For Katie

I had a request for more pictures from my evil *ahem* sweet sister-in-law, so, here they are. :)

Yes, they are all black and white. Hope you don't mind.

SNOW!!!

This morning we woke up to find a light dusting of snow on the ground, which made some very happy kiddos. :)

A Few Of My Favorite Things...

 'Love Story Meets Love Story' By The Piano Guys (you should check them out)

Starbucks Hot Chocolate

(USMC) CH-53 E Super Stallion Helicopter

Puppies. C'mon, who doesn't like a face like that????

Our Troops

That feeling I get after a hard workout.

Shooting during the 'Golden Hour'.

Messy buns.

AMEN!

What are some of YOUR favorite things?

Made sugar cookies a couple weeks ago with two great little helpers. :)

Bits Of Life...

Hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving! Ours certainly was. 

Great fellowship, turkey, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, Graham cracker/pudding/whipped cream dessert thingy,  and all the other yummy stuffs that are necessary ;)

Last year we made a Thankful Tree, and decided to do it again this year with the old tags, and have people write a new one.

Its cute to see what people write. :) Carver said he was thankful for "Elmy and our house."                       (that just melts my heart)

Of course, you now what you do the day after Thanksgiving? 

LISTEN TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!!! Oh, and put up Christmas decorations. This year we convinced Dad to let us get a real tree. With white lights. {does the happy dance}. Usually its a fake tree with colored lights, which, as a kid I loved. But now I really, really like white lights.

Maybe I've matured? Right? Perhaps? Maybe not.

Meg and I decided to do Christmas cards again for Operation Gratitude. With the deadline looming closer and closer, we had to get crackin'!

"Meg, can you pass the paper-cutty-thingy?" "Scissors please"  "Pencil!"

"Arggggghhhhh.... I stamped the 'M' upside down. Merry Christwas." "Do you like the light blue with dots, or the plaid?"  "Nooooo! I glued it on backwards...phooey."

Many mistakes, and laughs later, we had roughly forty cards made. Now we just have to write inside them.

You should stop by Op Gratitude's website sometime. There are many ways you can help, and its such a neat thought that maybe you're putting a smile on one of our Military member's face.

They do so much for us. Lets try to give a little bit back.

I Heart Faces Photo Challenge {orange}

A Little Bit Of Sun :)

p.s. A more substantial post  is coming soon!

Brothers...

A Trip To The Coast Guard Station

Back in August Meg and I had the opportunity to visit the Newport Coast Guard station for a friend's birthday. It was super cool, and I think we all came back fired up to join the Coast Guard!

Thanks C. for inviting us. :)

There was a great view of the bridge down there.

Our tour guide telling us about this boat. We learned that it uses the same engine as a mini van! 

Here, she is demonstrating how well this works as a swing. (She may or may not have told about the Officer she found swinging on it ) {wink}

This, is a very bad picture of her showing us where they store the (slightly expired) MRE"s.

Turns out, before our guide joined the Coast Guard she did a lot of photography, so we talked about that, and she offered to take our picture.

On our way home we stopped several places to get pictures of the coast. It was a gorgeous day!

{Playing around with a little free-lensing}

And this was the view from my seat on the way home :)