My three year old!

I've been trying to get some pictures of my three year old, since before he turned three. It is just not easy to get eye contact. Anyway here is a few of the ones we took today.

Moody black and white.

I was taking pics of my son trying out different locations in our house. It turns out the evening sun in my youngests room is pretty good for picture taking.

A boy and his best friend...

My son lost his best friend, and on his birthday. I don't know how long it typically takes to get over losing a pet, but I think it will take longer with a three year old in the house. He asked again today where Edy was and why can't the doctor fix her. It's been rough, we were visiting with the neighbors and all Ben did was follow around their dog. He loved our dog, probably more than anyone, except maybe my husband.

Edy, R.I.P. April 26, 2007

Our sweet puppy died yesterday. We are out of sorts this week, as it was pretty sudden. She was only 7 and way too young to die, I envisioned her being around a lot longer. We will move on, but it is quiet around the house and so we remember her.

More bubbles!!

Here's another of my son blowing bubbles.

Bubbles!!

We had fun playing outside yesterday! The weather was awsome and the kids enjoyed blowing bubbles. It's so great to be able to get outside and play!

Just my son

Just my son
Originally uploaded by llear.

We went for a walk this morning. It was so much fun, we looked at trains, flowers and fountains. It didn't turn out to be the photo session I was hoping for, but that may never happen.

A black and white conversion

I am trying a new black and white conversion, let me know what you think.

My new toy!

My first attempt at using the RAW setting on my camera
Originally uploaded by llear.

I took this using the RAW setting on my camera and then played around with it in Adobe Lightroom. It is amazing, I don't think I'll go back.

My friend's daughter

Here is a picture I took of Miss E on our walk the other day.

This is what I get when I ask my son to look at the camera!!

He really doesn't like getting his picture taken. Actually when I get my camera out he often goes running in the other direction. So this is what I'm left with.

A new pic of Jack

I have a trial of photoshop cs2 and have been playing around a little. It is so impressive, I wish I had gotten it sooner.

It's gonna be slow for a while....

It's going to be slow for a while, I just got a new laptop and I am trying not to put as many pictures on it. I have an external hard drive for my pictures, but this computer has Vista and quite frankly it a huge pain. I have to figure out all the little things that are different, but most important is the fact that a lot of my programs are not compatible with the Vista system. So if your in the market for a new computer, my suggestion is stay away from Vista and get a Mac.

Beautiful Weather

The weather has been gorgeous, so of course we've been outside everyday. This is great for the kids, not my allergies. I haven't gotten very good pictures, because I can barely see out of my bloodshot, swollen eyes, let alone get a good shot. Here is one of Jack, he really doesn't like getting his picture taken.

A beautiful baby!!

I recently took some pictures of my friends baby and this on is my favorite. She didn't take a bad picture, though.

Winter blues

I'm sort of having the winter blues when it comes to taking pictures. The lighting just isn't good, so I pulled this one out of my fall files.

New baby

I took pictures of my friends new baby last week. There are so many adorable pictures it's hard to choose just one. I love this one, though, she is so adorable.

Bathtime!!

Maddison and Jack on the mountain

Maddison and Jack on the mountain
Originally uploaded by llear.

Maddison and Jack were on the top of the mountain getting ready to go down.

Maddison, Jack and Mom

Maddison, Jack and Mom
Originally uploaded by llear.

Maddison, Jack and mom skiing at Beaver Creek. The kids ski faster than I do know.

Ben on the mountain

Ben on the mountain
Originally uploaded by llear.

We went skiing last week and had a blast. Maddison and Jack went to ski school and Ben played in the snow. Everyone had a great time!!

Looking at the Christmas Tree!!

Ben was having fun pointing out his favorite ornaments. I thought the picture would be better, but it was still a sweet moment to capture.

Serious Snowball Fight!!

More snow fun!!

More snow fun!!

YEAH!!! Snow Day!!!

I just had to put this up here, now I did get a slightly better picture for our Christmas card. For the one picture I got with all of them smiling, I had at least 150 of these. Thank God for digital!:)

Another try at photoshop!!

Click on the picture to get the full affect.

Black and White of my baby

I've been trying to figure out photoshop and did a little playing. Let me know what you think.

Here I finally got a smile!!

Mr. Serious, isn't he handsome.

Ben is enjoying these last few days of warmer weather. I don't know what we are going to do when it gets too cold to play outside.

As hard as it is to believe from the looks in the picture, the kids had a blast on Halloween. We have waay tooo much candy, so I'm sure dental work is in our future.

This is my sad attempt at getting a Christmas card worthy picture of my kids.

I wish this were a better picture, but the joy on my son's face was just too great to delet it.

Ben and I were having fun taking pictures this morning, it's too bad it's rainging and the lighting sucks.

The boys are enjoying a book together. It's so nice when they get along.

Got this picture of the moon, not a very good shot, but there's something about it that I just like.

Prickly....

A little collection of my kids...

Yeah a picture of him looking at me!!!

Beauty...

Here is one of all three kids, kind a new one for me.

I got some good shots of my kids this weekend

Hello eyes....

We visited our cousins in Kansas City this weekend. They had a great time playing together.

Jack had a friend over on his birthday on Tuesday. They played outside and with his new video game.

Ben had his first day of pre-school. He really loved it, didn't even care that I left.

We had some friends over and played cards and had some drinks...they aren't all her drinks by the way.

Today I got a smile....he thought it was funny that I wanted to take pictures of him in his fireman coat.

My son has an obsession....