a sweet surprise for Nana

I've got a million and one things to do today to get ready for the wedding tomorrow, but I wanted to put this lovely up really quick. Nana sent it to me several weeks ago. We had been out to their house for something and Sophia snuck out to the field and gathered a wildflower bouquet for Nana and then penned this sweet note.



Nana took a photo (good girl!) and emailed her a thank you:

Hi Sophia!

When I walked into the kitchen this morning I saw on my desk your lovely surprise from last night:)

I love my beautiful bouquet and your dear sweet love note.
Both are PRICELESS!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

oxoxoxoxox, Nana

Hannah's Summer

What's the most unusual wedding gift you've given? My niece is getting married on Saturday and I've given her my summer. Oh, we bought them a very nice gift, but I've been working on a (supposedly secret) project for the wedding for the past 8 weeks, and it really came down to crunch time the past week or so (hence, no posts... not even yesterday on Honey's birthday! Sorry, Sweetie! I love you!), but I pulled it off and am wrapping it up (figuratively) today.

It feels good to be done, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat for my sweet Hannah. Now I've got to get all of us packed to go the wedding! And this will always be known as Hannah's Summer. :)

I think these are the last two photos from our day at Coney. I've had them ready to go with the others, but since I can finally breathe a little easier today, I'm able to throw them up here.

there were flowers there too! and more rides...

smiles, spins, and swings

Now that I've taken the dive into textures and frames and word art, all the other pictures look so plain!


I took the above shot while Sophia was on this...

He had already ridden it twice, and I guess that was enough! I'm going to have to save this one for last when we go back... just in case my stomach isn't as young as it used to be.

But this one? A piece of cake.


LOVE her expression in this one! I can just feel her anticipation!

scramble me next, please

Where have the days gone?! They're being whisked away at the speed of light. No, not quite that fast. At the speed of... something. Something pretty fast. Summer is slipping through my fingers, let's just put it that way.

For 3 weeks I've been sitting on 680 photos from Coney Island begging to be photoshopped. No, actually... 660 photos begging to be dragged to the trash can, and the other 20 vying (I don't think I've ever had to spell that before!) for attention. Hoping to be scooped from the rubble.

I felt like crap that day (figuratively and literally for those of you who must know) but Honey thought it'd do me good to get out of the house, and I really wanted to test my new lens, so I went...

And watched the kids have the best time ever.

Without me.

I had to sit on the sidelines and pretend my stomach was lurching from the rides and not from whatever really had it that day.

But I'm going back. I want my stomach to be flung and dropped and spun and subject to turbulant forces.


I'll spread the pictures out over a few posts, and I'll start with my favorite ride EVER.




This one cracks me up!








I can't wait to be squished to the side, hip to hip and giggle to giggle with the kids!

vintage class assignment

is it just me, or does she look a little evil in this picture? I can't love it, and I think it's her eyes. The light was behind her, so her eyes are shadowed.

playing in photoshop

Just playing around with an online course about framing and special effects. There aren't many choices for the word art, so...

No, it's not her birthday (though it's coming up!), but I couldn't bring myself to put "sassy" on my sweet girl's sweet picture!

I couldn't put Sassy on this either...


The teacher needs to put one up that says "in love!"

boom with a view