I ♥ Faces Week 9 - "Creative Crop"

I am sooooooo addicted to I ♥ Faces weekly photo contest. The themes are so fun and it gives me ideas and tips on how to take better pictures. I am really having fun learning how to make my camera take different pictures in different lights.

This weeks theme is "Creative Crop" For the kids entry I chose a picture I took of Grant in the tub back in September 2008 with my OLD point-n-shoot camera. I just really love the look on his face and how I captured the water spraying out of his mouth. And the little orange star floaty just adds a pop of color!
I have also attached the original photo which is pretty cute itself!

My adult entry for this weeks Creative Crop it a picture I took two weekends ago of my beautiful friend, Lisa. We were just talking while I was snapping away and I happened to capture this awesome picture. Isn't she just glowing??? Maybe that is because she is pregnant with her first child, (a boy) and due in July! Can't wait to meet and take MANY pictures of that little punkin'!

If you haven't alreay, you have to go check out all of the other beautiful entries at http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ or click on the link below.

helping heal a broken heart

As you all know, we lost our beloved kitty, Gabby, two weeks ago to kidney failure. It has been a road of heartache and healing for our family. Grant took the news pretty hard but of course he had the question I knew would be coming..."Can we get a new kitty?"
Well, everyone knows how much I love animals so I was the wrong person to ask that! On Monday I went to the Central Minnesota Animal Care and Control and adopted this little gem...


Her name is "Trixie" That was the name given to her at the shelter an the ironic thing was that when I decided I was ready to adopt another kitty, I planned on naming it the same name!

She took some time yesterday getting used to her new digs...the garage. It is like an amusement park for her. She has all sorts of things to climb on, in and under.


She wasted no time making her self at home and comfortable.

Then after she was all settled, I brought the kids home to meet her. The look on Grant's face was priceless! It just lit up and he was smiling from ear to ear. He was almost in disbelief that he actually had a new baby kitty! He kept saying, "Can we keep her allll day?" For Grant, that means forever and I told him, "Of Course we can keep her allll day!"

Both of the kids thought she was the "cats meow"! Ha...I am so funny :)

Tootie was literally squealing with delight at the sight of a kitty. Although she can't say it yet, I really do believe she misses chasing Gabby around and I know for a fact that this little kitten-cat is gonna get it's fair share of being chased!

As a matter of fact, here are the two detectives on their first case, "The Case of the Speedy Cat"

She is a little skiddish, but very friendly and I am sure she will warm up even more in the next few days.

I just love this picture of Grant and his new buddy. I can just tell they are going to be the best of friends. Isn't in amazing how much healing a new member of the family can bring? She won't ever replace the piece of my heart that is missing from losing Gibber Gabbers, but she sure has made it feel a lot better. I am so excited to give Trixie the best home and life she could ever imagine!

I ♥ Faces - Week 8 "Messy Faces"

I ♥ Faces is a photography site that focuses on the art of capturing faces and their various emotions. Each week, people from across the world have the opportunity to enter their favorite face photos into two categories ~ kids and adults. This week's theme is "Messy Faces." I am entering this picture of Audrey that was taken in Dec 2008. She's not super messy but let me tell you that is not gel holding her hair in that mohawk...it's Mac-n-cheese sauce and styled by
none other than Audrey herself!

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