Jun. 19, 2009 - Much. Too. Busy.

 

 

 

Random pictures will have to count as my update.

 

  :)

 

 

We went to Homer for Mother's Day.

 

 

 

 

We took a boat ride.

 

 

(not on this sailboat)

 

 

 

 

We flew kites.

 

And saw a whale!

 

 This spring we enjoyed hunting morel mushrooms in our beautiful Alaskan woods.  I absolutely LOVE taking the kids and looking for these little treasures.  We have so much fun!!

 

And we experimented with Oliver's hair.  :)  (Don't worry- the mohawk didn't last long)  hee hee

 

 

 

I've been playing with silhouettes whenever I have the chance, and the other night I took this guy's picture.  I don't know him, but I did email him this photo.  Fun, huh??

 

 And another picture of Evelyn from Mother's Day:

 

 

 See, I've been so busy I never posted my pictures from Mother's Day!  Sheesh.  What's the matter with me...

 

Next up, pictures frrom our surprise trip to Minnesota.  :)

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May. 26, 2009 - my first "I heart Faces" entry

Welcome!  If you're just stopping by for the first time, feel free to look around.  My name is Leah, and this is my little corner of the blogosphere.  :) I'm a homeschooling mother of 5 and photography is just my hobby.  This is my first   I ♥ Faces   entry, so I hope I got everything set up right!This picture is of my son, Sullivan.  He's standing in front of a few of our beautiful Alaskan mountains.  He LOVES his violin!

 

For more fun photos, visit I ♥ Faces

http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

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May. 1, 2009 - In the Land of the Midnight Sun

I've been having a lot of fun playing around with my camera, capturing the children in silhouette. 

First, a couple weeks ago I took a few and then edited the color a few different ways.  Here are a couple of those:

That was a lot of fun, but then I discovered I could put words on them!

Talk about my idea of fun!  Taking pictures, then playing with them!  :) Makes me altogether GIDDY!! 

As soon as I had taken the above pictures, I got an idea.  So, for a week now, I've been waiting for just the right evening to execute my plan.  It was a simple scheme, involving ME, my CAMERA, my two oldest CHILDREN, and their INSTRUMENTS.  Was it a success??  I'll let you decide.  (the following pictures are SOOC, and have not been edited to change color, lighting, etc.) 

And that was it!  The end!  A peaceful photo shoot in the sunset. These two were the perfect models.  Well behaved.  Sweet.  Nice to each other the whole time.   You can't prove otherwise... hey...what?.... WHERE DID THIS PICTURE COME FROM!?

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Apr. 20, 2009 - Spring is Egg-citing.

 

Life sure keeps us busy, and time sure does fly by!  Too fast.  Too busy.  But it's good, too.  Too blessed to be stressed, or so the saying goes.

 

We had a great Easter weekend.  The children dyed some home-grown eggs on Saturday, then that evening Tony and I got to have a date.  My good friend Rhonda watched ALL 5 children while we went to an improv comedy show.  We had a great time, then hurried back to Rhonda's house so I could nurse Remi.  He did fine, and enjoyed some rice cereal while I was gone.  I started him on cereal the day he turned 6 months.  Speaking of... I have a bunch of pictures of his 6 month "half birthday" party we had. I'll have to share those some time. For now, here's a link to his birthday song. 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuUQIbDys8

 

 

Sorry, I got sidetracked.  

Back to Easter!

On Saturday,  there were lots of colors in the house!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday morning we had an egg hunt here at the house, and gave the children a basket of goodies to share.  After church we came home and remembered that we hadn't checked the mail on Saturday.  It was fun to find Easter cards from Grandma Telle in the mailbox. One for each child, which was lots of fun.  Also, Evelyn got a package from her cousin Kaiya, which brought lots of giggles and smiles.

 

Then we had the pleasure of spending the afternoon up at my parents' house with all the cousins, aunts, and uncles. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we had good food, good visiting,  and a huge egg hunt.  Papa hid lots of eggs full of candy, and a few with money inside. 

 

 

Papa told all the kids that the $5.00 eggs were all hidden UP HIGH.  Sullivan and Oliver discovered one high up in a tree, and the race was on!  Sully tried to climb the tree first, but couldn't quite make it.  So he decided to take an alternative route and use the pole from the swings to get there.  You should have seen Oliver!  He set his mind on getting to that egg first and it was a close contest!  Guess who won??

 

Oliver did!  I think it was the first time in the boys' lives that Oliver beat Sully at something.  It was a good-natured contest, but imagine Sully's determination when he spotted another one in a nearby tree!  Oliver didn't stand a chance against both Sully AND Sully's pride, and Sully's resolve was rewarded with the last $5 egg of the day.  Both boys came away happy, and I'm pretty sure I noticed that Oliver stood just a little taller than before.  :)

 Nana and Papa gave all the children their own coffee mug, personalized with a photo of themselves on it.  It was the neatest gift, and everyone loved their own the best.  :)  Nana even made one for the oldest cousin, Lex, who is serving our country in the military.  He is stationed in Germany, soon to be moving to Korea.  Here are all the cousins, except the oldest (Lex) and the youngest (Remington).

 

It is tradition that at each family get-together I take a picture of Celina with her cousin, " T."   I tried to find one from Easter a few years back, and this is the oldest one I have on the computer.  Forgive the picture quality!

 

 

Here they are playing soccer together, probably 7 years ago?

And here are these two young ladies now!

 

 

 

Now I understand what our parents meant when they said TIME FLIES! 

 

Hope you enjoyed your Easter, and remember that we can celebrate Christ's resurrection EVERY DAY!  :)

In Him,
Leah

 

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