Cookie Time and Picture Taking with a Different Setting

These are more shots using Dad's camera with the aperture priority set to it's lowest f stop. (Ha, it sounds like I know what I'm talking about!) Surprisingly, they are not too blurry!



Mommy, what are you doing?




Nana decided we needed to bake cookies for an after school decorating project. Yum, I can't say no to frosted sugar cookies.




I want a cookie too!



Wesley, you cannot start eating a second cookie when you haven't finished the first.

Random updates

I decided to try and figure out why dad's camera doesn't take very good indoor shots and how to get that great portrait with the fuzzy background. After a few hours of research and a trip to the local camera shop we came to the conclusion that dad's camera just wont take the pictures I want it to take. So, I'm thinking about getting a new digital SLR with a 50mm f/1.8. If you know digital SLRs and have any comments please share!

Wesley, hold still so I can take a picture.


"how I love to drool on Little People"


If a customer asks, hey, can you add the Hebrew letters to Jacob on the back of the blocks what do you say? Sure! This was a long and involved process, but I learned a lot, and made a contact for a lady who sells Hebrew fonts and designs and was willing to check my work!!! By the way, those "vowels" of lines and dots had to be added manually.


What do you do when you are watching Kaleb and Kylee (and Welsey and Cassie) for three days before school starts? Separate them and give them something to do. Kylee made her first sewing project. She sewed all but one of the seams and picked out the fabrics! Which I seem to be the only person besides Kylee who loves it. She even wore it to church yesterday and was rocking it with pink capri leggings and a cute white top. So jealous! (side note, firefox says I spelled capri wrong but doesn't give a good substitute) Also, the hem looks crooked in the picture but it isn't. See first part of blog for new camera.



It's time to change my blog background, but I'm not sure what to do... I also updated my inspiration links with the places I visit most often.

I've also made a Dr. Seuss fish lovie and ruffle pants for Cassie, pictures to come soon, I hope.

Ice Skating

Wesley took Larry ice skating for the first time (Yes, I wrote that correctly!). Larry loved it and is willing to go back again!

Cassie's Seven Months

Lots of teething drool. but no teeth!





Wesley was glad to help her get wet!

Swim Lessons

Up the slide
Off the slideright into the catcher's collarbone.
not wanting to go on the slide again.




Notice his hair is not wet!!!
The pictures are a little out of order. They did the diving board first then the slide.

So you might have already seen these on Facebook, but I wanted to post them here for archival purposes. Here is the last day of Swim lessons.

Mom says to me, "Mary, you have GOT to go upstairs and look at Cassie's picture and your baby picture."

Mine is a small 5X7 in a collage, but I found a large 8X10 for a comparison.

If I hadn't just posted Cassie's pictures yesterday, would you be able to tell who's who?

...and no cracks about the same hairstyle.

Cassie 6th Month Pictures

At little late, but worth the wait.