Photo Friday - Out of Focus

So for this week's challenge, we were to post something "out of focus". This works perfectly for me, since I don't particularly want to focus on the dead grass in our yard! Hahaha, no, really. We haven't had a real winter this year. Kentucky has strange, unpredictable weather, but from what I have been reading/hearing, it has been pretty much the same thing everywhere else. Winters here without snow are not very pretty (which is why we have dead, ugly, brown grass right now). The morning Carly posted this challenge, I saw this little flower as I was going to check the mail. And you guessed it, it is the ONLY flower that has bloomed in our yard so far. 

The next photo is one I took around this time last year, also in our front yard. Crazy, right? 

Be sure to stop by Carly's blog http://carlyrobertson.typepad.com/ to check out some of the other participants' photos as well!!

Have a great day!

Photo Friday: Sweet Things

This past weekend we went to a family wedding, and I thought this photo fit the theme perfectly. This is my husband’s aunt Tina, and her oldest son (the groom), Nicholas. I have known him and his brother Aubrey for about `15 years. I used to work at the daycare they attended. Pretty crazy, I was pregnant with my oldest son Sebastian at that time!! How time flies!!!

 If you haven’t joined in on this challenge, check out Carly’s blog for more details at: carlyrobertson.typepad.com 

Have a great weekend!

Project 52, 10 on 10 Challenge, and A Day in the Life

This post is a combination of three challenges. Well, sort of. One isn't a challenge, I just thought I'd do it because it sounded like fun. The first is for My 3 Boybarians. The second is Carly Robertson's 10 on 10 Challenge, where we post 10 photos that were taken throughout the day. The third challenge (for me, anyway) was participation in Ali Edwards' A Day In the Life. For that one, you document through photos and journaling.  

It isn't about taking photos of everything, or to journal every minute of your day. It is just capturing the normal, every day things. 

Well, here they are: 

The theme for My 3 Boybarians' Project 52 this week's is True Love.

We has SO MUCH FUN taking these pictures and being silly!!!

 

& A Day in the Life

4:45 am...Matt getting ready for work...and not wanting his photo taken this early in the day.

Thursday morning duties: 4:50 am...taking out the trash!

Dominic decided to play with my (deep purple!) ink pad. Apparently he thought he'd taste it too.

Notes and to-do lists on the mirror.

Good morning, Dominic!!

 Yay!!! Got to Skype with one of my sisters, Gabriela, and my beautiful nephew, Luciano.

 Listening to Fiesta Criolla on radiosanborja.com.

Another trip to the library and basketball practice clothes for Alex.

 Using this purple corn from Peru to make chicha morada, a VERY popular drink in Peru. You can read more about it here: http://www.yanuq.com/english/Articulos_Publicados/chicha_morada.htm Not only does it have many healthy benefits, but it also tastes GREAT!!!

I finally got to work on  few cards.

 Sebastian playing with Dominic at Alex's basketball practice. I love how the height difference is so obvious here. (They are 12 1/2 years apart!!) 

 My little basketball player!! (In the blue shirt.) 

Above and below: Preparing dinner!

 Matt made me a photo box (just needs to be covered or painted in white and white fabric needs to be addded in the open areas) and Dominic thought it would be fun to see if he fit in it. Why yes, yes he did.

Have a great day!!

The Art of Poster Design, Assignment 1

I created this for Jessica Sprague's The Art of Poster Design class. I know VERY little about digital design, digital scrapbooking, and SOME techniques in Photoshop Elements. I am learning everything pretty much on my own, trial and error, with a few books (3) I have, and through different resources like Jessica Sprague's site. Another incredibly useful site is Becky Higgins' and Ali Edwards' blogs. There are also TONS of sites and blogs where you can find tutorials on photo editing and designing. So far, I am loving this class. It isn't as difficult as I thought, and Jessica does an AMAZING job explaining each step (this is the second class of hers I have taken). I highly recommend it!!
(I would love to etch something like this onto one of my glasses too!)
For this particular poster, I highlighted the "L" to represent two of my nephews' names- Luciano and Liam.

Have a great day!!!

Photo Friday Challenge: Love

The theme this week for Carly Robertson's Photo Friday Challenge was Love. I am totally cheating here but  this is what came to mind when I saw the theme. These were taken by my husband on the morning of July 18th, 2010, at the precise moment when our 2 older boys met their baby brother. He was about 24 minutes old. To this day, Sebastian and Alex still look at Dominic with all that love in their eyes. 

Have a great day!!