, Fat ones or Thin...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Knot knee, Slew foot, Pigeon - toed in...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Brown eyes, blue eyes, gray eye hens...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Round face, Square face, Long pointed chin...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Smooth skin , Bumpy skin, Skin on mend...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Little feet , Big feet, Long enough to lend...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Inner sigh, Kinda shy, Smile that wins...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

I love me and that's no sin...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Now hug yourself and tell your friend...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Say it softly again and again...
Feeling good about the skin I'm in;

Say it once more and that's the end!
Feeling good about the skin I'm in.


by Dr. Jean Nichols

my girl

another aam page

i got a story to tell

i got a story to tell. its my story. its all about me!
so me and denys ( http://altagracia05.blogspot.com/)
are doing an all about me album. i've been wanting to do one for a few years now,
cause, hey, i do have a story to tell. a story that i want my kids and grandkids
to be able to look back on. the story of my life. the story of me. so, we got this
thing kicked off, trying to pace ourselves. we are doing a page a week. this is week four.
and i'm just a few pages behind, lol. i know, already! but this is my week to get
caught up. poor denys, i was all on her case for not scrapping and now here she is
wating for me to get done. lol. i cant believe i'm putting up pictures of me.
i like being behind the camera not in front. but , i had to give myself a little reality check -
if its gonna be a book about me , it needs to have at least on pic of me in it. i doubt there weill be
very many pics of me throughout it.

organization and time management

with the addition of a fourth child, man, this time management thing is more important than ever. it seems like i'm just grabbing time here and there whenever its available to try to get work done. many times i feel like i'm spinning my wheels and not being productive at all! i need to make out a schedule for myself and the kids, they say kids like schedules, right? i need to learn to type on handed too - cause i have to do it at least a few times a day. anyone have any tips??

journaling

i've decided to start a journal for myself. realease a little creativity and promote a little therapy. i've always been stuck on words and i dont know where my life would be without photos. this will be a combination of both. it'll be called "quote unquote" - life - in and out of quotes, a photo journal inspired by quotes, scriptures, poetry, lyrics and all things words. i have no clue what will become of this project and i my only plan for it is to me to put my heart in to it. it may be all digital , it may be hybrid, it may be all pics , it may be one word or hundreds . whatever. it will be me. i will do me. i am really needing some sort of outlet for me. my first entry will be "i'm so glad trouble dont last always". i'll keep you posted.

its hot ya'll

a couple of days ago i was talking about holly's stuff she has avaible at her new photgraphers boutique.
you can check it out at www.hollymccaigdesigns.com/boutique
i remember holly from way back when her designs were one of the featured procducts
when i was on the sbb design team. i really like her actions and storyboard (and did you see the cards
she had at christmas time??). well, a few weeks ago, while lurking at her blog i see that not only is she opening a
photographers boutique (basically a store all kinds of "commercial ok" stuff for photographers) but she also
puts a call out for a few "boutique gals" to play with her things. long story short, i didnt have to read that twice!!
lol!! ok, but aside from the fact that i'm now a "boutique gal" , i just tried out this action last week.
its holly's workflow action. and, i think i may be in love (is it ok to be in love over and over and over and over again, cause i just
had these cinnamon raison bagels the other day that i think i'm in love w/ too. ) this action takes you from start to finish w/ your photo.
from adjusting levels, saturation, sharpening - all of it. i'm posting a few examples to give you a little idea. keep in mind these
pics were shot in raw (plus jpeg) so these are the little jpeg that the camera shot. they are a little underexposed which i seem to do.
i opened in ps and used the raw converter/adjuster thingy. i ajusted the wb a bit (a little warm) and lightened just a tad, then brought it in ps and ran holly's action- and this is what you have. the only thing i added (not shown in the pic) before i did a final save was to burn around the edges of the pic a bit.
try it out ya'll!
oh! man, dont you LOVE LOVE LOOVVVEEE those cheeks?? love them! and those eyes! and how her lips poke out! and how serious she looks for six months! and that drool, yes, another thing i'm in love with!!

thats my girl!
pink paper by kim christenson, all other papers by shabby princess
alpha stamp by michelle coleman

a recent layout of my kya. this is a scraplift of lisa's (momy4him) shadow layout, love that! will have to come back and link to it later.
glitter letters by kim hill, alpha beads by ronna penner. red paper by kim christensen and word paper by jen wilson.
gotta share some recent pics of the babies too! i took these for ziven for valentines day. for some reason the color is a bit
washed in the first post of them - and check out that cool frame on the pic of kya w/ her hood up (thats from holly mccaig at her
new photographers boutique - www.hollymcccaigdesigns.com/boutique i'll have a whole other post about about that later! lol
all i can say is , if you havent tried the workflow action - CHECK IT OUT, really!)