My little girl…..is growing so fast!! Look how old she looks in these photos-she’s only 6! We woke up this morning and the first thing out of her mouth was, “Mommy, can we take some pictures today, I want to wear my sparkley shirt?” After she twisted my arm….hahaha, we had a little photo shoot….
Monthly Archives: December 2010
It’s THAT time of the year…….to reflect on how you’ve done over the past year and to begin to write your goals for the next year-look out 2011! I’m a firm believer that if you want something to happen, you must first write it down-or type it! I remember being at a place several years ago…
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I’m so excited! Today I officialy booked our airfare and hotel reservations for the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) Convention in Vegas for February. As quoted from my blog last year: I have to say, I get it now…..I use to look at all those conventions-take the Star War’s Convention for instance, and think, “What a bunch…
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I posted a few photos of Ben, Jean and Pogue before the holidays. You can see those *here*. I know that Ben will be leaving again within the next week to go back to the military so before he heads off, I thought I would hope on and post a few of the photos we…
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I’m sure as I type this most of you still have your Christmas tree up. I mean, I don’t blame you, I would too-normally! We’ve always left our tree up until the week after New Years. I figure if I’m going to lug everything out and spend all the time decorating I’m going to leave…
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Oh my gosh!!!! WAY TOO FUNNY!! And you captured it beautifuly with you wonderful photography 
I could feel that poor tree’s pain thru your pictures! LOL! A friend of my mothers who lives up in Maine out side of Bangor, on purpose, goes into the woods each year and seriously “looks” for the “saddest” looking “Charlie Brown” Christmas Tree she can find and then takes it home and nicely decorates it. She sent me a picture this year and it is the funniest thing to see
This is too funny! I had a bad tree experience once. My sister and our spouses went to the woods and cut our own. They were not more than six feet tall, and very full. When we got them in our warm houses they “fell out”. My tree was about 8 feet wide, her’s about 10. She had to take furniture out of her living room, while I had to move furniture tight against the wall. We still laugh about the trees that took over our homes. In photos, they are pretty much ball-shaped. One of the most memorable Christmases ever!
Thanks Chuck! Ohh we will absolutely try a real tree again! I love real trees….and last year is going to be one of my fondest memories form the holidays…it certainly served for SOOOO many laughes! LOL I’m just using an artificial one this year because of my schedule. I’m not sure I’ll be home to take it down in a reasonable amount of time….so trust me, next year..we’ll certainly have a real one! Thanks for your comment!
The tree is a Norway spruce and this species is notorious for losing its needled easily. If they are cut fresh at a choose and cut operation and immediately put in water on the cut surface, then they reasonalbly hold up for 2-3 weeks. If you are going for longer periods decorated and in the stand inside, then you’ll need a Fraser fir, Scotch pine, or Douglas fir. These hold up much better and keep their needles even if they are abused by missed water in the stand or warm temps in the room with the tree. Hope you’ll try a real tree once more. It’s more eco-friendly being a renewable resource and a carbon sink for the co2, usually ending up as chips on a parks walking path if recycled.
Oh my! I’ve never seen a tree lose needles like that before! Did Santa leave a note asking what happened? Lol
That is exactly why we invested in a gorgeous artificial tree about 3 years ago. We were afraid the house would catch on fire. The heat dried out out even though we did water it. You know, its ok to be practical : )
HOLY CRAP ! I thought my tree was losing needles…. We put ours up the first weekend of december which is actually early for us. It started losing needles a day or so before christmas but nothing like that! We cut ours out of the field, brought it home and recut it and then cold cold water all the time.
It’s losing about 1 handful of needles every couple days which I think is probably normal for this time… We get a live tree every year (Its an affliction from my youth) I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to change.
Just think of the charlie brown tree photo series you could make out in the yard with that thing!
wow!! that is one bare tree! great photo story tho looked very pretty when it started….
i noticed that some places are now selling artificial trees that look like douglass fir trees – really convincing. NOW is the time to buy – they want them OUT of there. think of it this way – if you don’t use it yourself, you can always write it off as a prop purchase 
i think i saw them at sears….
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Amanda - Dude – bottom left photo of you -> Hair = AWESOME. Props to Mallory for capturing that perfect post-hair-flip swoosh!
Bev Schweigert - She took great pictures of you!!! Looks like you might have a partner in a few years!