Leavin’ on a jet plane…

Posted on January 13, 2008

So I’ll be visiting my family soon. So excited to go back home and see my precious family again. I’ve got a couple photo shoots set up and I’m SO excited! I hope to come back to Germany with lots more experience and maybe an actual clue how to pose people, make them look their best, keep little kiddo’s happy during the shoot, etc. All so I can come home and go back to having only two models again – David and Kate!

So I’m eyeball deep in laundry, packing, suitcases, etc. it takes lots of planning to go on a trip with a almost 2 year old. Pray she cooperates and enjoys the trip there! I’m a little nervous about her hating the plane trip! But I do know she will adore my family and my parents amazing place. They have 13 acres, tons of trees, 2 dogs, goats (and two Mama goats who are due with babies ANY day now!), ducks, a pond and all the space she needs to run, run, run!

Here are some of my latest photos for Project 365, enjoy!

8/366: Bathroom Counter
When we moved to Germany I had no idea this was the tiny bathroom counter I’d end up with. Notice my stuff overwhelms the ity bity space. Poor David’s stuff is shoved into an area about 3”x3” over in the far right side. Poor David….Poor Annie…. LOL!

9/366: Shoes, shoes, shoes & more shoes

I’m not the type to ever buy stuff for myself, but when I came across these shoes at Old Navy and they were $9/ea (or LESS) I went ahead and splurged…it also helped that my sweet grandparents got me a gift card for my birthday! It’s so exciting to finally have some cute shoes!!

10/366: Car Shopping
We know we want a Volvo XC90 eventually and we test drove and drooled over them…but alas we decided to wait a bit longer before taking the plunge into spending so much on a car!

11/366: Acorn Discovery

Kate discovered…well actually re-discovered acorns. She was facinated by them before, but I think forgot about how totally cool they are. She plopped herself down and proceeded to dig through them and move them all around. She called them apples at first (cause in her world all round things are apples), but FINALLY toward the end of the park trip she started calling them “acren”…which is KINDA close to acorn….

12/366: I’m thankful our landlords plant stuff for us in our flower beds…cause goodness knows I suck at gardening. This is one of the plants they planted and tend to, and we just get to look at and enjoy – LOVE this arrangement!

Cheers!

Annie

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2008

Well 2008 has officially arrived. David and I rang in the new year by listening to our neighbors set off fireworks, drank a little champagne (is that how I spell it???) and chitty chatted. Totally nice. I really do love the simple act of having a conversation with my sweet hubby. Even if it’s about regular everyday stuff. Just love the company of him. He humored me by allowing me to take a couple self portraits of us kissing in the new year. It took me about 5 tries before I managed to get our heads in the shot, but it was sure fun kissing over and over until I got it right! *wink*

Also enjoyed our lovely bottle of champagne:

In honor of the new year I’m taking on Project 365. I was introduced to the idea on Flickr.com, I’m going to try and take (at least!) one photo everyday this year…I might not upload them but ever week or so, but my plan is to force myself to photograph the super cool stuff and even the most mundane and try and find the beauty WITHIN the occational mundane. By the end of the year I strive to have 365 photos as proof of my daily existence. I like the idea of leaving a legacy of photos that aren’t just the expected ones (holidays, milestones, beautiful scenes), but even the everyday ones. I mean as much as I don’t like the idea of showing future generations how messy and out of control my dirty laundry piles become, it’s also important to document the REAL stuff…although I’m not exactly sure I want to be as real as “piles of dirty laundry real” would be! Hee-hee, but you get my point.

If you are so inclined here is a link to my Flickr set: Project 365 . I challenge you to do the same! If taking a daily photo seems to overwhelming, maybe aim for one a week? It’s just a totally cool concept and one I HOPE I stick with!!

Until next time,

Annie

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