with a little help from a friend… I recruited my sweet friend Kristy’s youngest, to help me with a little photo project I’m putting together… these portraits were shot New Years Eve on their property… I just love what a good HAT can do for a photo… Miss H doesn’t need much direction and we just had FUN… it was chilly but that didn’t seem to matter… you see? sessions in the winter can be wonderful! Happy 2009 to all…

her Daddy has the COOLEST vintage signs! here is one we pulled out…

thanks for dropping in…

until next time~

the family room couch….

calvin and ty… 2008

it’s a homeschool thing!

just before the Christmas school break…. i came into the room and this was the scene I found…. calvin doing a reading assignment and Ty sleeping close by!

one of our family traditions…

every year we sit down and decorate a ton of roll out sugar cookies… then we eat them one after another, until we are sick and they are all gone! a few “titles”, jim is the ‘redhot king’, you can tell a cookie he made when they are covered with redhots… calvin is the ‘frosting king’ it’s piled on and he likes to make faces on the cookies… me, well lets just say, I’m the ‘baking queen’!  another wonderful Christmas has come and gone… guess it’s time for me to start making those, “next year I’m going to be on the ball” statements that I’m sure to not follow up on! hey, guess that’s sort of a family tradition too!

again, Merry CHRISTmas everyone!
Upside Down from Pace Hartfield on Vimeo.

I am completely and utterly thrilled to announce, that Jim has been promoted to Colonel in the Air Force Reserves! The official notification came today… Out of some 1200 on the list, Jim was one of only 68 who were promoted!

And I say, “Well deserved, my love.”

(photo taken this fall in NC)

November 28th, our 21st Wedding Anniversary. This photo is the very first picture taken of Jim and I.

life is GOOD…

until next time~

This past Thursday Calvin and I were invited to join our pals for a swim at a family members pool of Miss Kristy’s. Calvin and Hannah had a “fall break” (that Thursday only) from their writing/lit. classes so we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and spent the day outside. While swimming the young miss “H” found this frog in the pool drain tank and set it free after I asked for a quick photo…

well here are a couple photos of my new hair style… even though #2 had the most votes from my little poll, I went with hair style #1 (Jim and my sister both said they voted for #1 so I went with that!) Calvin took these photos of me. I thought I’d regret going short but I’m loving the change and haven’t looked back!

spent a little time last Sat. capturing a few photos, while I was out for a little location hunting, at Olivet cemetery….

This afternoon Kristy and I took Calvin and Hannah and viewed the touring copy of the Declaration of Indepence at the main library downtown. Copies like this one were printed (without the signatures) and taken to the colonies to inform the citizens. This copy was hidden behind a painting a man bought at a yard sale for $4 dollars. He noticed a tear in the painting (or print) and took the frame apart and found this folded up behind it! His $4 investment turned into over a million dollar return at auction where he sold it!!!

This ends my post of blog material from the last week and a half.  Thanks for stopping in….

Doing a little blog surfing this morning and I wanted to share these inspirational blogs. these ladies are true artists. using found items to create unique works of art. Love all the vintage.

all these amazing works of art make me want to break out my stash of found treasures and start ‘creating’

enjoy…   Sandra Evertson    Rebecca Sower   Heather Bullard

Seriously, Europeans have the most twisted pranks ever. Look out for patches of leaves! I found this way funny! Oh and Happy first day of Fall!