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Showing posts with label jan2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jan2011. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
WW - First Beach Experience
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Vacation Was A Success
We arrived home today from our vacation to Florida. We did SO MUCH...although it is the norm whenever we go to Florida. My family lives down there and we went this time to introduce Olivia.
First stop...Fly into Orlando, where my aunt and uncles live. Next, we headed down to West Palm Beach to see my Grandmother. Then, we headed to Hollywood to stay at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel for the night. A vacation really wouldn't be a vacation unless my family gathered at a casino. It's just a fact.
Then it was time to head north back to Orlando. LOTS of traveling in the first few days. 3 hour flight. Close to 8-9 hours in the car the next couple of days and then back to home base in Orlando.
The rest of the week was spent swimming in the hotel pool and going to Disney's Animal and Magic Kingdom's (which we visited both in one day!) It was really great to bring Ella back again. The last time we went was 2 years ago when she was 3. It was a whole different experience in just 2 short years. The rides and characters she was/is interested in at those two ages are completely different. Also, Olivia was excellent for the most part. She did great on the flights, the long car rides and the long day spent at the parks....The down side was that she barely slept more than 2 hours at a time during the night and she was recovering from double ear infections, which made us all more exhausted than we already were. *Fingers crossed* that she sleeps better in her own crib tonight!
Part of my exciting and busy week was making sure that I took my Hipstaprint A Day picture. I was determined to not fail my 365 project just because I was out of my normal routine. I really had a great time taking pictures with my phone and found it so much fun trying to find things to shoot to be my pic for the day. But I must say....It is good to be home. :0)
First stop...Fly into Orlando, where my aunt and uncles live. Next, we headed down to West Palm Beach to see my Grandmother. Then, we headed to Hollywood to stay at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel for the night. A vacation really wouldn't be a vacation unless my family gathered at a casino. It's just a fact.
Then it was time to head north back to Orlando. LOTS of traveling in the first few days. 3 hour flight. Close to 8-9 hours in the car the next couple of days and then back to home base in Orlando.
The rest of the week was spent swimming in the hotel pool and going to Disney's Animal and Magic Kingdom's (which we visited both in one day!) It was really great to bring Ella back again. The last time we went was 2 years ago when she was 3. It was a whole different experience in just 2 short years. The rides and characters she was/is interested in at those two ages are completely different. Also, Olivia was excellent for the most part. She did great on the flights, the long car rides and the long day spent at the parks....The down side was that she barely slept more than 2 hours at a time during the night and she was recovering from double ear infections, which made us all more exhausted than we already were. *Fingers crossed* that she sleeps better in her own crib tonight!
Part of my exciting and busy week was making sure that I took my Hipstaprint A Day picture. I was determined to not fail my 365 project just because I was out of my normal routine. I really had a great time taking pictures with my phone and found it so much fun trying to find things to shoot to be my pic for the day. But I must say....It is good to be home. :0)
Friday, January 21, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
WW - Angel In Hipsta-Land
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You can also check out my 365 project, a Hipstaprint A Day.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Olivia Outtakes (Group 1)
It's been quite some time since I picked up my Nikon. Thankfully, I have been able to use my iPhone/Hipstamatic app lately to make up for it. I'm addicted! Since Olivia was born, I dont have as much time to take my camera and just play around and shoot what I want while Ella frolicks beside me. It bums me out sometimes.....which is why I decided to do my Hipstaprint a day project, so I can continue to be creative and take pictures as I enjoy doing.
That being said, I did manage to sneak in some time the other day and get some shots of Olivia. These are just a few.....
That being said, I did manage to sneak in some time the other day and get some shots of Olivia. These are just a few.....
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Hipstaprint of Today
Ella got some glow in the dark stars for Christmas that we put on her ceiling. Since our dog died just before xmas, we decided to make Lulu a big shooting star right above her bed. The other small stars are me, Keith, Ella and Olivia. It comforts her to see it every night. :0)
Lens: Melodie
Film: Kodot XGrizzled
Flash: Off
Film: Kodot XGrizzled
Flash: Off
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Christmas Vacation
Christmas vacation turned out to be looooong.....I forgot what it was like to have Ella home all day, everyday for 2 weeks. Between her and Olivia, they wore me down!
Thankfully we were lucky to have Ella's cousin Jack over for a day to play. I could see after only an hour or two that staying in the house all day was not going to be an option. I thought they would keep each other company but it was more like they came to me and said they were bored! What?! Go play with all the toys downstairs you silly children!
My sister in law Crystal must have known better, having 3 children of her own, she brought over Jack's snow gear thinking we might play outside. That we did! I sent Olivia up to my Mom's and camera in hand....off we went to the hill up the street.
Besides Ella barely making it up the hill with the sled at times, it was actually more fun than I expected since I am not a snowy winter kind of gal! Jack and Ella teamed up to get the sleds up the hill. Jack was at the top and Ella would push the sled as high as she could until Jack could grab it and pull it up. At that point, Ella only had to worry about getting herself up the hill! Clever little people I tell ya, and great teamwork!
If you like, take a gander at my Hipstaprint a day project.
Thankfully we were lucky to have Ella's cousin Jack over for a day to play. I could see after only an hour or two that staying in the house all day was not going to be an option. I thought they would keep each other company but it was more like they came to me and said they were bored! What?! Go play with all the toys downstairs you silly children!
My sister in law Crystal must have known better, having 3 children of her own, she brought over Jack's snow gear thinking we might play outside. That we did! I sent Olivia up to my Mom's and camera in hand....off we went to the hill up the street.
Besides Ella barely making it up the hill with the sled at times, it was actually more fun than I expected since I am not a snowy winter kind of gal! Jack and Ella teamed up to get the sleds up the hill. Jack was at the top and Ella would push the sled as high as she could until Jack could grab it and pull it up. At that point, Ella only had to worry about getting herself up the hill! Clever little people I tell ya, and great teamwork!
If you like, take a gander at my Hipstaprint a day project.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Favre Out...Hipstamatic Style!
Article in the Sunday paper for Vikings last game....Favre will be on the sidelines.
The heading says, "Enigmatic, Charismatic, contradictory Favre departs."
Meet Joe Webb.
Lens: Helga Viking
Film: Float
Flash: Off
The heading says, "Enigmatic, Charismatic, contradictory Favre departs."
Meet Joe Webb.
Film: Float
Flash: Off
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A Hipstaprint A Day 2011
So I am taking on a little challenge for myself by doing a 365 project. I am not big on committing myself to these projects, but I love the Hipstamatic camera for the iPhone so much that I use it almost every day anyways. Why not just post one a day? Novel idea, right?!
You can view my daily Hipstaprints on my Flickr page. I have also made a link for it on the sidebar. Let me know if anyone cant see it. I try to block the masses of unknown from seeing my photos so I am not sure if I did the permissions right.
These are my presents from Keith and the girls for my birthday and Christmas. I love them!
Funny how I haven't changed my signature to say 2011.... I'll get right on that. ;0)
Lens: Helga Viking
Film: Kodot XGrizzled
Flash: Off
You can view my daily Hipstaprints on my Flickr page. I have also made a link for it on the sidebar. Let me know if anyone cant see it. I try to block the masses of unknown from seeing my photos so I am not sure if I did the permissions right.
These are my presents from Keith and the girls for my birthday and Christmas. I love them!
Funny how I haven't changed my signature to say 2011.... I'll get right on that. ;0)
Film: Kodot XGrizzled
Flash: Off
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