Pixel Perfect: Before and After Blog hop

             This is one of my favorite sites...I love looking at other people's photos and learning about basic photo editing.....This is my SOOC SHOT

Here is my edit....I used Coffeshop rita's found here for color boosting, then Everyday elements Florida action, which I love and use on almost every pic...it corrects the lighting for you!  I then ran a new action called strawberry vintage from Linky Lueville Crazy Actions...free...and it is awesome for snowy pics...I tweak all the levels...turning some on and off, changing opacity....I just think using actions makes your life so much easier!  We had a blast playing in the snow!

Merry White Christmas!!!

It's snowing in North Carolina!!!! Technically its the day after Christmas...but Gracie said snowing, means Christmas...so it still must be Christmas today!!!  We had a wonderful Christmas with our sweet little family of 5....we just relaxed, played with the kiddos, took long naps, ate a ton.....and played some more!  The girls got lots of goodies from santa and their parents....and had a fabulous day playing with each other all day long!  They fell asleep in 5 minutes last night! :)

Here is Gracie and Emma in their matching pjs their Grammy bought them!





Playing in the snow!  It was beautiful!



I got a bunch of new textures and actions for photo shop element and had fun this afternoon playing around with them!





Playing Hungry Hippos!

My sweet husband...love this pic of him!

Emma's Christmas Program

Emma had a Christmas program with her preschool class.  She goes to school Tuesday and Thursday and loves it!  She loves feeling like a "big girl" like her big sister, Gracie.  Emma sang her little heart out and did all of the hand motions great!  Everytime we see a snowman, she busts out the snowman song!


Cute treats, made by my good friend Allison!

Sweet girl!

Gracie's Christmas Program

Bundled up at the Living Nativity!

We had a great time at the FBC Living Nativity.... It was pretty cold, so we bundled up, and the girls loved wearing warm hats.  Gracie's head is so big, that she had to wear my hat...which she thought was pretty cool.



Emma was devastated she couldn't ride the stroller and had to walk all away around the church....it wasn't that far....so Daddy ended up carrying her most of the way!


Gracie and Emma love the story of baby Jesus.....I think they can relate because they remember me pregnant and then having baby Abigail..... Too bad we lost baby carrot Jesus out of our Veggie Tale Nativity set. :(


Sweet baby Abigail in her Eore costume from Halloween....Its the only thing that will fit her, and its super warm!


Sweet Gracie and Mommy!

Dear Santa....

The girls visited Santa on Camp Lejeune last Sunday!  They were super excited, and Steven and I were excited that the pictures were free!  I should have brought my camera, because the quality of the pics are horrible.. but the girls had fun anyway.... baby Abigail wasn't too thrilled, and Gracie trying to get closer to Santa, knocked over the big bucket of candy canes.....but, that's typical of one of our days! :)  Doesn't Santa look sooo happy to be there. :)

Also, I had to fill out 3 "letters to Santa" which was a permission slip to take the pictures, and on Gracie's I quickly put she wanted a dolly, books, and a leapster.  Gracie asked me what I was writing, and I told her, and now every time someone asks her what she wants for Christmas, she says a dolly, books, and a leapster....she has no idea what a leapster is.....that girl cracks me up!  Grammy and I got her and Em leapsters, because after losing our i touch, I'm terrified that they will lose our i phones, and I would rather them lose/break a $30 leapster than our i phones.

Its's the most wonderful time of the year....

Christmas is here!!!  My girls are soooo thrilled its Christmas....they walk into Target and yell, "Merry Christmas everyone!"  Then we talk about using our indoor voice, until we make it to the Christmas decor section, where Emma yells, again, "Merry Christmas everyone."  They are super excited.  Here are some pics of the girls in front of the tree....we finally got the ornaments on it, and since the girls go to school and church, we add hand made ornaments daily! :)



Poor Abby wasn't too happy....