Project 365!

This year I am restarting my project 365.  Last year I attempted a 52 and while I am sure I took at least one picture a week, I just stopped compiling them in one place.  This year I am doing "one a day the instragram way".  I coined the name and will mark each photo with the hash tag so I can find them easily!  Join me in the fun and follow me as zachandavasmom on Instagram!   The focus for this year will be "everyday moments captured".  No need to set up any fancy photo shoots, just capture the little things that make every day extraordinary!  Happy New Year and may God bless you all in 2013!

Happy Father's Day!

I have the best husband and Zach and Ava have the BEST dad!  We had a fun filled Father's Day today and this was one of my favorite shots from our impromptu photo shoot :-)

 It made me think of this Epiphanie contest and I just had to enter for the chance to win! 
My "fly" photo submission in the Epiphanie Camera Bags + My Four Hens photo contest! http://bit.ly/junephotocontest

May Review!

May is the month of birthdays!  We celebrated our 35th this year and I can't believe it.  We also celebrated Mother's Day and it was so nice to be with my mother and Nana on this special day for the first time in years! 

Ava's Birthday!

My sweet girl is 4 years old!!!  We had a wonderful birthday day with Lalaloopsies all over and then we went to Friendly's for dinner.  On Saturday we had a small party with the family and she was in Lala Heaven.  Where did 4 years go???

Busy busy busy!

Well, this blog is totally getting the shaft!  My photography blog and trying to start a business is taking up the majority of my "down" time right now.  Oh, and Facebook, can't forget Facebook.  I swear, I go there to check in on my business page and all of a sudden I am trapped and it's been an hour of wasted time!  I have no idea how FB does this but it's like the black hole of social media!  If you want to see what we have been up to then head on over to my FB page or check out my photography blog at www.snapsofreallife.com  It's been pretty fun and exciting around these parts ;)

January High/lowlights!

January was a very interesting month.  I met with some trials that I had hoped not to see.  One being losing a friend and another being losing my job.  I also started a Project 52 that I am sharing on Facebook and Flickr but want to share here as well.  I am not caught up to date yet but here are a couple of my entries :-)

NYE Noon Edition!

The kids and I had a New Years Eve party on NYE day!  Instead of counting down to midnight, we counted down to noon.  We used to do this with my old mom group in California so I thought we would bring the tradition back east.  The kids had fun and the moms got some adult time.  Win win! 

Christmas Day!

 Christmas day was a wonderful day (despite me still be sick, sick sick!)  We woke up at Nannie and Papa's house to find that Santa had come!  We were all so excited to see the MANY gifts under the tree.  The kids got everything they wanted and more and I even got my Epiphanie camera bag from my very own Santa :)  Later in the morning the boys came over with their families and I got to see my cutie patootie nephews on their first Christmas!  Next we headed over to Uncle J and Aunt L's for Christmas dinner.  There were so many people there and we all had a great time!  It really is wonderful to be with family for the holidays :)

Christmas Eve!

Christmas has come and gone. It's amazing how quickly the day goes by when you have done so much prep work! The kids were totally stoked by all of the family love and attention, not to mention the piles of gifts left by Santa! We spent Christmas Eve with my side of the family at Aunt Sue's and then Christmas Day at the MacDonald side of the family. It was just awesome, despite me being deathly ill and having to medicate to make it through...but I still managed to capture some of the moments in picture. Did you expect anything less, hahahaha!

Our wonderful extended family!

Christmas Eve

First Christmas Wonderment!

Elf on a Shelf

I am one of those moms. The moms that have an Elf that is fun and creative....it's an obsession at this point and now it is also imperative. The kids wake up each morning and run into my room asking me where Elfie may be that morning. He was a bit of a slacker last night and ended up on a "shelf" with some Willow Tree figures. I think the poor kids were disappointed.