Testing...having issues with my blog...

Hi there! I'm posting a test post because I'm having problems posting on my blog. I've been trying for four days and it gives me an error each time. I cannot find a place to contact Blogger CS and I posted on the forum but still no resolve. I have so many pictures to post, so fingers crossed that it's working again!

 So here is Nugget today at school making "Friendship Salad" with their Book Buddy class...

Here is Nugget with her 2nd grade Book Buddy...




Here she is with a classmate being silly...



Being silly...



My little beauty...




So if all is working again I will be posting several blog posts tomorrow trying to get caught up!  :)

This morning 11-8-2011...

I took my 365 of the day...which you'll see on Friday (lol).  So since I had my camera out I took a couple pictures.  Haylee was dying to try my camera so I actually let her take a couple...and I'm in them.  So be prepared...these are scary (lol) and RARE.  You won't see me again in the long future...lol!  And please excuse the sheet on the couch.  We got a new couch & love seat on Saturday (which you'll also see on Friday in my 365 post) and I'm doing my best to keep it clean during the day while it's just me & Lily here.  So I took the crappy rough sheets that came with our new mattress and cover the couches during the day.  Got to protect them from dog hair and dog slobber! Lol!

Avyree had a VERY VERY VERY bad morning and this was her mood...



Photograph by Haylee Ziegenfuss.  The goal was for Avyree & I to kiss and have Haylee take the shot.  But Avyree was in a mood from HELL so she refused to kiss me!  But of course the vicious pit bull was up for lots & lots of kisses...



Photograph by Haylee Ziegenfuss.  Good capture Haylee...



So this was not easy.  Trying to take a picture with a full frame DSLR & a slightly heavy 35L WHILE shooting BBF...I'm just surprised I got anything.  Gotta love large apertures...blurred me mostly out...HA...



And finally...Haylee & our Lily...the sweetest Pit bull ever...




Thanks for looking & I hope your morning was better than mine.  Avyree proceeded to scream & yell at me, hit me several times and pull my hair.  Needless to say she lost ALL of her toys in her room and is VERY VERY grounded!  I was so upset that I had to drop them off at school via the valet drop off and come home & cry for a good twenty minutes.  My head is killing me now but I'm trying to enjoy the peace before I pick them up today!

Hail storm...

We had an exciting Sunday.  About 4pm a big storm rolled in...well big for us.  And then the hail started!  The girls headed outside to play and I took lots of pictures.  Edited with Red Leaf Film Shift Washed Brighter adjusted.  The first collage of Avyree I used Pure Actions & MKs Euphoria at about 40% opacity.  Black & whites I used Red Leaf Film Shift BW adjusted...


This is big hail for us...



Mix of rain & hail...




Almost looks like snow from a distance...lol...



We have dirt up in part of our driveway and you can see the dirt river coming down the driveway...



Lots of hail..




Crazy Nugget and her crazy expressions...




Collecting hail off the dirty swing to eat...yummy...




They had so much fun standing in the driveway in it...




This is now one of my all time fav shots I've taken...



Love Haylee's too but there is something about Avyree's that I truly love.  These will both be printed on canvas...



Now she's getting a big cold & wet...




But what kid can resist catching hail & rain on their tongues...




Haylee enjoying it too. I feel bad I don't have more pics of Haylee.  For some reason I missed focus on most of her shots and she got cold and went inside long before Avyree did...



Dr. Jekyll...




Up close with my 135L...




Time to start creating & eating...



Her hands were starting to get red, cold and hurt...



Her hail donut...




So in true Nugget fashion she did this...



Such a cutie...




She's about done and starting to space out...





Then her mouth got cold too and we went inside...





Thanks for looking.

365 288-294...

Hope everyone had a great Halloween! The girls had a great time & got lots of candy, which I've been eating daily! 

Here are my shots for the week...

The girls pumpkins....

(edited the same as 287 on last weeks post...Pure Actions, Michelle Kane Actions & TRA Boutwell Magic Glasses)



We had a couple friends over Saturday night for drinks & the UFC fights.  I had a little too many so Tommy's to the rescue in the morning...

(edited with Pure Look at all that color baby 75%, LB Simple Three 50%, MK Bring on the Bokeh 30%, TRA Boutwell magic glasses on focus area 100%, MK See things clearer 30% on focus area)





I walk/jog Lily every morning and couldn't get through it without my walking buddy...

(edtied with Pure Look at all that color baby 100%, MK Shade on screen, MK Bring on bokeh 30%, RL Film Shift washed brighter 50%, TRA Boutwell magic glasses on focus area 100%, MK See things clearer 30% on focus area)





The girls got lots of yummy candy...

(edited with Pure Look at all that color baby 100%, Boost those yellows 50%, Yellow Haze 30%, MK Bring on the bokeh 50%, TRA Boutwell magic glasses on focus area 100%, MK See things clearer 30% on focus area)




Santa Ana winds come and so does the mess...UGH...

(edited with Pure Look at all that color baby 100%, RL Signature 2 Color I 50%, MK Bring on bokeh 30%, TRA Boutwell magic glasses on focus area 100%, MK See things clearer 30% on focus area)




Little Nugget wearing a shirt as a dress as usual...

(edited with RL Film Shift cool blue 50%, MK Bring on bokeh30-70%, Glisten on eyes, See things clearer 30$ on focus area)




Loving the rain right now...

(edited with RL washed brighter 100%, MK Bring on bokeh 30%, TRA Boutwell magic glasses on focus area 100%, MK See things clearer on focus area 30%)



My girls will be at my moms for the weekend so I get to relax all weekend...YAY!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

Halloween is over and we have way too much candy, as all you parents do. I don't take pictures of the girls trick or treating and didn't take any of them before since we left at dark. But I do have the pictures of the Fall Festival which show their costumes.

Anywho...the girls carved their pumpkins Saturday and I took pictures of that of course!  All edited with Pure Look at all the color baby 100%, Florabella 1968 from her new Workflow set at 30% and my Strawberry Cream from my Ziggy Licious set at 15% & Peach Cream at 10%, some have TRA Boutwell magic glasses & all have Michelle Kane's See things clearer.  Most collages from Pure Actions and a few from MCP's Blog it Boards...

Lily & Avyree watching Daddy open the pumpkins...




Haylee was very grossed out by the guts...



Keeping the seeds for baking this year...




Lily on the other hand loved the pumpkin guts...




Avyree had no problem with the guts...




A little backlight...




Lily watching and trying to get in on the action...




Daddy helping scraping the insides...




Haylee gets to work. She wanted a Peace sign this year so we traced one from her bedspread...




Avyree wanted a regular pumpkin face...




My beautiful lil golden nugget...




Lily watching very carefully for any droppings...




Haylee's Peace sign pumpkin & Avyree's Rastafarian pumpkin...




Getting the seeds ready for baking for Avyree...




Sadly I burned them and she didn't like them.  I'd stirred them 10 minutes before this and still had 15 minutes on the timer. I was bummed they burned...think I used too much butter.  Oh well...




And that was our afternoon.  Thanks for looking & hope you all had a wonderful & safe Halloween with your littles!