Far from Perfection....

Perfection..... Who invented this game anyway? Certainly does not describe our household. Anyways, Autumn asked her dad to play Monday night as he was getting ready to leave for another week of working out of town. She has been playing lots of games lately from her DS to the Wii to board games, to Perfection. She just loves it when we all get to play something together. By the way, it hurts when you step on one of the pieces-lol. Ambrea's face cracks me up as she was doing an impression of "it's gonna get'cha" while it was Autumn's turn to try and distract her.

The Jump Offs....

Tonight we have jumped our little hearts out, and the results are (drum roll please......) We are going to Bloomer!!! That's right, Autumn got first place with 42 jumps and a jump off with another gal so she officially jumped, 42, 25, 33, 39 to beat out her class mate. I seriously thought she got second, but she took it with the 39 mark. Not to bad, as last year she got third. So it is off to Bloomer on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 for Autumn. Good luck girl. As for her sister- she didn't do to shabby herself. She took second place with a jump score of 33 and 26. She had taken first place last year, but was still happy to take home a trophy. She is holding the trophy high above her head, but I had to crop some people out of the pic so her trophy went with the cropping -sorry. The moment we got home we called daddy to tell him and he was super excited to be able to have another chance at seeing one of them jump. I do have to say that when its your child up there jumping your heart skips a beat and you pray for the best. They both made us proud. WAY TO GO GIRLS.... I had some really great pics of the girls with their friends, but because I forgot to ask if I could post them I can't share. I wish I could because they were so cute.

Silly Girls

Okay these girls are just a little wrapped up in silliness. They decided while American Idol was on that they too could look just as ridiculous as some of the contestants. Since it was a commerical, they dashed in the bathroom and returned as the "BO GO" girls. Not sure where the name came from, but they must have drank some silly juice as they couldn't even talk as they were laughing so hard.

They were to be getting ready for bed and then again why would they want to do that since daddy is gone this week and mom is such a softy for a good laugh. They then proceeded to try and sing for me. I say, I think I need to move as neither of them can carry a tune. They just giggled and I insisted on a picture of the two of them and their head wraps. Silly girls for sure!!

Sledding with Dad....

I had a girls weekend out and my girls stayed home with their dad. Apparently, they only had sledding on their minds as they had went everyday and spent a couple hours of up and down the hills. They rammed hard and seemed to be pretty popular with their big tube (and they shared it with the other kids sledding) as it went the fastest and furthest. Except there was a catch- they had to bail from the tube when they got to the end of the run. The park had not pulled the Christmas display out yet and since the tube picks up speed the more times you go down, lets just say -they could take the displays out themselves. There was only one incident . Ambrea decided not to bail and met the tree personally. She was okay and only came out of it with a bruise on her hip. She learned and was much better at bailing. I am glad the girls had a great time and I am sure that theywill be asking to go again.

Lost Tooth....

I cleared off some pictures off of our camera and came across a huge moment. Ambrea's lost tooth. Boy had she been waiting for this moment. Her sister has lost a few by now and was worried that she would never lose a tooth. Needless to say, she hurried up and put that tooth in a baggie, stuck it under her pillow. When I had tucked her in that night I felt under that pillow to make sure that it was still there and by george it was. When she woke up that morning she came into our room with that baggie in hand and a $1.00. She was happy as a lark and put that $1 in her bank. Since October she has lost one more tooth. It was literally loose for one day and when I got home from taking her sister to piano she was greeting me at the door with it. No patience at all with this girl.

Tab's Photo Blog

If you haven't seen it - check it out. What you say? My photo blog! See the link posted at the left. Hit it - its just the beginning.

I said in an earlier post, months ago that I would be pursuing an interest I have had for a long time. Well its just time to dig in deeper. I will be featuring photos that I have taken for my own personal growth and I hope to be taking pictures for others. It will be kept separate from my family blog as I still need to keep up with the family things. With photo "sessions" it will allow me to practice and gain that confidence I am looking for. I am soooo stepping out of my comfort zone, but that is one of my 2009 resolutions - get out of your shell. It's time. I hope that you will be willing to work with me if I call you or for that matter you can contact me. I would love to get going and who knows maybe I can sneak out some great photos for you. Oh! don't forget to post comments on something you see - whether you like it or not. I do need feedback to know what people are liking and what they are not. I am working on candid photos and using natural lighting. None of this studio stuff please. I have enough of those photos and paid way to much for something that turned into a nightmare just to get there. I believe we are more relaxed in our natural surroundings and the smiles are much more appealing.