Project 365| February 10th-16th

DAY 41| FEBRUARY 10TH

I think I actually took this photo on Thursday night, Feb. 9th...but I don't remember.

It was getting dark and we were headed out the driveway. The snow was beautiful, and I wanted to get a photo of our house in one of the first snows since we moved in! 

(Taken and edited with the iPhone, so the processing gave it a little bit of an erie look. Our house really isn't erie! haha!)

DAY 42| FEBRUARY 11TH

Sent him to the chair in the spare room for a "time out"...

He had been told by Daddy once not to mess with the locks on any of the doors in the house.

BUT he somehow managed to lock his bedroom door. 

DAY 43| FEBRUARY 12TH

Went to tuck him in before I headed to bed....he looked so darn adorable, I couldn't resist!!

DAY 44| FEBRUARY 13TH

DAY 45| FEBRUARY 14TH

Went for a V-day lunch at College Hill Coffee....

These beauties were on our table, so I took some iPhone pics :)

DAY 46| FEBRUARY 15TH

Back at CHC again....

This day I set up my Elephant Juice display. Over 30 images of my clients from the past year.  Kim helped me, and we got them all up! So excited and honored to share these, and I hope everyone loves the display. If you're in the area, stop in for some yummy treats and check them out! They are up through the end of March! 

DAY 47| FEBRUARY 16TH

Sorry to include two sleeping shots in this weeks' images...

but how can I not with this adorable face! Sweet boy fell asleep on the couch :)

Love those lips and long eyelashes! 

SNOW day!!

Woke up Monday morning to this view out the bedroom window!!

I love it every morning, but it was especially beautiful snow-covered!

Schools were closed for the day!!

Even though I had no sessions scheduled, and Barrett doesn't have school on Monday, it was still FUN to have the "snow day." A great excuse to just stay home all day!

We stayed in our PJ's until lunch. And ran around the house from window to window watching

all the beautiful birds playing in our trees! They were everywhere...vibrant reds and blues.

{I took this one through the window of our dining room}

 After lunch, Barrett cousins came over to play out in the snow!

He was SOO excited!!

They came in for cookies and hot cocoa!

After snacks, Barrett wanted to go back out.

We were all out of our snow clothes and didn't want to head back into the cold, so Mimi suggested bringing the snow inside! Great idea!! Barrett re-filled this bowl with fresh snow four times over then next day and a half! He sat there on that rug in the dining room for hours playing with his cars and toys in the snow! This might not work so well for all children, but my child takes after me. He's very neat with things like that. He never tried to take any of the snow out of the bowl. He's also just never been the ornery, mischievous type...that could still change though :)

It was a fun day!

AND today Barrett ask me "Mom, how do we make it snow again"?

Crushin' on you...

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

{a sweet photo shoot with my little camera ham, a peek at B's Valentine's treats, and a download for you}

I got this shirt from Etsy, so I could send a few shot to the shop owner.

{BK Chic Boutique}

Then we changed, and did some more...

Barrett always humors me, and goes along with my crazy photo shoots!

If you've ever read tips on "How to get genuine smiles while photographing kids."

I simply tell him "You'd better not laugh...don't do it...don't you laugh."

 It works like a charm. Almost too much. I get a LOT of images like the above!!

He usually even asks, "Mom, aren't you going to tell me not to laugh"?

AND this is my cue that the shoot is O-V-E-R!!

There were a million adorable ideas for Valentine's on Pinterest!

I wanted to be somewhat original, so I tried to put my own spin on a few I found. 

BEAR HUG treats for school and friends

{chocolate teddy grahams, cinnamon gummy bears & pink conversation hearts}

Barrett signed (with a "B") and drew a picture for each of his classmates on these little cards.

Download bag topper HERE

Topper is sized at 5" wide by 6" tall (3" tall when folded)

It's made to fit on the tall clear treat bags. I got mine in the party/weddings section at Walmart.

You could also use a baggie that is 5" wide.

Download the jpeg file, and insert it into any 8-1/2x11 document to print

(print two per page)

CRUSH soda for teachers and friends

Wishing you all a wonderful Valentine's Day full of LOVE!!!!

Project 365| February 1st-9th

DAY 32| FEBRUARY 1ST

Celebrating the amazing weather...car ride with the windows down and a t-shirt on!

Headed to CHC to meet Mimi for lunch.

DAY 33| FEBRUARY 2ND

Starting to wonder when our days of spring-like weather were going to run out. 

(I think the finally did after this day)

I painted in the garage every afternoon this week, and Barrett played outside every second he could.

Under his fort "digging for gold" he told me. 

DAY 34| FEBRUARY 3RD

Me and my boy cooking dinner!

DAY 35| FEBRUARY 4TH

We took a last minute trip to Derby for shopping (Lowe's and Kohl's) and dinner at Applebee's.

We got home at 10:45pm, just in time to watch Saturday Night Live and enjoy some tasty beverages.

DAY 36| FEBRUARY 5TH

Superbowl Sunday!!!!

We {LOVE} football in this house! College and NFL!

Barrett was excited for the big game...asking about every 15 minutes "is it time for the Superbowl yet"?

We got a lot of little projects done around the house, then made tacos and watched the game at home.

Just the three of us ;) We had these Smores marshmallows for a treat!

We were sad our Packers weren't playing, but happy the Patriots got beat :) 

Perfect evening!!

DAY 37| FEBRUARY 6TH

Monday afternoon I headed to El Dorado for a special session with this beautiful girl and her horse!

The location, the lighting and the natural beauty were all right up my alley!

I loved that session! Totally my style :)

DAY 38| FEBRUARY 7TH

After Barrett got home from school, we had a little Valentine's photo shoot!

We had so much fun!!! My little man is such a ham for the camera, I love it!

More to come from this on February 14th!!

DAY 39| FEBRUARY 8TH

{Self portrait}

DAY 40| FEBRUARY 9TH

Getting more shipments in every day for my College Hill exhibit next week!!

This is a grouping I ordered for ME! Barrett's 3yr session at the fire department.

Wow...that's already been almost a year ago!

(They will hang the two 10x20's on the sides, and the 10x10 squares stacked in the center)