My husband and his friend Sam love blowing things up. They love it so much that they went through all the trouble of getting a license so they could play with the really big toys. Very expensive, very dangerous, very much illegal (if you don’t have a license) EXPLOSIVES. Also known as FIREWORKS! And every year, the night before the fourth, they light these suckers and put on a big show for friends and family out in the country at Sam’s childhood home. It is awesome…
I think more people turned …

Tonight I finished going through all the photos I took of Josh and Char last weekend.  Here are some of my favorites, not including the ones I already showed you…
(You’ll also notice I updated my watermark. Last night I figured out how to create a nifty little automation in Photoshop that resizes and adds a watermark all at once. Saves me tons of time!)

Oh how I love taking pictures. I found plenty of opportunities to play with my camera this past week. It’s time for show and tell…
Thursday afternoon I took my son to my city’s flower gardens. I got so many great photos, two of which I’ll share here.
Tip: If you want to get great pictures of your kids, take them someplace interesting that is outdoors on a bright, overcast day. Set your shutter speed a little faster than usual (I used 1/200 sec. for these). Let them loose and allow them …

Life gets busy… and blogging falls by the wayside. I have good reasons for my lack of updates. For one, I attended two different showers this past weekend: one was for an upcoming wedding and the other for a mommy-to-be. I have been busy working on some photos from both events (I’ll give you a sneak peak.) I have been spending some quality time with friends. I’ve been hanging out with my hubby. And… I have been busy making money as a brand new mystery shopper! I am also blogging …

I remember when I was blogging on Xanga, one blogger would make up these funny awards to give to people, similar to senior superlatives. That’s what I thought of when I received the Sunshine Award from two blogging buddies this week, Aholic and Strawberry Fields. It’s so cute, I half expected fuzzy white bunnies to start hopping around on my screen. Well I am glad to be equated with sunshine and flowers.  Thank you for the award, ladies! I am so curious about who started the Sunshine Award…
In any case, …

It’s Friday night and I’m feelin’ alright…
I’m going to participate in my first Friday Follow tonight. A little late, but that’s okay. (Scroll down for more info.)

So, how did I spend my Friday?
My mom, my sister and her husband all came over tonight and we made two skillets of delicious veggie stir fry. Oh it was so good. Kelly brought this yummy raspberry dessert as well. I can’t think of a better way to kick off the weekend!
Tomorrow I will be going to a friend’s wedding with Eric. We are …

I like to crochet, but I tend to go in spurts. I’ll whip out several projects and then I won’t touch yarn for months. I am currently in one of those spurts. It started with a baby hat for an upcoming shower, and then I started staring at my basket of yarn, dreaming of all the other things I could make.
Last week, I went to my friend Lindsay’s house down the street and we made covers for our DSLR camera straps from scraps of fabric we had laying around. I …

A long time ago, when Eric and I were first together, he realized something about me and has teased me about it ever since. I’m not talking about my inability to jump. (That’s another story.) And some like-minded women might even related to my obsession. Men will most likely understand why Eric thinks it’s so funny (or cute, right?). Ahem…. I have a fascination with cubbies.
If money were no object, my house would be full of cubbies. The closets would be cubbied. The pantry would be cubbied. The laundry room …

This past Thursday was Eric’s second softball game of the season. The games rotate between three or four time slots, so sometimes he’ll play at 6:30 and sometimes he doesn’t start until after 9pm. Since this last game was an early one, I decided to come along and bring the little guy so he could see his first softball game! We hung out with Grandpa behind the dugout.

It didn’t take long before Mr. Micah started wiping out in the dirt. Not that he cared; he was too busy exploring all …

Eric’s younger sister agreed to model for me this afternoon, since I wanted to get in some practice taking portraits with my new camera (also to build up my portfolio for future use).  We went to the forest preserve and park down the road from her house for the first part of the shoot, and for the second part, we went to downtown Rockton, which had a beautiful gazebo and old buildings that make for great backgrounds. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day. (I didn’t even …