Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Us

It took a while to find a time to take a couple self-portrait. The hubby usually gets home after dark, and I wanted to use the same window light I had for the girls' pictures. With Seth taking the day off, I finally had my chance.

I tried to have us do closed-mouth smiles (again, to match the girls' pictures), but I just can't do it! Every time I attempted it, my teeth showed anyway. Oh, well.

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Friday, November 12, 2010

The frame story

Once upon a time, I had a picture frame on our entry way wall. It had three B&W 4x6s of the family: one of Seth and Andrea together, one of Rebekah and one of Analee. But then one day, I had to borrow the mat from that frame for one of my entries to the state fair.

After the fair, I tried putting the frame back in its home on the wall, only to have it fall on the ground and break into itsy bitsy pieces. I tried to buy a replacement frame, but I couldn't find the exact one. Instead, I found and purchased a slightly bigger frame that has a mat that holds four 4x6s.

The frame has been hanging on the wall sans photos, glass and back for a few days now. My camera has been sitting out for a couple of days now, so I decided to pick it up and takes pictures of my girls by the window. Here are my favorites:


Now all I've got to do is get Seth around here while there's still some daylight and take a picture with him; then I'll have all four spots in our mat ready to be occupied.

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