Black & White Wednesday......My Girl~

Faith has been off of school these past 2 weeks for Spring break and I am sooooooo enjoying these days home with her. (Reed is on a totally different spring break schedule. His does not start until next week. Dean has been off as he is on the same schedule as Faith) With Dean being 14 he does not care to spend much time with his Mom. Imagine that! :) Faith however has been wanting to spend every moment with me. I am, for the most part, just loving it! It is times like these I wish I had it in me to home school so I could have her home with me every day. She enjoys school so much though and she is so social and out going that I know she would miss her days spent at school with her classmates. One morning as we were racing to school to try and get her to class before the tardy bell rang (which is most mornings with getting 3 off to 3 different schools) I mentioned to her teacher that I should homeschool Faith just so we wouldn't have to feel so rushed every morning. Her teacher said Oh no, you couldn't do that. Faith enjoys school way too much." On her latest report card she wrote the following comments....
" Faith has the best attitude at school. She is always smiling and having a good time."


So I will so cherish these days with her while I have them. She is growing up so fast. I can not believe in just 3 short months she will be 7!!!

These photos were taken about a month ago when we went to San Francisco to see all of the tulips. I am the one that always has the camera so I am glad that Dale grabbed the camera and took a few.........

They are really pretty in color because of the tulips, but I played around with the editing in b & w and am really happy with them. Of course I am never happy with how I turn out in photos.

To see more black and white photos or to join in on the fun go here!

i heart faces...dramatic black & white

I have not entered the photo challenge for awhile at "i heart faces" because of taking a little break from blogging as we get settled into our home. I have missed it and decided to hop on over and see what the challenge is this week. When I read "dramatic" I immediately thought of this photo........

Just look at that dramatic expression!
I did some editing with the lighting to give it an even more dramatic look.


And speaking of dramatic....over 1,000 entries! Wow! I have been gone for awhile! I think this is getting out of my league! :) I almost decided not to enter when I saw the amount of entries as it seemed a little overwhelming. I enter though because it is a fun way of learning all that I can in taking better photos, not because I expect to win.....especially with over 1,000 entries! ;)
I also enjoy seeing all the wonderful photos which you can check out here!