Only 300 more days to go!!
Here are two more Christmas images before we pack it all away for another 11 months. The first is another look at our stocking hangers...a more artistic one, shot with my new 50mm lens!
And this one is a gift that Ken received - I think it's beautiful!
Okay...after some input from other people, I played and played and played with this little nativity carving, and finally came up with one photo that I kinda like...
I got it! My sweetie got me the 50mm 1.8!! Yay! My mother accused me of having a growth on my face today - it was shaped like a Canon! I actually didn't take that many pictures today - only 127.
Here are a few from our fun Christmas day...
My mom gave me a whole bunch of beautiful goblets - a dozen blue ones that all match, and 10 (mostly) green ones that are unique. I love every one of them! Here is my favorite (Mom, I know you had to laugh at that!)... 
This shot is really terrible, but I had to catch the moment the best I could...three patient children watching all the gifts being handed out, and a very hopeful dog outside the window!
These were the flowers my father-in-law sent to my mother-in-law for Christmas. I love this arrangement. And I have a pink cast above the pink rose...is that an effect of this 50mm lens?
I hope this has been a very merry Christmas for all of you!
We have pretty snow! And the neighbor's mountain ash tree still has berries, which I think is strange. They're usually all eaten by October or November. They make for a bit of Christmas color this year! (I know there's no real focus in this shot, but I just liked the color.)
GAK! I almost forgot this time! It was another busy day...and I didn't even pull my camera out of the bag until 6:30 pm! That's quite unusual. Since it was dark outside, you get another Christmasy photo. What am I going to do when all the Christmas decorations are gone and it's still dark at 5 pm?
My littlest man had his Christmas party at school. They sang a bunch of adorable songs, and then decorated cookies (and ate them). It was fun, and the preschoolers are just sooooo cute!! Here are a few shots from the party.
The sad Christmas tree was part of a song they did...the other side has a happy face because the tree went from being a lonely tree to being with a happy family. Caleb has been singing that song ever since!
Whoo! I'm cutting it closer than normal today. I only had time to take a few shots of Mom's tree today. So here's some Christmas color...
One of the current photo challenges over at OnePhotoSource is "unique and creative images that represent this time of year." Here is the photo I took for that challenge...
I'm hoping to get out and work on the other challenge - leading lines - so you might get another photo later.
Update: It's a good thing I worked on this photo earlier. I didn't get a chance to go out shooting today. Waaaah.
Another update: Well, I never got out to take photos outside, but I did play around with shooting the Christmas lights again...
It's been 6 weeks! Wow! I can't believe it's gone so fast. I also can't believe I haven't missed a day.
I didn't actually take today's photo - but it's of me, so I'm letting that slide. My 15 year old daughter took this one. (I did crop and edit it a bit.) I'm so glad I spent half an hour curling my hair...the rain fixed it right up. Ergh.
I was dressed up for the big Community Choir Christmas Concert. It was fun, and I can't believe it's over already. Praise the Lord my kids were well-behaved this year! Now I'm going to get changed into my comfies and get settled on the couch while my hard-working husband is still at the gym breaking the whole concert setup down and cleaning up. Poor guy - at this point he's been there for over 9 hours. I guess I should at least make him some hot chocolate or something, huh?
More Christmas fun! We have our stockings (all 10 of them - including one for the dog) on the bookcase because we use our fireplace all the time. We don't want our stockings to catch on fire! The kids keep hoping that the stockings will be filled early. I think they're just going to have to be patient!
Another day when I didn't have a chance to take a shot until it was almost too late! But at least I have a pretty Christmas tree to practice on.
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