Christmas

I suppose I should update my blog. We had a very nice Christmas with just us. I had hoped that Robert's brother and step dad would have been able to visit but they weren't able to this year. :( So anyways, we had a very nice Holiday. Christmas Eve we made cookies for Santa, the kids had a ton of fun cutting out the cookies from the dough and then decorating them after they were cooled off enough. Christmas morning the kids had their stockings to play with, then breakfast. After breakfast we did presents. I had them go one at a time so it was less hectic and I could get pictures. Plus we didn't have that many gifts this year with money being tight so I wanted it to last a little longer. Velvet had fun running around trying to open gifts and chew on anything that was on the floor. It was a very nice morning. After the kids were done unwrapping, we put the stuff together that needed it and spent the day playing with the kids. Robert and I managed to go 2 days without spending more than a few minutes on the computers. It was easier to go without the internet than I thought it would be.
I will post a few pictures on here. The rest are on my Flickr.

http://flickr.com/gp/35480250@N07/p80478
http://flickr.com/gp/35480250@N07/26G6s0
http://flickr.com/gp/35480250@N07/xc1u75

Kevin and Emily's Birthday

Since Robert is leaving before their birthdays, we decided to do a little something for them while Robert was still home. We took the kids to Toys R Us to pick out a toy. Kevin got a big Bakugan ball that had the little balls and cards inside, Emily got a tinkerbell doll and Cameron got a little GI Joe action figure. Robert also got some nerf swords to play with the kids. After the toy store, we went home and everyone played outside for a little bit. Then we had cake. Emily and Kevin enjoyed blowing out the candles. Emily kept sticking her finger in the icing though lol. It wasn't much of a party but the kids had fun. I did the writing on the cake, it is a lot harder to do than I thought it would be, oh well, they didn't care. Kevin and Emily had picked the cake and candles as well as the icing I used to do the writing with so they were happy. I was having flash issues so the pictures aren't my best. Oh well, it was a good day regardless. :) Happy early Birthday to my babies.

Storyboard

Here's the storyboard I said I was going to make. I may try some different backgrounds and what not, but I really like how this one turned out.

Kevin and Velvet

Kevin and Velvet have always been close. From the time we picked her out and brought her home, she seemed to have an instant bond with Kevin. They play hide and seek and follow the leader. They also just lounge around while Kevin plays with her ears like in these pictures. It is so amazing to see them together, just looking at these pictures brings a smile to my face.

I didn't do any editing to them yet. I might warm them up a tad since they do look a little cool to me. I am also planning on making a storyboard as well. I'll post that when I get it made.

Veteran's Day

Feeling sentimental and missing Robert today, I came across this song and it just makes me cry. I am so proud of my sailor, serving his country when he would rather be home with us. I am so thankful of the sacrifices that he makes every day for us.

I love you Robert and miss you very much, come home safe.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWK506z_os&feature=fvw

seamless paper

I ordered a roll of seamless photography paper (107" x 12' in black) and it arrived yesterday. After some confusion as to whether it would fit on my crossbar for my stand, I was able to get it set up and as I started to unroll it, I noticed that about 4 feet of it was ripped in several places. That was a bit of a bummer, but not too bad I guess. I took some pictures last night and then some more today. Due to it raining all day long, I did not have any natural light to play with so I had to use my studio lighting again and bump my ISO to 1600 which my camera really does not like. Here are some of the pictures I got:

Today's shoot

I had decided last night that I was going to do a shoot with the kids today. I had planned on useing my black background but it was MIA so I had to go with the white instead. After ironing, it still looked horrible. Then the kids did not want their pictures taken so I did not get any cooperation from them. Anyways, here are the few I decided to keep.

For Robert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBh7Muv0yac

Velvet's fall pictures

Velvet had a lot of fun playing outside and getting her pictures taken. She ate lots of leaves and also put a hole in one of the pumpkins from eating it. I think she is almost ready to go out without her harnes on, I don't want to lose her though. I was able to take the leash off and she did fine. We'll see.

Anyways, here she is:

She is a Rex and is 5 months old. She is 19 inches sitting and 18 inches around her belly. I have not been able to weigh her yet and could not get any more measuring done without her getting mad at me.