Behind The Lens Lately

Remember those photos I promised awhile back? 

You know, the ones that I said I was going to start snapping again?

Well here ya go! Here is a little bit of what my lens has been seeing lately:

Snow Daze

Wrapping

Until next time...

The Little Things

For me, the smallest, most simple of things always make me the happiest! 

For example; a song, a good cup of coffee, baby laughter, the smell of Fall in the air, the changing colors of the leaves, a relaxing night, and updating photos in my house. 

Yes, that's right. Updating my family photos throughout my home makes me happy!

I recently realized that we did not have one photograph of Haylee in our entire home, and she has been alive for almost a whole year now! I suppose that means I'm slacker...but not anymore! I finally got some photos printed, framed and hung. Thank goodness!

The second I finished, I stood back and smiled. Like I said...the little things!

I can now look around my home and see both of my beautiful girls smiling down on me. 

Granted, we do not have any family photos of the four of us, but I guess it's the girls that are most important...right? When Emma was born, we literally chronicled her life with professional photos every single holiday! We even had some family pictures taken in between. However, since then I have stopped working, and it is just not realistic for us to do that anymore. Thankfully I know a little something-something about photography, and can take photos of the girls on my own. And luckily we have a gorgeous piece of property to use as a prop, so that helps too!

The only thing about taking your own photos, is that you are always behind the camera, which means that you cannot be in front of the lens! Maybe someday I will be able to purchase a good tripod, and put myself in a photo with the girls...someday. :)

Until then, I am Happy with pictures of my girls hanging on my walls!

So with my good cup of coffee, and with a good song playing in the background, I will stand back and admire what we have created...

Two beautiful little ladies!

A Lazy Sunday

{You may need to excuse my once again random juggling of thoughts - my coffee hasn't yet kicked in!}

I woke up this morning, looked at my clock and realized:: it's daylight savings. I just lost an hour! There are not enough hours in the day already as it is, why must they seem shorter? There are a few good things about it though - Daylight lasts longer, Em may just sleep a little longer in the AM, and...it's SPRING! Now only if the beautiful Pacific Northwest would show us some sunlight, we would be set {at least I know I would be}!

On a whole other note, I found this site called weheartit, and it has some absolutely beautiful, breathtaking photographs and pictures! It is a site where you can share your photos and images with others...You should check it out, really.

Here a few snippets of what I have found::

And my finishing thought for the day:: I received one of my camera lens' in the mail on Friday! Talk about a tease! It is only making me want my camera that much more! I had ordered separately {from the camera and accessory kit} an extra lens - a 58mm super wide angle w/macro. I'm pretty stoked to start playing with it. As if I weren't already impatient enough as it is!