January 31, 2011

Birthday Sunrise

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Diane came in today to help answer phones.

January 30, 11

The empty nesters were invited out to Papa and Grandma's
 for a special birthday dinner.

Rachel and Karen #1 were there too.
Thanks for the surprise of coming home Rachel!

(Rachel took the picture of me.)



January 29, 2011

Rachel, Sarah, cousin Eddie, Ezra, Sierra and Karen #1 were in town this

weekend. We went to Tony's for dinner. The little boy in the booth behind us
 was more interested in our table than his own. Cute kid!

January 28, 2011

This was in the box that Snugs sent.

She framed a letter that Uncle Mike sent me when he was in the army.

I love it!

January 27, 2011

Snugs sent me a surprise!

January 26, 2011

                 The empty nesters run the soundboard and video during Wednesday night Youth group.

The room is very dark; it has always been discouraging to take pictures in this room.

Some day I will master the light.

January 25, 2011

A dead tulip tree bloom on a gloomy day.

January 24, 2011

This is a picture of a drop of water before it fell off the gutter.

I had Larry hold up a stick so I could manually focus on the spot.

It took several failed attempts. 

January 23, 2011

The early morning sunrise made the sparkles on the snow pink.



January 22, 2011

Nick enjoying a candy break.



January 21, 2011

This morning the windchill was -17. The sunrise turned the ice crystals on the window red. 

January 20, 2011

What is he looking at?

 Squirrel!

I was trying the, know your camera theory. I only got the wiskers.

January 19, 2010

HHM Photography's first dollar.

January 18, 2011

We went to VU today to have lunch with our friend Linda who works in the mail room.

Good food, good times.

January 17, 2011

January 16, 2011

Jordan and Rachel Photo shoot.

January 15, 2011

As the day progressed I caught Carols sneeking around taking pictures.

The new kitchen sink and counter were installed today.

We all signed our names behind the counter splash board.

We took a break to enjoy some award winning chili.

January 14, 2011

I checked on Michael. I thought he was working in the bathroom but I caught him reading the sandpaper wrapper. It has become tradition to go to the treat cupboard for a treat after a hard days work. We found gummy bears! The background of this picture is the faux paint job I did on the kitchen backsplash.

January 13, 2011

Yesterday Carols posted a picture of Papa eating peanut clusters.
I went there today to help and eat peanut clusters.
Papa looked for the clusters and found the wrapper in the garbage.
No problem! There was popcorn and cheese nips!



January 12, 2011

This is one of the snowflakes that fell during the storm.

                                         



January 11, 2011

The snow storm. (Lake Effect)

This picture happened when I focused on the writing on the window.

The circle lights are the street lights on Silhavy.



January 10, 2011

This picture was taken before I customized the white balance.

 I took a picture of the white board and customized the white balance.

Same picture after customized white balance. All other settings are the same.

January 9, 2011

Carolyn came over to the emptynesters today. We mounted our pictures for the photo contest. Carols has the bee, the fungus, and the white flower. The rest are mine.

January 8, 2011

Great day to go sledding.

January 7, 2011

In this package are 3 8x10 prints of the pictures I am entering in a photo contest.

January 6, 2011

We all had fun with Katie's window markers.

January 4, 2011

Cooking up some garlic and buttered mushrooms for dinner.

January 3, 2010

We all had fun today at the girls game day!

January 2, 2011

Katie played with her window markers. Carols, katie and I went to Coffee Creek for a photoshoot.

January 1, 2011

Cheers to 2011!

December 31, 2010

The traditional New Year's Eve puzzle.