yesterday...

in pictures:

Well, apparently pictures will follow at some point when Blogger decides to let me upload...

Jacob's bath:

Emily's 12th birthday party @ Scandia:

Cards from our SU Group:

a couple more...

pictures of sweet baby Jacob, taken a couple of days ago:

Things are going well with him, and hopefully he'll be able to go home with Mom & Dad soon!

Stamp - A - Stack

Had my first ever SAS today... at 0930, no less! It went well - the girls loved the cards, and they were all out the door with 12 completed cards by 12:30.

what the...?

My fire alarm beeped & woke me up when the power went out this morning around 5am... while I was downstairs looking for a new battery for my clock, I had a second rude awakening:

Double checked the calendar - it is, in fact, APRIL 19th? Yes. Blinked really hard to see if my sleepy eyes were just unable to discern the difference between dirty windows and that white stuff that falls in the WINTER time?? No. Not my sleepy eyes... it was snowing, and it snowed all morning! Kelli phoned around 0730 to inform me that I would need to shovel before my class...

welcome Jacob...

My friends Victoria & Richard had a little surprise in the wee hours of April 4th, when their son decided to arrive... about 7 weeks early! He's fine... thank goodness! Tiny, but fine, & oh so perfect! I couldn't get foot or hand shots yet because he has to be kept warm & is all bundled up, but here are some pics from his first 'shoot' yesterday - 11 days old:

I got a couple of really nice ones of Jacob with his mommy but was only given permission to blog Mr. J. for now - I'll work on his mommy!

today...

is my Mom's birthday, so Dad took her & I out for coffee this morning:

Doesn't she look great? It's really hard to get 'natural' pictures of my parents, so I told them to talk and pretend like I wasn't there (3 feet from them, snapping away like the paparazzi!):


and maybe they aren't technically the best pictures, but they do capture the true relationship my parents have - they have what I want. After nearly 36 years of marriage (coming up in April!), they laugh together all the time... they truly are best friends!

It wasn't snowing or raining this morning (yet!), so after coffee I took Mom & Harley for a walk up to the Rose Valley Dam:

darn dog still won't look at the camera!

He prefers to be shot in profile, from his 'best side'.

I am finding that the more I use my 50mm lens, the more I like it... I think Karen might be onto something!

Happy Birthday Mom! I love you!

some cards...

... OK, so now it's A card... the second one is removed for PUBLICATION! And I need to make myself one of those little "Removed for Publication" signs that people have...

for my rescheduled class tonight - we're doing heat embossing... hope they like it!

Some flowers:

a total surprise from yesterday... I love how bright and 'Eastery' they are!