Twins

Joycelyn had her twins yesterday.  Lucia Wren weighed 5 lbs, 3 ozs and was 17 inches long, Remy Mae weighed 5 lbs, 9 ozs and was 18 inches long.  We went to the hospital to see them and we each got to hold one.  They are so tiny but so cute.  Good job Joycelyn (and Nick).

Windy

It was a warm day but we had 40 mph winds all day.  Coming home from the ballgame we stopped and took a picture of the flag being blown straight out

Peanut M&Ms

I read a photography blog pretty much ALL day long at work.  I did do some work but the majority of my time I was reading tips, ideas, challenges and reading old blog posts.  The more I read, the more I want to learn.  Toward the end of the day, I got my camera out and experimented a little with the M&M jar on my desk.  This is a first attempt at full manual picture taking.  Lots of room for improvement but at least I am branching out.

Carpet Samples.

After church we made another trip to the carpet store to choose yet another carpet sample.  Eventually I'm sure we will find what we are looking for, just seems like it is taking a long time.  Its hard to match carpet with furniture when the furniture is at one store and the carpet is at another.  This sample is in the running as a pretty good choice.

Carter Reading

 Carter is SO excited that he is learning to read.  Last week he told me he read a "whole" book all by himself at school.  I told him I would make the same deal with him as I did with his brother and sister, that I will buy all the books he wants as long as he is reading them.  Since the book that he read was Biscuit, he wanted to go get another Biscuit book.  I met them at Barnes and Noble and he picked out two new books.  Its very exciting to this grandma to have reading grandchildren since their daddy wasn't a reader.  I hope it lasts.

Fluke Snow Storm

Not a great picture but you can at least see the snow shower we were getting mid morning. This was pretty amazing since just yesterday we set a record high.  It was 70 degrees.  It snowed really hard and some of the flakes were huge.  It snowed long enough to get a little white on the roofs and grass but just as soon as it quit, it was all gone.  Thats weather in Kansas for ya.

Grace

The kids were spending the night so I thought I would play a little bit with lamp lighting.  I like the way it highlights the side of Grace's face.  Not real happy with the exposure but I'm still learning