The assignment: Show your top 10 photos of 2010 on I Should be Folding Laundry. Our computer crashed and all I have is photos from October, but I want to join in so I will use those. One of my New Year's Goals is to better my photography skills, so I hope to join in and learn more each week.
We went to Helen, GA after Christmas and my dad was able to come for the day to visit with us. So, I am including a photo that has included him in it.

Christmas morning we woke up to a white Christmas! The big deal... it is in Alabama. Such a wonderful Christmas gift.

The view out my front window of my Japanese Maple tree covered in snow.

Two great nieces all ready for Christmas. Little Emma on the right will not smile for a picture and I kindof got a smile!

These two Down Syndrome people have acted out a skit at the last two Women's Banquet at our church. They are just awesome and you can see the joy of God flow out of them as they act out the song. If you don't cry you are hardened.

My candy tree that I did with the boys for the Women's Banquet. It was such a hit with everyone. Definitely have to do this again.

I took a bunch of photos of my kids. I love the lighting of this one where the light was more on one side and kind of clouded the left side. I am sure pure photographers cringe and would tell you all the equipment or techniques I need, but for now I love it. Let me live in denial or stupidity for awhile longer.

These are our first ever carved pumpkins. We don't celebrate Halloween so it has never happened. They had a good time getting the goo out and creating what they wanted.

I caught he working the Fall Festival.

Homecoming photo of Cameron and his date. I embarrassed my whole family by lying on the ground for this. The things we do to get a shot.

Check out more photos at I Should Be Folding Laundry. If you are interested in improving your photo skills she has a weekly link up with different assignments.

Photo Challenge- Lines

I Should be Folding Laundry issued a photo challenge this week to photograph lines. My backyard is semi- wooded and I love the look of the early morning light coming through the trees. This one shows both the lines of my stairwell, but also the crosses that are on the wall.

Lines of candles.

Lines of the mini greenhouse. These are the prettiest, mixed with curly ques.

Nature Walk Photo Session

Our home school group had pictures today and I took the kids. They said that if we did not take Friday classes to be there before 9:00 so we got there. We got in line and they kept taking kids in front of us because "they needed to get to class." They also were using a photographer that runs $25 for a 5x7 and 8 wallets. So, after we waited over 40 minutes I decided to leave and take the kids photos myself and save $75.00.

In Madison, there is a nature walk that is paved. It is about 2 miles long and runs through a nature path area with a creek on one side and a cattle ranch on the other. The boys found their cowboy hats the other day and have been playing cowboys in them. They did not want to take the hats today but I made them "just carry them." I knew the area where the cattle ranch is would be perfect to get some shots with their hats on. They put them on and it was funny to watch them. Suddenly they were bow legged and talked like cowboys and stood like cowboys and spit like cowboys. I really love these shots.