Edit me wk 16

cloned some of the distracation out of the forground of the picture to make her stand out.
lightened it up and ran Haze baby found in Pure Baby action 1 on The Cofee shop blog then i opened  it up in Picnic to frame it

i didn't want to do much with it just because i LOVED it just that way it was!

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Black and White Wednesday!

how is it Wednesday again!? we are in our last week of "Free-time" before we begin home school

and so we begin a new chapter in our lives.....going down a road that has approached WAY TO fast

can not believe that these two will begin kindergarten at the age of 4!

hand in hand

side by side

growing up way to fast

but i let them go and rejoice in what this year will bring!!

Victoria and Sarah We are so proud of you! You have overcome so many obstacles especially you Sarah, though i would LOVE to keep you little forever i can't so as we begin this new chapter, I just want to say " go get um and show them that nothing will stop you from giving glory to YOUR creator!

we did it again!

i am so honored! REALLY i am shocked!

this photo got in the top 3!

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repost for our blueberry trip

WE tried this last year and the kids just didn't find much joy in it! this year they loved it...it became a challege to see who could get more in their bucket...i loved how they were working together to get momma somethign she liked =0) we will now go back every year!
this photo above is my entry for SWEET SHOT TUESDAY:






and just becasue i have found a new love for black and white photos!
this ohot is my entry of the challenge"someone i love" over HERE

10 favorite places

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this is my first time to enter this blog hop this week we are to record 10 of our favorite place to be.
so how about i post my list then add pictures to it? i promise next week there will be pictures to follow.... ah what the heck I'll do pictures too =0)
ENJOY
1. our pool

2.playgrounds

3. just with these group of people

4. we loved our friends Soccer game this past week

5. going on walks

6. Book stores that have GREAT going out of business sales!

7. don't have a picture for this one but my bed under a blanket with our porch door wide open!
8. the lake

9. our back yard has a huge hill and though this hill is no fun for us adults, the children LOVE IT and so in a way i do like it too!

10. MY favorite place this past week..i could spend hours after hours! we found a place to pick blueberries! and we will now go back EVERY year!

rewind Monday

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Sunday:(we began this week at my families in NY for our family reunion)
we got rained out so we enjoyed time with my sister and her hubby playing PlayStation!

Monday:
i have been waiting for this capture: a rainbow in the sky!

Tuesday
I was as busy as a bee unpacking, doing laundry, folding clothes and putting them all a way!

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Wednesday
our friend met up with us for their last day of summer vacation free time

Thursday we found ourselves outside playing!


Friday we found a place near by to pick Blueberries! i had so much fun and so did the kids!

Saturday
we made sure we were outside as  much as possible before Irene came! one of our family friends son had his first Soccer game so we went to cheer him on

Good to WOW wk 34

it feels as though i have dropped off the blogshpere! but we are just busy...enjoying every moment of the nice weather. we are also getting ready to homeschool 4 little people! we spent a lot of time at the lake and in the pool unfortunately we did no make it to the ocean, though we had plans  but had to re-build our transmission in the van instead! but we can't complain God has been good to us and always provides what we need!

here are my SOOC for this week for Ocean/Lake /pool

the above picture is of my nephew who has been through  4 heart surgeries! he is such a miracle to just be with us today and will be missed way to much when him and his family move to DC!

our pool

and a near by lake/beach

lets see what we can do with these come Thursday!
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more pictures

today was full of cleaning up for Irene, a soccer game finding a new playground right in our neighborhood and a birthday party!