Learned Something New

These were taken at a park in Logan, Ohio. Above.....before..........Below.....after.............As if you didn't already know that!
Not long ago I was thinking to myself that I wanted to know how photographers took black & white photo's with a dash of color. Even though I did not pray about this information, God knew I wanted to know and gave me the answer. He is an awesome God. He cares even about the small stuff. Praise you Father!
Over the weekend, I found out that answer. I have that capability on my camera and I didn't even know it! Yea!!

A cousin was asking me if I could teach her anything new about her camera. (They are similar.) Unless someone tells me how to work what I have, I don't try to figure things out on my own. This digital camera has features I probably still have no clue of where or what to do with them.......but I am "so" happy that she taught me something new. Thanks Tami.

This feature is way too cool!!!!

Family Reunion

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 was the 29th year reunion on my mother's side.

It's always fun to get together to see your aunts & uncles, and cousins that you grew up with.

When I was quite a bit younger and my parents were living, of course. We would go on "Sunday rides" and ended up at different relatives for a visit. By the time it took to "warm up" to my cousin to play, it was time to go home. (It was probably hours we were there, but seemed like only minutes we were able to play together.)

Ahhh.....yes, the "Sunday rides". Hated 'em! Getting to any destination was great.....it was the "get there" I didn't like. My father "loved" taking back roads. (I never knew where we were. I would sleep in the back seat.) I didn't want to stay home, they'd always end up doing something interesting and you would miss out if you weren't with them.

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One thing you did want to do was tell Dad that you wanted to stop to get ice cream. He wouldn't turn around after you passed the place, you had to tell him before you got there. He would "always" stop too.

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Back to the reunion. Debbie, Todd's wife, suggested we take a group picture. After some deliberation, we had a plan. I believe it was a good plan too. We were able to get everyone together, smiling, and all facing the same direction. We even sang "Kumbaya My Lord". Although there were probably 4 -5 camera's going at once, I believe the first picture I took was the best one for me. (Hope everyone else's photo came out.)

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I would love to see many more attending in 2009.

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One last thing......on the way home, my daughter, Tam-e remembers the reunion we had at John & Bonnie's home where they made a "very long" ice cream sundae.

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We need more exciting things like that so the younger generation will want to attend, get to know their cousins better, and have fun. It may take a little time to "warm up", but once they did, they wouldn't want to leave.

See you next year!

Mommy's back to work

Twelve weeks off after having a baby isn't much time AND that time goes rather quickly! Anjie is now back to work and I am watching Alea on Thursday's.

Last Thursday was June 19th.....we did lots of running around. (I was told one time I like to keep the roads hot. I guess if you have things to do, you have things to do.)

Regardless....we had fun. And time went so fast that day.

Today was my second day to watch the baby. I had forgotten to take any pictures last week, so I made sure I got the camera out. When Alea was sitting on the loveseat, her little feet were just moving around. She was talkin' and smilin'. So cute!



The serious look.

I really believe she likes posing for the camera.

Already.......being sassy!

The coos & smiles are so precious!

Before you know it, she'll be one and we'll wonder where the time went.

Isn't she so cute?....!!!!!!! Yes, she is!

The Walls are painted!

You can't tell what color the chairs are from this picture, but they coordinate with the walls really well. They are a green plaid.

I guess I didn't realize I had not taken a final picture of the kitchen, but you can see Stacy is helping with the painting.

Now I need to get started on the curtains. They should be simple to do, just straight lines, but it's the getting started that's my problem.

We're having a yard sale this weekend, family reunion, and our regular work hours too. So maybe sometime next week those will get done.

Stacy is moving

As you enter into the condo, this is what you see.



Getting closer to the kitchen there is a closet for the washer & dryer and the half bath to the left hand side of the picture.

Looking from the kitchen you see the front window.



This made me smile and feel appreciated.

Stacy did 99% of the trim work while I painted the "larger" part of the walls.

We had to paint it twice. Ugh!