My Sweet Valentine

This photo is an entry for Heart + U = UPrinting Valentine photo contest. Make your Valentine photos extra special through poster printing.

My favorite part of the week is when O comes home from school. I LOVE getting into his backpack and looking through his folder because it gives me a small glimpse of what he does those 2 hours of Kindergarten. Well last week I found the cutest little art project ever, it was a construction paper hand that has the middle and ring fingers held down by a simple heart sticker. It was simple but oh so cute. So I tried to get O to replicate this with his hand for a cute Valentine’s Day photo …. after some yelling from him that his thumb was just TOO small this is the final product …. I love it:

iheartfaces: Summer ’10’s End

Final weekend of Summer has officially passed. I’m happy and sad at the same time. This summer has been a whirlwind of excitement and depression at the same time. But what it’s been the most is growth. Not only has Oj grown the normal ways in the last 3 months I’ve seen him blossom into this beautiful child that isn’t afraid any more to let you know if you’ve wronged him or that his opinion matters too. I’ve seen him break out of his shy shell and I couldn’t be happier. He’s stopped being afraid and just went for things … something I wish I could’ve been like at his age. Then there are mama and daddy. We’ve grown a lot over the last 3 months a part and together. We’ve learned that we want us to work, we want to fight for what we’ve created. We’ve also learned that while we’ve been together for 7 years (only married 5.5 yrs) we’ve finally figured out that we weren’t allowing the other person to grow and grow with them as a person. We were looking for the people the other was when we were married but we’re not those 19 year old kids with a brand new baby anymore we’re 2 hard working adult parents trying to overcome the weight that life has put on us. So with summer behind us I was excited to remember what we’ve done this summer and iheartfaces new challenge was perfect for that

Fresh Summer Start & Adorable Cookie Monsters

Eye Doctor Visits & sisterly bonding time

Silly faces, driver’s license, and reconnecting

Slip-n-slides, water zombie monsters, and lots of swimming pools

Birthdays & baseball

This is what our summer consisted of and to be honest I wouldn’t of traded this for the world. I started out summer 2010 saying I wanted it to be one I’d never forget and I can safely say that mission has been accomplished.

What’s Your Passion

Passion – pas·sion (noun) \ˈpa-shən\ — a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept. That is what Webster defines passion as being (or one of many definitions it gives). Yet the interesting thing is how different this little word changes and grows depending on who you ask. While a lot of us have passion for the same amount of things I fully believe that what someone has a strong passion for gives you a look into what kind of person they are. It helps us remember that while we’re the same in some ways, were just that much different and that’s okay.


Now speaking of passion, Giveaway Blog is hosting a great photography contest. One lucky winner will receive a $100 and a 16×20 rolled canvas from UPrinting.com, which I’ve enjoyed working with numerous times over the last few months. Doesn’t this prize sound amazing? Plus the holidays are coming up and this could make a great gift! As you’ve probably noticed the theme for this contest is Passion and as soon as I seen the theme I knew I had the PERFECT photo, which may seem familiar as I used it for a Wordless Wednesday on August 17th. This photo just screams passion to me.

This post is an entry to the GiveawayBlogs.com photo contest.

My Favorite Color

Brandy at Not So Average Mama is hosting a photo challenge this week about what your favorite color is and I had such a cute idea that failed horribly mainly because I do NOT have a working camera and my cell phone screen is cracked horribly so here is my photo:

Suppose to be Black with Pink dots

as you can see nail painting is NOT my strong point and I was suppose to be showing you super cute piggies that are painted black and having hot pink polka dots …. so this is what you get … a mess. What is your favorite color? Make sure it head over to her post and link up your photo!

Week 17 – “Smiles” Photo Challenge

When I seen this weeks challenge was “Smiles” I knew I had to enter. I’ve spent the week babysitting for my sister and my baby niece is starting to feel better, so she is back to her giggly self. I just adore this photo:

Isn’t she adorable?! Are you entering? Well link up, I can’t wait to see it!