Hayden's Snow Day

Hey everyone!  Sorry I haven't really been on all week.  I wasn't expecting things to be so busy, but today was the first day I actually had time at home!!  

Oldest gal's birthday party was a big success, but I haven't had a chance to finish that post, so I thought I'd tide you over with the promised snow day post. :D

I always bring at least one doll with me to my sister-in-law's because they have such beautiful scenery at their place.  I have to admit, though, when we first arrived, I didn't expect to take any pictures.  It's been pretty dry up there, so everything was dead and brown.  

But the next morning...

...we woke up to a beautiful thin layer of snow.  Hayden was very excited! ;)

It's amazing what a bit of snow will do to a dry landscape! ;)

So I pretty much just took Hayden outside and had an awesome time taking pictures right and left. :)  Here are some of my favorites:

Our car was completely covered with snow (well, at least by my hometown's standards). ;)

I know this one's really similar to one of the earlier pictures, but I loved this one too. :} 

The really fun thing about this photo shoot was that it was still actually snowing during the photo shoot.  I think it added an extra sense of realism, since Hayden was covered with snowflakes. :)  I've been wanting to do snow pictures for a really long time.  I was so thankful that it worked out! :D  

I figured that would be the last of the photos, because within 2 or 3 hours, the snow had completely melted. But low and behold, the next morning we woke up to...

...more snow!! :D

So out I went again! :)  This photo shoot was really fun because the sun kept coming in and out from the clouds, so the lighting was constantly changing.  There was also a thicker snow cover, so it gave the place a whole new look. :)

Hayden decided to pose on the bottom part of the snowman the girls were building with their cousins. :)

I was just about to go inside when I remembered the beautiful stonework at the side of the house.  I'd gotten some great pics of Emma and Charlie there during the summer, and I thought it would be fun to get some snowy pictures there, too! :)

Hope you enjoyed the photos! :)  I worked on some headers using these pics (on my last day with Picnik *sob!*), but I just couldn't quite bring myself to post a snowy header when it's now 92 degrees outside. ;)  I may save the headers for next fall or winter...I'm not sure yet.  Meanwhile, I need to decide which photo editing service I'm going to use now so that I can make some summery headers! ;)

Talk to you guys again soon.  I have so many posts in the works right now it's not even funny...I've just got to buckle down and get them published!! ;) 

Hello! :)

Hey guys! :)  Just wanted to say a quick "hello".  I hope you all enjoyed my scheduled posts.  I've had those posts sitting around just waiting to be published for a while, so it feels great to have them done. :)

I'm not going to be able to do another real post until next week.  I'm meeting one of my oldest and dearest friends today for her birthday, tomorrow is Oldest Gal's Tangled party, and Sunday after church is Oldest Gal's family party at Mimi's, so the rest of my week is booked up.

Once the schedule calms down a little bit, though, I have more posts I'll be doing for you.  I have a few more draft posts that I need to finish up from the backlog and get them on here, and I also got some great snow day pics of Hayden on my trip to my sister-in-law's that I can't wait to share with you. :D  And of course, I'll have to share pics from the Tangled Party. ;)

Oh, and Maggie brought it to my attention, oh-so-subtly of course, ;) that I forgot her birthday on April 3rd!  Boy, am I in the doghouse!!  I'm still working on making that up to her.  Hopefully there will be some new posts from Tess and Maggie soon, as well as some updates from Belle.  I know their readers have been waiting patiently for news, so I'll try to remind them. ;)

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!  And just to tide you over for a bit, here's a sneak peak at Hayden's snow day. :)

Hayden's Fall Photo Shoot

I had a lot of fun taking some fall photos of Hayden last week while I was at my aunt's house.  The pictures pretty much speak for themselves, so I'm just going to share them with you without any commentary.  :)  Enjoy!!

Okay, one little bit of commentary here. :)  As you know, I like to put my old headers in my posts so I can remember them.  So here's my last header. :)