I am having fun experimenting with my camera. It is a lot more fun then cleaning bookshelves or other chores that need to be done!
Experimenting
Category: Photography
Messy Girl
Megan loves chocolate covered Oreo Cookies 🙂
Family
My
side of the family enjoyed celebrating Christmas last night. We rarely all get together, so we made sure to get a family picture.
My brother, Joe, is sitting next to Momma. Daddy is holding Adrian and Megan. My sister Lauri’s family is on the right.
Snowman Memories
I was having fun digging through old pictures and found this one from a “few” years back. If I remember correctly, this is the first snowman that Mark and Andrea made with very little help.
Sleeping Beauty
We woke up to some snow! I decided to take the kids to the park to go sledding before it got too busy. We were there for awhile before others came with the same idea. When some “big kids” came, we left. We took a walk in the woods and the kids made a snowman. By the time we got to the car, Megan was cold and wet from falling a few times.
We got home, stripped off her wet clothes, bundled her up by the fireplace and she fell asleep wrapped up in Daddy’s warm shirt.
A Christmas Tree First!
We almost always cut down our own tree. For awhile we had a very realistic fake one, which is probably being enjoyed in Swaziland again this year.
We went “shopping” for our tree late this year. The timing was bad, or it rained the days we could go. We went on Saturday and thought the chance of getting a good tree would be slim. We told the kids to watch out the window and to shout out if they saw something they liked.
Mark shouted out almost right away. I took the kids while Allan stayed in the car with sleeping Megan. We all liked the tree immediately. Andrea told Daddy we found a tree while the rest of us roamed around just to make sure. This is the first tree we have all agreed on and had cut down in less time than it took them to shake the needles out and bind it up for us!
Wonderful Memory
A little while ago, we found a roll of film while cleaning. We had no idea how old the film was, but assumed a few years old. I took the film in to get it developed and found this wonderful Christmas memory!
The year Adrian was born, the McGuire boys decided to have a beard growing contest. There was no “winner” but we all enjoyed seeing all the fuzzy faces 🙂 Adrian is about 9 months old in this picture.
The Best Way to Learn
Mark is very interested in electronics. Allan bought him an Arduino compatible device so that he can learn how to do real programming. He has been having a great time learning. The other day, Adrian decided he wanted to learn too. So Mark started teaching Adrian how to program too!
Princess Megan
Megan was caught in the act of trying on her crown. I think she was getting ready for the rainy day ball.
Rainy Day Idea
Are you tired of the rain? Instead of singing your favorite rainy day song or dreaming that the rain was snow, take my kid’s advice and go play in it! Have fun!
When you come in, cold and wet, remember you are soaking wet and do not get your Momma’s floor all dirty and wet! Take a long hot bath (or shower, if you prefer) and eat some cookies and drink hot apple cider.
This is what memories are made of.
