86/365

I spent my afternoon making this tutu. I can't decide if I will try to sell it or if it will be for Ellie's first birthday. I've been thinking of selling them to earn up for my camera, but so many people sell them that I have a hard time thinking people will buy mine over anyone elses.

85/365

I'm trying to work on using the sun in my pictures. It can add so much drama to a picture, but I haven't figured out quite how it works. I'll keep experimenting.

84/365

Today she started doing this. Funny girl.

83/365

Hello gorgeous eye lashes! Every once in a while I baby sit this little piece of heaven. She cuddles with me for 20 minutes after her nap. I love it.

82/365

I had a heck of a day on Monday. I couldn't tell ya what it was, but I sure was grouchy. It was about 10:30pm when I realized I hadn't taken a picture. I had just gotten in bed and turned the light off. So I flipped it back on, grabbed my camera off my night stand, and stomped into my living room to take a picture of the mess I left behind for the next day. Aren't you glad you check my 365 blog? So you can see amazing shots of my messy living room?

81/365

I love love LOVE this picture! Jace had some Breyers Rocky Road ice cream (our absolute fave) and Ellie wanted a bite... or five! The girl loves sweets.

80/365

This picture means nothing to you, but it means a lot to me! This is exactly why I love taking pictures. Because every once in a while I will get one that really means something to me. Jace loves his sister. They are best buds. The night that I took this, I was doing Lacy Jo's hair for her first prom. Jace comes in acting like a big dork and starts dancing all crazy (hence the blur) to make her laugh. He lives for making her laugh!

79/365

I am in shock that May is already here. Summer has come too fast; and more than that, Ellie turns one this month!! This day was great. Perfect weather to take the kids I baby-sit outside to sit on the grass at the college.

78/365

I skipped posting 77/365, but will come back and post it later. I am kind of in love with this picture. This is one that I took tonight while taking Karen and Frank's family pictures. It's not perfect, which really bothers me. I wish it was. Kaedyn is out of focus and Frank's face has a shadow across it. Did you notice? But besides those two things I just love it.

77/365

Sometimes in the afternoon Ellie and I like to go for drives. First we go to Sonic...during happy hour of course...to get a lemon-berry slush (for me) and some fries (for her). Then we go wherever our little hearts desire. These drives are mostly to scout for great locations for picture taking. This is one of those great spots we found.

76/365

This is one of the locations I'll be taking my friend Karen's family pictures tomorrow. Looks trashy, right? That's why I like it. I'm nervous and excited.

75/365

Did you ever wonder what two-week-old cotton looks like? It looks just like this.

74/365

One of those, "Crap, it's 10:00 and I haven't taken a picture yet." Some days are just like that.

73/365

Road trip! She was a little angel... MOST of the way. We went to visit my parents and sister for the day. She was wiped out after a day of swimming, shopping, and playing with cousins.

72/365

Boring picture. I didn't realize that I didn't take any others that day. This was the day of the wedding I helped with, so I did actually take a couple of cool pictures of the bride and dress, but I don't have them to post.

71/365

I turned around to see that she had pulled out the box of ramen, moved it over to the other cupboard, and climbed on top of it to reach the canned food. My baby isn't big enough to do this kind of stuff!

70/365

Jace just plopped her right down in the dirt... and I was surprisingly ok with it. This picture says a lot about a farmer's life. Baby in the dirt. Farmer letting the dog drink out of his water bottle. Tractor in the background.

just to point something out...

Can you see how big of a difference your equiptment makes in your pictures? The last two pictures were taken with a digital SLR, and all of them before that were taken with my Sony Cybershot. It's like night and day.

69/365 taken on April 21

On Tuesday I did another shoot with Becky. These two have the cutest kids alive! It was so much fun. This was my favorite shot.

68/365 taken on April 20th

This may very well be my favorite picture I've ever taken. Aaah! Love it. Love the dress. Love the shoes. Love the camera I was using {Canon 50D). Thanks Becky!