January 15 - Every week my kids learn a verse from The Bible for Sunday School. Today I thought it would be a great idea to capture Ty saying his verse. Once the kids learn six verses they get to pick a prize. Last week he learned his six, so this week he starts a whole new card. Good Job Ty!
January 16 - And yet, there is more snow...in the past couple of days we have had between 4 and 5 inches of snow dumped on us. I took a picture of our the stairway coming into our west entry (it is not used so has been undisturbed), and there was at least that on those stairs. I couldn't get out of my yard with our minivan so today was a 'snow day' for us. I completed 9 pages in my 2010 album and the kids played. By nightfall I realized I had not taken any pictures for the day so I bundled up and scurried outside to see what I could snap. What turned out was completely by mistake. I was actually trying to take a picture of a deer that was in our yard. You can't even see the deer in the picture. But when I loaded it and seen all the snow that was captured falling, I knew this would be my choice for today.
January 17 - Everyday I take a ton of pictures. Trying to learn different techniques, effects, applying actions in PSE9, etc. This morning, just as it was getting light I wanted to try the beautiful BOKEH effect. There is a tiny tree with some lights on it outside my son's bedroom window. Why not prop his monkey against the window and play. I don't think it turned out terrible, but am sure it could be alot better.
January 18 - I am not sure who was more nervous - my daughters who had to do their speech or me? Our girls are involved in our local Horse 4-H Club and this night was their night to tackle public speaking. We have spent the past few weeks memorizing the speeches. They did wonderful! My little six year old marched up on the stage and it just rolled off of her tongue! Sydney took her note cards up with her but only looked down a couple of times. I disliked speeches with a passion when I was a kid, but they hardly seemed nervous about it. I was so proud of them! I am going to print a copy of their speeches off our computer and include them in my Project Life Album.
January 19 - At last, daddy is off call. Time to play. Ty loves to do his puzzles and loves it when daddy can sit down with him and just watch. I almost didn't take this picture...so glad that I did.
January 20 - Spur of the moment is best. Just before supper we got a call from some friends to come over for game night. So fun. The kids had a blast and so did the adults. Played a new game called Ticket To Ride.
January 21 - This is only our second winter on this acerage. Last year we had snow of course, but not enough that we absolutely had to push it. This year, it seems there is alot more snow in the yard. We don't own our own tractor but we have a generous neighbor across the way that we can borrow from. Today, we could get out of the yard, but we weren't getting back in until my husband got out and pushed the snow. My son of course had to jump in with daddy. He misses his 'tractor' days with daddy. We used to have a cattle farm up until two years ago when we sold it (and the tractor) all and downsized to a 6 acre acerage with 9 gorgeous horses. In the future, we will need to purchase another one but for the time being, we can borrow the neighbor's.
