365 Day Project 32-81

I started out participating in this because I thought it would be really great to keep up with taking photos of the kids but it was so cold here when I started that I really fell behind. Now that it is slightly warmer, slightly being the operative word, I hope to get back on track. But if you sit for a spell and watch all the photobucket layouts down in other posts then I am approximately up to 81. One of the hardest things about getting us to Wisconsin is it seems to be always colder than I would like. Today and even the first few weeks of soccer we sat out in the cold and wind. My fingers felt frozen to my camera for awhile.

365 day Project - 31

Whooo, whooo Gabrielle got her braces off today. The two years went by fast. She now needs a retainer on top and bottom. Then she will be slowly weened off the retainers but the process takes about two years.



Don't her teeth look great! All to the tune of roughly $5,000 dollars - it might as well be the million dollar smile slogan since that amount is just as hard to come by. Thankfully we had the insurance and the budget to get it started. Now to move on to the other kids. Arianna is scheduled for sometime in March to get them started anyway. And we might have to bump Annaliese up because she could need her top jaw stretched. Sounds painful, doesn't it. But apparently it is better to do it before the end of puberty because the bones in your skull start to fuse then.

365 Day Project -22-30

I came home from grocery shopping today and was able to grab a few photos of my son before the sun went down. His sisters were already heading inside but Micah wanted to stay out longer. So I took advantage of the few moments, grabbed the camera, and click. Here are the results:

















For those of you who don't know, you can click on an image to enlarge the photo.

Isn't he a cutie!!

365 Day Project-day 17-22

These pics our from our Christmas tree hunting day in 2007. It was really cold that and most of us did not dress warm enough. Since then, DH has developed allergies to trees so now we have 2 artificial trees each year. But these photos hold fond memories.













I'm hoping it warms up around here so I can get outside and get some up to date photos for this project. If not, I think we should start thinking about going south. LOL

365 Day Project - day 15

I couldn't resist posting this photo. My youngest Micah and my 2nd oldest Arianna have birthdays back to back so sometimes we celebrated together. This was from Nov. 2007. Although, now my son has said they can no longer celebrate together. I think he has caught on and wants all the glory for himself. I don't blame him one bit for that though. One day a year should be special for each of them. We live pretty far away from the rest of our family now so the kids miss celebrating with cousins and grandparents.

365 Day Project- day 4 through day 14

Well this project may take me longer than 365 days. But here are some photos from about a year ago. This particular day my camera was cooperating really well for me.


















These are what I call our "frosty" pictures. They remind me so much of the Christmas cartoon. I can't build I actually got some good shots.















It was a fun day. Just the right temperature for sledding. I'm having to use pics from a year ago because this season has been awfully cold here. Then on days when it isn't as cold we don't have the time or like now I have kids coming down with colds.

365 Day Project - Day 3

Day 3

This was taken at one of our homeschool group field trips to a local apple orchard. I love her smile. Right now though, she seems very reluctant to share that big smile. I get only smirks or grins unless I can take the photo when she isn't looking. She just celebrated her 11th birthday. Time sure does fly.

365 Day Project

Day 1

Okay, I'm behind but that seems typical for me in most things. I will try to catch up my posts but it may take a few days. Here is my first photo taken in our church sanctuary near Thanksgiving. We have a very talented man in the congregation who handles the flowers/altar decorations. I thought this was such a nice display of God's Bounty that I had to take a photo.



If you'd like to join the group just click on the link in my side bar. It will take you to Tracy's blog with all the information to get started. Then I won't be the only one behind. (LOL)


Day 2



This was from my garden last year. Can you tell I can't wait for spring to arrive.