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More camera practice

I put Jude in front of our bedroom window this morning with overcast light coming through. I place the brown couch throw over two storage boxes behind him and under him. He's was a little underexposed, but I worked with it on picnik.com. I love how the shadows showcase all his bottom dimples and wrist rolls.
I took this shot of Lucy in an alley in Saratoga yesteray. It's was overexposed, but I worked with it. I wish there was more shadowing and detail on her face.

Juju bean after her nap today. She was less than thrilled about modeling for me. I like the comp but wish I had gotten her a bit sharper. I softened it up a tad since I was already lacking sharpness. Gotta love picnik.com. Easy peasy.

My money shot

Here's my final picture for my photography class. I've learned so much!

A tale of two sisters

Rapunzel, Rapunzel...

Practice your piano!!!

Fly away

Lucy's been having too much fun with the editing program on picnik.com

X.O.

Goosey

JuJu Bean and Princess Pancakes

I'm taking an online photography class, and I've officially come off of manual. Here are some practice shots of JuJu Bean and Princess Pancakes. PP is a big fan of my recent avatar picture and she wanted the same picture of herself. She's my mini-me.

JuJu Bean's shot if straight off the camera!

I cheated and autocorrected Princess Pancakes picture. Shhhhhh. I might have slightly overexposed her, but I'm learning.

X.O.

Short Bus

We're so proud.

My most favorite boys...

*sigh* I love them. A lot.

Pajama Jam 2011

Pajama Jam 2011 was a huge success!

The girls were invited to wear theirfavorite PJs, enjoy breakfast for lunch and a movie.

DJ Griswold played MJ's Thriller and other top picks of the 1st grade class.

The dance floor was wild.

Birthday Menu:

Waffles with whipped cream and strawberry sauce

Lucy-made Yogurt parfaits

Sausage

(this is the Beyer house afterall)

Grapes

Isabel decorated her own table for all the little sisters in attendance.

After lunch the girls piled into the TV room

with every blanket, quilt and pillow we own

to watch

Shrek 4

The whole Pajama gang.

Beware. Lock your doors.

Instead of cake we celebrated with cinnamon rolls.

Thank you, Pillsbury, for making my life a little easier.

Singing to the birthday girl. Her sidekick is never far...

She never told us what she wished for,

but I hope all her birthday wishes come true...

long overdue pictures!

Life is beyond busy. What can I say? I've finally downloaded my camera pictures, sifted through them and resized the best pics to post here. Enjoy!

Turning back the clock of time...

Todd and I call this one the pouting bunny. LOL!

Julia's ode to potty training.

Our little guy!

Our Christmas tree trip to Vermont

Clark Griswald tying on the family Christmas tree.

They look like twins from behind lately!

Isabel being silly while Dad pays for the tree.

Lucy Rapunzel Beyer wearing the new dress up wig.

I took the girls and some friends to the movies.

Lucy reading today. She's really taking off with her reading this year. Exciting!

Jude's first black eye.

Isabel and her friend Chloe sledding.

A few winter shots from today.

Monster icicles.

Brrrrr. We might be looking at another snow day tomorrow.