needing a change

hello. so i'm going to change the purpose of this blog. i've never been big into new year's resolutions, but one thing i've chosen to do this year is learn how to use our camera better and to play around a bit more. i could sit hours in a book store and drool over photo books. no words, just photos. i love them. i love all kinds of photos. usually the imperfect.

so, starting sometime soon i am turning this blog into a kind of photo journal. with no words, or minimal words. this is to help me document what i'm playing around with. believe me, there will be a lot of imperfect photos. i'm starting at the beginning. first, i need to start with reading the nikon guide book - yep, never have.

i will set up this site so you can be notified (all 6 of you ??) via email when i post. it could be very infrequent, or it might end up being daily. who knows. my goal is to take at least one photo a day.

i will post soon about how to sign up with your email to be notified.

cheers.

(for family: no worries, i have a feeling many of the shots will be of the little ones.)

to NC

(aunt lizzie above)

christmas at home

the holiday's are cooling down. the house is on it's way back to normal. we returned last night from our road trip to south carolina and north carolina. grandma and aunt lizzie departed today back to oregon.

kai says his favorite moment during the holiday was playing with uncle andy's lionel train set - hmmm, no surprise there! zaiah says her favorite part of the holiday was getting a baby house (doll house). daddy's was playing games (yes, that was definitely a theme this year: family games) and aunt sally's pies (she does make the best around). my favorite part was seeing snow in north carolina and watching kai run on uncle andy's tread mill. seriously, i wish i had a video of it. and, of course, spending time with family. it really was a joyful holiday.

so, here are some moments at our house.

our attempt at an easy variation of gingerbread houses ..... with graham crackers. not so successful. but the kids had fun anyway, i think. honestly, i've never had much success with gingerbread houses. they always tend to lean, or fall. not sure what the tricks are to the beautiful ones i see on display and in magazines.

what would a christmas holiday be without gingerbread cookies.

notice zaiah in the below photo licking all the toppings off her mat.

the night before christmas:

the cats are surely enjoying the chairs from aunt lizzie.

next post (soon) to be our NC and SC photos from the holiday.

happy happy new year!