Carson, Football, Mallory, photography, stb, words

Busy

November 10, 2011

So, we’ve been busy. Thus the lack of real posts lately.
Here’s a summary of what’s been going on.

Mallory had a ruptured eardrum and RAGING ear infection a few weeks ago. (I’ll probably blog about this some day because it wasn’t one of my favorite parenting moments).
We went to the football game at MSU and we lost. (I probably won’t blog about that).
Mallory’s two bottom teeth continue to get wigglier and wigglier. She still believes that she isn’t allowed to lose these until 1st grade. (The pediatrician even noticed that Mallory had loose teeth because they are getting …

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Carson, Mallory, photography, Pictures

A Pooped Coop

October 26, 2009

Cooper got a rare treat today – a long long LONG walk in the woods near our house. We haven’t done this in a while, mostly because I am not a fan of loading him in my car since it means I have to put him in the front seat and I usually like to keep my car spotless so I don’t like his hair & dirt all over the place.
Back before kids, Cooper & I would walk in the woods almost daily – and we met Cathy who has two dogs. I’ve been lucky to meet up with …

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photography

Before & After

August 24, 2009

I wanted to share the before & after of one of my recent favorite photos.
this is SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera):  
and this is after I “Lightroomed” it (using Adobe Lightroom):

I think I could play with it a little more, and I don’t know that it would ever pass muster with some real photographers, but it’s all about me and what I like and I think it’s fabulous. I tried cropping it down more to have it just be Mallory & Allison, but then it seemed to really lose the fun of seeing the teacher and the other …

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