My little man learned how to drive his Power Wheel over the weekend. Oh you should see it. He is SO proud of himself. Now Daddy wants to get him a big boy one. I think we might wait until spring time for that though.

And here is my Andrew. He looks SO good in this picture. In case you didn't know he has a thyroid disorder. Since he's been medication he has lost about 40 lbs and gotten SO much energy. This picture makes me want to cry tears of joy!!!

That time of year...

The big boys start back to school next week. I went ahead and did their school pictures.


Andrew is going to be in the 7th grade this year. His 13th birthday is in 2 weeks!


Austin is going into the 5th grade. He is 10 years old. This year he is going out for student council.


Alex will be 5 next week! While most of his friends are heading off to kindergarten we are keeping him home for an extra year.




Where is Maddox? Hey, when was the last time you got an almost 2 year old to sit still?!?!?

Pictures

Maddox - 21 months


Alex - 4 years Austin - 10 years


Andrew - 12 years

These pictures are a bit blurry, but I still love them to death!

Alex

What a beautiful day today! When we got home from school I took the boys outside to play in the sprinkler. Here are just a couple of pictures I got of Alex. You can see more on my Flickr.

POTD - Before & After PS - 1/15

I love the action that Kristi shared with us yesterday!!! Thanks once agian.

Before -

After -

POTD - Focus Into 2008 - 2

I will focus on being a better Mom and not let him eat so much dirt!
Seriously, I was doing the aperture lesson and not paying him as much attention as I should have been and found this dirty face when I was done. I think he got his 1 pound of dirt all in today. :-)

Settings -
ISO - 100, SS 1/100, F/5

POTD - Focus Into 2008

Just my 3rd little guy. LOL We were playing in his room with some wonderful morning sun. I just wish there would have been a bit more. LOL

ISO - 400, SS - 1/100, F/5.6

ISO - 200, SS - 1/100, F/5.6

Both pictures have a bump in curves and a little playing with brightness and contrast.

POTD - White Balance

I did some playing with the white balance settings on my camera. Tomorrow - custom! LOL


ISO - 100, SS - 1/200, F/5.6 - Flash used
White balance - Tungsten


same settings as above, but white balance flash

And as a side note, I can't wait for some spring outside pictures!!!

POTD - Hats off to the New Year

Santa is tired! His hat is off until December.

Hope you had a wonderful Holiday season. :0)

One of my goals this year is working w/ the flash. Not thrilled with this, but it will do.
ISO - 100, SS - 1/200, F/5.6

Christmas Pictures

Just playing with my little guy while his brothers were at school.

I keep thinking how I would like this picture so much more if the chalk bucket was clean. I guess with 4 boys I will take what I can get! LOL