Day 4 - Something green

Barb and I were apparently thinking along the same lines this week because we both took pictures of the lily pads in my pond.  Mine didn't turn out so well because the lilies aren't actually blooming right now and there are oak leaves blown all in the lily pads.  Not quite so picturesque, so I took a different picture instead.  Great minds though!! ;)  So here is her picture for today:
And here is mine:
Jeni's picture:

Brenda may or may not be posted, due to a little trip to see her sister, but keep checking her blog as well!!

Nice job ladies!!!

Day 3 - Clouds

When I looked at the list for our challenges I was a little worried about getting a shot of clouds for today when there hasn't been a cloud in the sky for, oh I don't know, like 6 months!!  I searched through my folders looking for anything I could use, and then lo and behold, today the clouds rolled in.  Mother Nature must know how serious we are about our photos - ha!!!

I've still decided to use a photo I had from before though. :)  Here it is:

Unfortunately this was while we were at the lake camping.  So much for wakeboarding -- we were all bundled up in sweatshirts and blankets!!

Here is Barb's:
And Jeni's:

Don't forget to check out Brenda's too!

Day 2 - What You Wore Today

Gosh darn it......I didn't realize how addicting this was going to be!!  Good thing I had the day off, because I've spent hours combing through my pictures trying to find good ones to match the challenge descriptions.   So much for laundry and dishes getting done!! :)

Here is my submission for today:

Don't ask me why it's sideways......Blogger drives me absolutely crazy with that photo rotating business. I've gotten into the habit on taking all of my photos in landscape because of that issue and not it's rotating them to portrait.  Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!  Blogger is messing with me, that's for sure.  Here are my clothes from today adding to the pile of laundry I didn't get to today! :)

And this is Adam's idea:



Here's Jeni:
And Barb (after much technical difficulties -- thanks for sticking with it!):



All Stars - updated

I posted the kids' All Stars schedules and of course they have changed, so here is the new schedule:
    Adam plays at 9:40
    Briana plays at 9:15
Same places, just different times!

Day 1 - Self portrait

So I'm one day into this challenge and I already think it's going to be too hard! 

First off, I've decided there is a reason I'm behind the camera and not in front of it.  I hate every picture there is of me!!!  And having to take one of myself - seriously, no good shot is ever going to come out of that.

I've also realized that although I have this fancy, schmancy photo editing software, I have no idea how to actually use it.  I'd love to be able to get rid of all those blemishes and wrinkles, maybe take a few pounds off too while I'm at it, but obviously in order to "Photoshop" yourself you actually have to know how to use Photoshop.  Lame!

So in an attempt to not give up on my first day, here is what I'm submitting.......

Gosh, I sure hope this gets easier!!!

I got a few other suckers people to do this with me, so here is...........

Barb's picture:
Jeni's picture:
And you can find Brenda's picture (who started this whole thing!!) at her blog.

I'm hoping Shannon and Dawn join in and play too. :)

Photograph Challenge

My sister-in-law said she is going to try this photography challenge and wanted to know if anyone else was up for it as well.....

I think it sounds like fun and would love to see what other people come up with too.  My goal is to start on the 1st (easier for me to keep track of which day I'm on) and post a picture each day.  We'll see if I can keep up!!  Ha!  I was just going through my pictures from this year and realized that instead of having to take a picture everyday, I could always post a picture I've already taken that matches the description for that day.  We'll see - fingers crossed I can at least accomplish some of the challenge!!!

Okay, so who's with me??? 

All Stars

Both kids will be playing All Stars soccer this year.  They play on Sunday, November 6th (kinda funky because Brie's season is still going, but whatever!) at 8:00 a.m.  Adam plays at the Promontory in EDH and Brie plays at Herbert Green.  We are going to have to divide and conquer for this one. :)  Going to be an early morning, especially since Brie has a birthday party to attend the night before!!  Hope to see you there!

Slight schedule revision

In case you were planning to be there at the crack of dawn for Brie's game this weekend -- you get to sleep in!!  It has been changed from 8:00 to 11:00.  See you there!! :)

Soccer schedules 2011

Gosh, it's been so long since I've been on Blogger I kinda forgot what to do!!!  I think it's starting to come back to me a little bit!!

Anyway, soccer season is underway and game schedules are now posted.  If you'd like to find out when the kids' games are go to goldnuggetsoccer.com.  Adam is on the U8 team Jaguars.  Brie is on a U12 team (left column).  Her team is GNSC The Crush.  Let me know if you have any trouble finding either schedule. 

Tomorrow Brie has a game at Golden Sierra at 7:30 and Adam has a game on Saturday at 12:45 but we will not be at his game -- we will be at Mary's wedding instead!!  All other games will be on Saturdays.

Hope to see you there!!

Father Daughter Dance 2011

Every time I get on to blog, I forget how irritated I was the last time I tried to deal with Blogger's formatting.  Ugh!!!  Anyway, here goes nothing.....

The Father Daughter Dance went down this weekend!  Once again the girls had a great time.  Here are Brie, Ashley, and Taylor.
 Brie and Bret
 The Gang!!!
 Here are the girls on the front porch swing waiting for dinner to be served.
 Being escorted to the table.  Love the "rag" on his arm!!
Sitting around the table getting ready to eat.  Not only do they get to get dressed up and go to the dance, but we get to work on table manners and etiquette as well!!
 The hired help.
 And finally the girls getting ready to go.
They had a great time yet again!!!  This may be the last one, so we'll see what happens next year!!!