Talent, Coffee, & a Bday

The last couple days I have been sick with a nasty cold, but its on its way out! Thank goodness!!

On Wednesday, I went home sick from work, but luckily after some rest and a long nap, I was feeling well enough to make it to my oldest nephews Jr High talent show! They said they do things big there, and boy, do they ever!  I was so impressed by the whole show and all the courage and talent all these young kids have! I am most proud of Gage, getting up in front of hundreds of people to show off all his hard work and dedication - he did a karate demonstration to Bon Jovi's, It's my Life.  I was a super proud Aunt that night, but then again, I am always proud!! I was able to snap this picture while I was video recording his performance - sorry the quality isn't that great!  Great Job Gager!

Thursday, my cold was getting the best of me, and I made it at work until 3, then I couldn't take it anymore, I needed to be in bed, getting some rest to kick off this cold, on the way home I managed to stop by Dutch Brothers and get a smoothie, the coldness of it made my throat feel better temporarily.  Dutch Bros is a local favorite most known for their espresso, you can find these stands all through-out Oregon (and some other western states).

Today, was my Mom's Birthday! I am so lucky to have her in my life, she is my best friend and I don't know what I would do without her! She is so strong and such a giver.  She makes our family what it is, and I don't think we tell her enough what a great mom, wife, and grandma she is!  I surprised her with bright pink roses and a yummy chocolate cake on my lunch hour! My mom & dad, oldest nephew Gage and I went out to dinner for her birthday to celebrate.  This weekend the whole family will get together at the park to celebrate her birthday!

Love you Mom, hope you had a great birthday!!!

Happy Friday Friends,

Bring on the weekend!

-L

Day 4

Day 4 of the 365 day challenge:

Tonight was the second class of our month long class for Photoshop Elements my sister Shauna (www.shaunawyrick.com) and I are taking at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.  We are learning a lot and getting quite a few laughs as well.  The class ends at 9pm so once 7:30 rolls around I become very tired and everything seems a whole lot funnier.  Today we had the pleasure of editing a cow - i don't mean a cute little spotted cow in a pasture, I mean a wet snout in your face kinda cow. 

Now, for me I think it was kind of cute, but for my vegetarian sister, it was just a little too much!  I mentioned something out loud along the lines of, 'perfect for the vegetarian over here' the instructor then re-assured us we weren't going to have to eat the cow, just edit the flies from around his eyes AFTER we zoomed in very closely (I know she was loving this part) around the cows very large head and wet dirty nose.  Whew! I was worried for my sister for a second!    I tried to look for an image of the cow, but I couldn't find one that compared.... just think of a nasty cow face up close and personal and multiply that by 10! That's what we had the pleasure of working with today! 

I just can't wait until next week. Hopefully we will be done with the cow,

for her sake of course! ; )

-Lindsay

Katie & Alyssa

Can you tell these two are sisters?

Alyssa sported these glasses on Easter for awhile but first her

big sister Katie was rocking them.

Love how these little ones can bring such joy to my life!

Katie:

Alyssa Michelle:

And, I'll be honest I was trying to take a picture of my cute shoes, but instead I captured this adorable back view of Alyssa carrying around Mickey Mouse dolls.

I am so grateful to call these beautiful girls my nieces!

 Love them Lots!

The 365 Challenge

 I find myself wanting to take lots of pictures now that I have started this picture challenge

- it was hard to choose just these two!!  

My brother Mike, and sister-in-law, Mae put together this Easter Basket for me!

 It was sweet and a very nice surprise!

They made them for all the ladies in the family! Super Sweet! 

NEXT.......

 Today was the first baseball game for my nephews Little League season.

The sun was hiding, as it so often does during the beginning of baseball season.

Gage and Jake letting loose after their game (that they won!).

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend and great Easter! I know I did!

The 365 Challenge

Today I was introduced into the idea of the 365 challenge by a friend.  I was telling her about Instagram and she was telling my about another app that documented a whole year by taking a picture everyday.  I just googled it, and who knew it was so popular (and it has been around forever).  Why didn't I think of this? So, I am pledging to take a picture for the next 365 days to document my life! Instead of doing on an app on my phone, I will be sharing them here on my blog.  I am warning you now, the photos will probably be taken on my phone, so I apologize for the quality now.  I will probably combine them every week or so and publish them. But for now, here is day 1:

Decorated Easter eggs with my Mom and oldest nephew, Gage today.

Creative juices flowed and fun was had!!

All spruced Up.

I have spent the last couple hours (yes, hours) sprucing up my blog! The new look is growing on me.  I also added some badges - check them out to the right. 

On a side note, I am in love with the new (to me and all andriod users) app called instagram! Love Love Love!! Here is one of my instagrams from today!

Happy Easter!

71* and Beautiful

 

Today was one of those days where you just want to sit outside and soak up the sun, not be inside an office staring at a computer screen all day. ( I am not complaining though, I love my job! And, I do have windows to see the outside world.) I can’t believe spring is almost here, although it doesn’t even seem like we had a winter.

But, I won’t lie, I was a little excited when I saw this in my car driving home   from work today!

Note: I was stopped at a red light while taking this photo.

I got home from work and sat in my car for a good twenty minutes with the windows down texting an old friend and just enjoying the not too hot/not too cold warmth that the big ball of yellow was filling the valley with.

I am glad spring is almost here, maybe that will kick me into spring cleaning mode… ha-ha who am I kidding?  I need to kick myself into it!

I need to do some good deep cleaning and I hope to FINALLY finish re-decorating my bedroom.  Don’t even ask how long I have been “attempting” to do it.  I have a couple of new pieces of furniture that have been collecting dust in the garage that I am eager to spruce up my room with.  And, I just bought the most amazingly stylish chair that will add a touch of spunk to my room (once it is completed, of course)! I am so excited to add a few touches of animal print – but not too much.

Hopefully sooner, rather than later, I will have a blog post with the finished product of my room…. stay tuned…

Also on the agenda in the future months

-Finishing my Bedroom

- Re-decorating my Bathroom

-Organizing my Closet

- And re-doing this blog layout – this pink is driving me nuts!

In closing, I am going to say I am soooo happy tomorrow is FRIDAY! Happy Weekend everyone!

-Lindsay