"Friday" Photo Shoot

I was just saying to my hubs last night that I've been so consumed with balancing two jobs that there's so much I want NEED to do that just isn't getting done.... like blogging laundry, dishes, grocery shopping... Posting a Friday Photo Shoot is just one of many things on that list. And when I've got photos to share - I don't like being late... But this little babe is better late than never. A good friend of mine asked me to snap some photos of her daughter who was turning a whopping one year old! She is such a cutie and the "smiliest" (is that a word??) baby I've ever met!

Also... how do photographer's decide which pics too put up? I can't make up my mind when I like them all!

I want to ride my....

My new helmet came in the mail... Spent a pretty penny on it since I've got to ride my bike on the freeway in order to get anywhere. I love "my" bike.... A hand-me-down from my father-in-law... who rode it in France way back when they were stationed across the lake. She's seen a lot of life. And this season... she's seen a lot of dust. I'm not a hard-core cyclist who enjoys riding in the rain. I'm the kind of girl who likes to take the bike out on a Sunny Sunday afternoon and ride the 10 miles to the ice cream shop in the neighboring town... or take it out early in the morning to ride the 5 miles to work on a Sunny spring/summer's day...

We haven't had any of those yet. I want to wear my new helmet. But people think it's weird when I'm not riding my bike. Hopefully the rain will let up and my bike (and my body) will see the sunshine again.

Proj366: Feb. 19-26

All photos taken via instagram, @chrisklas or online!

Proj366

Here I am again... loading on Monday what I had hoped to put up on Saturday... I don't know what it is about the weekends - but the last thing I want to do is sit in front of the computer... (I guess 5 days of computer work is enough)... Can't believe I've at least been consistent in posting a picture a day for over a month! (wish I'd been that consistent in some of my other goals...)

All photos taken via instagram, @chrisklas or online!

  

And finally... Feb 11 - 

I am FAR from susie-home-maker. Saturday morning I purchased my very first cupcake pan and dusted off my hand mixer (I'd forgotten I even owned one of these.)

The middle school youth group run by the hubs and for which I am a long time volunteer, was having the annual "Valentine's Dessert Fundraiser" on Saturday and Sunday. Worried we wouldn't have enough desserts to make the amount of money we were hoping for - I volunteered to not only work/run the event but also bring a few dozen cupcakes along (normally I opt out of the baking part - to spare everyone else...) To my surprise though, it was kind of fun! (not to mention, it gave me something to photograph which is the real joy.) They turned out edible (that's all I can ask) and we had a successful event!

"How sweet are your words to my taste... Sweeter than honey to the mouth". Psalm 119:103

Where has the time gone?

Man, I really missed a few days there... I guess I needed it though. While the husband was away over the weekend I spent probably over 6 hours at the park with the puppy. We had a great time. And, I kid you not, there was a time - after 2.5 hours walking the trails at Fort Steilacoom Park and snapping photos with my D90, that I just sat down on a log in the middle of an open field. I shut my eyes and felt the warmth of the sun on my face... I haven't been that relaxed in MONTHS... What a blissful moment that was. Then a few preteen boys rounded the corner and I heard one of them shout - "Man! This would be a great place for a zombie apocalypse!"... My kinda kids. I couldn't help but laugh.

So... I'm catching up here with what should have been up a few days ago - my project 366. One of the things I'm learning in this process is I need to take photos with a little more variety... Otherwise at the end of the year I'm pretty sure I'll just think that all I did was snap pics of the dog and stare at the cello. I'll work on that for this coming week.

Finally... Friday - February 3rd - it was desperately needed (as you can see)

All project 366 photos taken via instagram! @chrisklas or online here!