29/52 PICTURES OF ME

I'm participating in a year long challenge, created by Carin at Forever In Blue Jeans. The goal is to be in one picture a week, for 52 weeks. Since us moms are always behind the camera, this gives us a chance to get out in front and be in the pictures with our family. So, click here if you want to join in on the fun!

Here's me and my 7 year old, "Danny-boy." Gosh, I love this little guy!! He makes me laugh!! I had to stop him in the kitchen to get a picture for this week!

WORDFUL & WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

I just love how this picture turned out.

My husband took this shot with his cell phone on his way to work in the morning.

It looks like it is in the evening, but it's actually right before sunrise around 6:30'ish. He said he got out of the parking garage and thought, "Wow!"

The Bay Bridge! This is the view from San Francisco going toward Treasure Island. Isn't it awesome?!

Be sure to visit 7 Clown Circus for Wordful Wednesday, 5 Minutes For Mom for Wordless Wednesday.

PELE, HAMM, & BECKHAM...EAT YOUR HEART OUT

I wish I could take credit for these great pictures.

One of the soccer mom's took these of my kids (her kids are on my younger kids soccer teams). I was so thankful for these shots because I hardly took any this year. Mine are definitely not the same type of quality as these. There's only so much that my Cool Pix camera and Photobucket editing can do!

There's Veronica right in middle wearing purple! She has been scoring goals this season! You go, girl!

There she is in the middle. It looks like she's about to push the boy in the green.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SHOT OF ELI!!

There's my Danny on the left! He's really concentrating!

Get it, Danny!!!!!

CALLING ALL FARMVILLE "HOLICS"

Is it just me, or am I the only one hooked on Farmville?

Besides the normal things I do online (check email, kids schoolwork, Facebook, & blogging), I don't do much else.

Well, that's until I tried Farmville on Facebook!

At first I had no idea what I was doing, but now, I realize it's all strategy and timing. I even went as far as downloading a Farmville "tips" guide. Oh my!

Today was the first time I was ever on FV for this long! I figured out how to make my farm look 3-D, so I had to redo parts of my farm. I'm satisfied with the results, but I'm sure I will be changing it up soon.

Please tell me I'm not alone...

And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a couple of snapshots of my farm that I was working on tonight.

SCRIPTURE SUNDAY

On Sundays, I usually post something random. I decided that instead of doing that, I will share a scripture. I pray that it will be a blessing to whoever reads it!

You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures
forevermore.

Psalm 16:11

ONCE UPON A STRAY...

As my two younger boys and I were leaving to do some errands the other day, I noticed three stray dogs in the street. Two were white puppies and the other was a medium size dog. They caught my attention because they were so little, and it looked like they all belonged together.

Normally I would have just driven off and let them be (I know, how mean), but since we have a puppy, I have somewhat of a soft heart for animals now.

I told my boys to call my eldest daughter outside so she could take a look at them, and she was immediately smitten with one of the pups. We noticed the big male dog would not leave the female pups side, and was actually a little aggressive toward the all white male puppy if it got too close.

We kept them on our front yard, fed them and gave them water. We don't know where they came from or who they belonged to because they were not wearing any collars or name tags. We brought out our puppy for a little bit, but she wanted NOTHING to do with the bigger male dog. He kept trying to be near her, and smell her, but every time he did, she would sit down.

Later on, my husband came home and told us to call the animal shelter to have them picked up. My daughter was a little sad, but we noticed that their eyes did not look too good. They all looked a little sick and unhealthy. We don't know where they've been or what even happened to them.

One intense moment was when the big dog got too territorial over the female pup and was biting on the other pups ear/neck. It was so scary! My husband ran outside because he thought it was attacking one of the kids. He grabbed the dog by the back of it's neck and it was still clinging on to the puppy with it's teeth. Finally the dog let up on the bite and my husband literally flung him like two feet!! All this in a matter of 10 seconds! It was crazy! It was a trip because my kids were all just calm sitting there watching and didn't get scared. In fact, at first, my oldest daughter was trying to pry the dogs mouth off of the puppy.

Finally, animal shelter people came and got the "trio." I hope they take care of them and give them the help they need.

My oldest daughter is holding the female puppy. You can definitely see that there is something wrong with her eyes. The all white one isn't as bad, but still does not look good. Poor thing was shivering after getting attacked by the brown dog.

And here's "Cujo". I didn't realize how bad his eyes looked until I saw this picture. I hope they find a home!!

FRIDAY PHOTO FLASHBACK

I started "Friday Photo Flashback" because I have so many pictures from my PRE-digital camera days. I thought it would be fun to scan them and share them here with you. I'm having so much fun doing this, that I would love for you to join me, too! So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner to good use! Don't forget to sign in to MckLinky so we can all visit and comment on each others blogs!

Do you ever look at a picture of yourself when you were little and wonder, "What were my parents thinking?"

Not to sound like I'm bragging about myself, but I have to admit that I was a pretty cute kid! I had long hair and cute bangs.

Makes me wonder why my mom didn't just let things be as it were/was?

Did I really need that haircut?

A simple trim could not suffice?

I was around 8 or 9 years old in this picture, and if I didn't know any better, I would think this was a little boy (or my son Isaiah)!

Mom...please...tell me why???

28/52 PICTURES OF ME

I'm participating in a year long challenge, created by Carin at Forever In Blue Jeans. The goal is to be in one picture a week, for 52 weeks. Since us moms are always behind the camera, this gives us a chance to get out in front and be in the pictures with our family. So, click here if you want to join in on the fun!

This is a picture of my husband and I a couple of weeks ago. After church, a bunch of us had lunch at The Olive Garden. You may recall this post about it.

I had to edit this picture as much as possible because it was so light (because of my flash), and all you saw was shine. Well, you still can see the shine, anyway.