Christmas.

He's watching! 

Jumping Pictures.

Might sound silly, but I am a huge fan of jumping shots.  I've seen them in wedding photos, in vacation photos, and in girl's night out photos.  This one is a girl scout hike in the fall leaves.  Perhaps consider next time you are saying "Cheese!" instead saying "Ready, Set...Jump!"

Husbands.

Zig Zag Photo Panarama's.

One day I was at my grandmother's farm, which is a very special place to me.  I decided to stand in one spot and take pictures with my camera turning it 45 degrees to the left,then 45 degrees to the right.  I had seen it done in a photo once at an airport.  I did the front and back yard.


Later I pieced the photos together finding lines that matched up and glued them to a large long frame.  I gave a copy to my grandmother and also one to my mother.  My sister has also requested one.

Now I'm thinking of all the other special places that I could do this with.  Perhaps, where I was married, or my family's favorite vacation spot, or a childhood home.  Endless possibilities!

Family Reunion Kid Olympics.

Are you planning a reunion this summer?  In need of some ideas for activities for the kids?  Here is one we did that was a huge hit thanks to the planning of our two brothers.  Kid Olympics!  We began early in the week and continued throughout filling in activities when there was time.  The awards show at the end wasn't pictured, but was also a big hit.

 First, the two oldest cousins chose teams and chose team names and created team cheers.  Then we began!

 Events included:

HulaHoop Hand Holding Pass Along Races...

Cheeseball tosses onto showercaps with shaving cream representatives from each team.  (Don't you love our names?)

 

Water balloon tosses at the very large target that isn't shown here...Grandpa!  He was soaked!

Croquette... always a classic.  They even knew what it was from Alice in Wonderland.

Long jump from standing position and running position. 

Kid Olympics is definitely going to be a new tradition! 

Grandma's House.

Shadow Boxes.

I think that shadow boxes are a cool decoration that no one seems to remember anymore.  My grandma and mom have many around the house.  Perhaps it's because my grandpa loves to build them with scrap wood.  I can recall staring at all the small pieces as a child, looking at every detail.  

Here's one made of a yardstick that would be so cute as a teacher gift!

Each separating piece of wood is a cut up yard stick, pushed and glued every two inches from top to bottom.  

Her next two are a HIS and HER's, which I think would make a cute wedding present.  Either way...who doesn't love tiny things!