365 197-224...

Wow...that's a lot to catch up on in one post! Lol! I'll get straight to it...


Ice Cream cart at the park...

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The life kids have these days...

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She lubs him...

(mk bland to brilliant 100%, my mz xp soft 75% & mk see things clearer)

Almost ready for our trip! Notice my two camera bags...ha...

(edited with... red leaf washed brighter 75%, mk bring on the bokeh 50% masked on bokeh that was already present, tra boutwell magic glasses 70% & mk see things clearer 30% both on focus areas only)
And we are on our way to Idaho to visit my Pop & my Grandma...

(edited with... bland to brilliant 100%, ziggy licious strawberry cream & peach cream 15%, blueberry cream soda 20% & mk see things clearer...not the greatest edits)



Went for a walk with the girls near my Pop's house...

(edited with mk bland to brilliant adjusted, pure actions as follows... boost yellows, pinch of soft light, snap that baby 30% cloud 9, ziggy licious dollop of whip cream & mk see thing clearer 30%... if I don't put a % then I don't remember)



This is a trail that starts at my dads street across from his driveway and leads to this fishing lake...

(edited with... pretty much the same as 365-202)



The girls with Brady in my Pop's backyard. They had a HUGE crush on him. Who can blame them. If I were them I would have too. He's a cutie...

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There are deer every where on my dad's property...

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Fun at the lake. Northern Idaho has THE.BEST.SUMMERS...

(edited with... lilyblue simple set again and a few other things that I can't remember. i don't like these edits either. these are all i have left to edit from our trip & i'm so unsure how i'm going to edit them. the light was so harsh that i couldn't find an edit i liked. we'll see if pure actions will come to the rescue....lol)



We took a lot of walks! Shot with my Tokina 16-28 on my 5D...

(edited with pure actions as follows... boost yellows 60%, a pinch of soft light, cloud 9, boost shadows, tra boutwell magic glasses & mk see things clearer both on focus areas only. i love these edits)



On a road trip with my Pop...

(edited with... lilyblue simple set simple 1, ziggy licious creams sodas as follows.... kiwi cream and strawberry cream at 15%, blueberry cream soda 30%, root beer 20%, cherry soda 10%, lime soda 15%, tra boutwell magic glasses 50% & mk see things clearer 20%. not happy with this edit either and went a different direction when i did my actual editing)



My dad has a great rustic man's way of decorating that I've always loved since I was a kid...

(edited with... pure actions as follows... boost yellows 50%, look at all that color baby 50%, boost the shadows 30%, cloud 9 (left shot only), tra boutwell magic glasses 100% & mk see things clearer 30% both on focus areas only)



My grandma! No words will ever do justice to how much I love and respect her! Eight years ago she had a stroke that took the use of her right arm and her speech. She hasn't been able to talk for eight years. And this is the most independent woman I truly have ever know! I could go on for chapters telling you all the things she did in her life! She was 77 (and a young chic beautiful 77 who drove a full size truck, worked & swam at the YMCA 5 days a week, worked in an antique shop 3-5 days a week and moved those antiques, stripped, glued, stained them etc) when she had her stroke and just turned 85 at the beginning of June. I miss her so much and wish I could live closer to her and see her all the time. I wish she could see the girls more and I sooooo wish that they had her in their lives the way I did so she could share her wisdom & love with them like she did with me. For all she's been through and her advancing age..she's doing pretty darn good!

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It's already been 10 days and it's time to come home! I will miss Idaho and can't wait to go back...

(edited with... mk bland to brilliant 100%, mk light/shade to burn light pink bag a bit, lilyblue simple set simple 1, ziggy licious peach/strawberry/carmel cream 15%, blueberry cream soda 30%, tra boutwell magic glasses 100% & mk see things clearer 30% both on focus areas only)



We came home to many surprises! My wonderful husband threw me a surprise welcome home party with our close friends and decorated. Then he surprised me with this AWESOME Fox purse I wanted so bad and asked for for Christmas. Then...this was the BIG surprise! He's been wanting to get the girls names tattooed on him for years. I always joked that he should put my name on there too....never ever ever thinking or expecting him to actually do it! So I about died when I saw this! He was hoping I'd cry when I saw it. I was too in shock and our friends were there staring at me. But whenever I think about it or write about it, I start to tear up...like I am now. He told me that I am at the bottom because I am the ribbon that ties it all together. Aw....10 years and I love him more each year...

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Missing my healthy food...

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Miss the beautiful green of Idaho and so NOT inspired this day. Reflection shot in the bumper of my truck...lol...

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Not inspired this day either so you get a rotten lemon...HAHAHA....

(edited with... didn't write it down...sorry but I do remember I used 3 florabella textures on top)


Love this one. Took an up close picture of our flag in the backyard and the breeze blew it just right...

(edited with... not 100% sure but I think it was a lilyblue simple set action...possibly simple 3)



Another surprise Eric had for us was that he planned a trip to San Diego to go to Sea World for Avyree's birthday (the very next weekend after Idaho...I was tired lol)! So we left early in the morning, checked into our hotel and dropped our bags off then headed to the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier (which I still have to edit)...

(edited with.... pure actions just can't remember them all because i forgot to write it down again and tra boutwell magic glasses & mk see things clearer)


And Saturday was Sea World (which I still have to edit)...

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Between walking on the USS Midway for 4 hours, swimming after for hours, walking around Sea World for TEN HOURS then more swimming, the girls were BEAT (and Avyree ended up getting sick by the end of the day with a high fever then throwing up thankfully after we got home & not in the truck)....

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Too tired for anything...

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Not sure why my 16lb fat lazy cat is so tired. This is all he did all weekend with no Lily to chase him around! He had the place to himself, lazy cat...

(edited with... lilyblue simple set for sure just don't remember which and tra boutwell magic glasses & mk see things clearer)



I just can't believe she's 5 already and starting Kinder on the 7th...

(edited with pure actions just don't remember all and tra boutwell magic glasses & mk see things clearer)

And then poor Haylee got what Avyree had. She threw up less but had a higher fever, 102.2 when I took this pic...

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Eric bought Avyree a little cheap digital camera for her birthday! She loves to take pictures and little video clips. The first was total junk so he exchanged it and the second one wasn't too much better so he returned it too. So she ended up with my old FujiFilm S3000....which is the camera that started it all. Wonder if she'll get the bug...

(edited with pure actions as follows... look at all that color baby & boost the shadows baby 100%, snap that baby 50%, cloud 9 100%, tra boutwell magic glasses 100% & michelle kane's see things clearer on focus area only)



So I totally dropped the ball and writing down my edits the second half! Lol! I've been trying my very best to write down my 365 edits because I get a lot of people that ask and have asked me to say on my blog! I'll try even harder to remember to write it down! Lol!

And since I've already edited 400 Idaho pictures, there are simply too many to put on my blog and I could never begin to pick and choose. Lol! You know me, I have to tell the whole story. So I created a Zenfolio folder where I can share them all. You can click each one or view as a slideshow etc. All the shots besides the lake shots that I've yet to edit (but will load in that album when I do) are already in there. I also did a head band shoot of the girls (which I shared one shot of each girl with 3 different edits here on my blog) that I might load in the Idaho folder as well since I took them in Idaho! So...if you would like to see all my Idaho pictures, click below...

Momaziggy's Idaho Summer Trip 2011

Okay...I need a Photoshop editing break and I don't say that often! Lol! Thanks for looking and I hope to get back on my Friday schedule! Have a GREAT weekend!