I admire great photographers

I love taking pictures of my family .... and I am most certainly in the beginning stages of learning how to use my camera and take beautiful images ....

There are so many talented people who take amazingly beautiful photographs ...

I took some pictures of the girls last week laying on the grass and I am happy with how they turned out :) Here are a few 

all 3 girls

Vivianrose 8

Summer 8

Samantha 10

Halloween Yard Decorating

Relationships are about compromise right? Well this is one of those times! ;) 

I have to admit to being pretty opinionated on what I like and what I don't like. 

Mike is a huge Halloween decorating fan, take a look for yourself

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I on the other hand tend to like the more "vintage" looking decorations, This being the first year we are really decorating as a couple and family has had it's surprises :)

Mike would have every cartoon looking, air-blowing, huge decoration ever made on our lawn ....

while I would have some cute porch decorations and a few lights ...

This year we went for the BIG blow-up decorations ...

I am hoping maybe next year I will get my vintage looking porch :)

You never really think of all these things when you combine families with someone, but it's good to both have a say in what goes on .... and look at those faces above ... they LOVE the BIG blow-up! :)

all the more reason to try and bend my "wants" and go with the smiles 

I am still hoping that next year, maybe we can combine styles a bit more :) 

Stay tuned ... I am sure there will be pictures!

Well ... my 31 days straight went to the wayside, but I am jumping back in :)

and it's official now ... I am a Wisconsin resident! 

Mike and I went to the DMV yesterday and got new license plates for our CRV and then today we went back and I handed over my California driver's license and got a shiny new Wisconsin one :)

Day 2 .... little things

a beautiful day .... beautiful girl in the grass .... life is good

Day 1

Day 1 of my 31 days of posting ....

My topic is the little things, I think in life we concentrate on the big events and worry about what has to happen next that we forget to take the time to relish the little things ....

Mike and I are kid-free today until tomorrow afternoon ... boy did we need this

We had an easy morning, ran a few errands and then went to a matinee movie ... we saw Moneyball, good movie, when was the last time you went to a day time movie?

Held hands in the theatre ... whispered about what preview movies you wanted to see ... it was fun and it was one of the little things in life that makes us smile a bit bigger at each other.

I love Mike and how he makes me smile and giggle in the the movies .... I love that even coming home putting on sweats and watching a DVD is the most fun I could have with anyone .... 

The little things is life don't have to cost a lot of money, they don't have to be flashy, they are just things that make you smile and remember how lucky we are