Etta

Etta had a treadmill accident. This was the result. At
School they are doing health and fitness. The safety
clip came off of her clothes instead of the machine.

It's a sad day in my town

Today, a historic land mark caught fire along with 3 other buildings. Other buildings in town were damaged.

I think this pic came from Heraldmail.com. I snagged it off a friends myspace page

This was the view from our porch before we walked up to town

Icy morning

I am a little late posting these pictures. Just havent been in the mood. When we had some mixed rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain, I decided this would be a good day to go out and shoot. A lot of the pics I took were a little blurry because I was shivering. It was pretty cold that day but there were some pretty sights. I spent an hour down by the pond and following the stream through the feilds. It was actually a relaxing hour. It was quiet and peaceful. No phone, no tv, no computer, no demands. Very nice.

Family Portraits

Family portraits are always a stressful experience, even for us seasoned photographers. They are actually harder for us than regular sittings. We know what we expect of ourselves and our family members. Now, for a sitting for one of my customers, in the camera room, we spend about a half hour. Not us. We are in there for hours. At least two. Last year, Etta and I did pics for Tom for Fathers Day and we spent three. Well anyway, after two hours, and 62 shots, we got our portraits. Here are the ones we are handing out.

Oh Crap

Hee Hee. Funny story. Not Atypical around here for something like this to happen.
Etta and I were looking around on the welcome screen earlier this afternoon and there was a story about up coming nail trends. They were showing different pics of nail art and decals for artificial nails as well as full nails with the art on them that you can buy at drug stores. Knowing she cannot get acrylics, she asked for the fancy, already done nails. The ones she wanted had little skulls on them. I said sure, thinking I would never find them at KMart which was where I was headed anyway. Well, low and behold, they had them. Ok. I already said yes. So, we get home and shes all excited. I go to put the first one on. Now, you know, its amazing what can happen in 1 second. We have all the nails out, ready to put them on. Etta, i think, knocks them around, yanks her hand out of mine, the nail with glue comes loose, begins to fall on my kitchen table, i catch it with my right index finger. The nail is stuck to my finger and i realize the glue is on it, i go to pull it off and cant. Now, my thumb and index finger of my left hand is stuck to my right. Now all this was in like 1.5 seconds. LOL. So, now, here i am with my fingers glued together, Etta is laughing like a loon, and I have to tell Tom he needs to drive to the store for me. Oh lord. Bless his heart he just shook his head and asked me what i needed. Obviously, i am unglued, Etta has her nails, and Tom gets a big kiss. Everyone is happy.

I am sooooo ready for Spring. I know it is not even

February yet, and I'm certain we are going to get

more snow, but I want my gardens back. I can't wait

to plant my corn, tomatoes, melons, beans, and

peppers. I can't wait to see my bulbs bloom, all the

annuals that add so much pretty color. I want my

hands in the soil and watch the things I put into the

Earth grow. I love the fresh veggies we can have at

dinner, the fresh corn, I pick myself, from the garden

to make for a cookout. The fresh cut flowers that I

bring in the beautify my kitchen and make my home

smell like spring. I want to plant a larger variety in

the veggie garden this year so I have more to freeze

and can. The problem last year was that we ran out.

I wanted to put enough by for the winter, but we love

the fresh veggies so much we ate them every day.

We did have a lot of tomatoes which we gave to

friends and neighbors. I made several jars of pasta

sauce and salsa. I never realize how any tomatoes

it takes to make a pint of salsa. Wow. I set up to make

8 jars and ended up with four. Well, next year will be

better.

A pretty snowy day

Sitting at work, I looked out the window and there were birds everywhere. There were Cardinals, Blue Birds, Finches, and of course sparrows. Some black birds too. I wanted pictures but, as usual, the birds flew away when I went outside. I did get a pretty good one through the window. Here it is

Goofy Kitty

Empty box, bag or basket, doesn't matter. It becomes a kitty house. This little basket seems to be no different. Our Pixie thinks she is still a kitten!

An Icy New Years Eve

I took this picture from inside of my car. Cool!

A very noisy Christmas

Tom and I both have nice sized families. Not huge but big enough. When we get together, it's a production. It's very loud and usually a lot of fun. We went to his Mom's first. I love playing with all the babies! My great neices and Nephew are all adorable!

From left to right, Torrie on Christle's lap. Torrie is kelly's daughter. Jack, on kelly's lap. Jack is Kelly's son, Etta in the back. Heather has Emily, Christles other daughter on her lap, Amanda in the front sitting next to Faith, Christles other little girl, Faith is holding Molahta, Amanda's daugher. Natasha, not pictured, was somewhere not wanting to be in the picture.

Natasha holding Jack. That is her husband, Leon in the back.

Later at my sisters house

Jake and Dylan

Broden and Ryan

My sister Chris who rarely comes to get-togethers

A very strange sight. The kids sitting quietly

Christmas Morning

I didn't get many pictures Christmas morning. Etta used to love to have her picture taken. Since she didn't give me good pictures, I chose to publish the ones I got. She is going to freak!!! LOL

Before she was awake enough to argue. Isn't she bootiful! LOL

She is behind there somewhere

A very busy holiday

We went to see Friends and family who live farther away than the rest of the family. This is Ryan and Robin, my best friend, Ann's daughter and son. I forgot to get a picture of Ann and Alan.

Tom's sister Mary and her husband Eugene

Heather and Natasha. Mary's daughters. Lovely girls.

Natasha and her husband, Leon, are expecting. She

Is 2 months along