Winter photos
Sort of a random catchall – Christmas, Hayley’s braces coming off, New Years Eve and the Winter storm in February. And about 60 more… Regular view Slideshow view read more →
Catching up on my photo backlog
I love this shot of Hayley riding: Hayley and Peyton made treats for the dogs at the SPCA: (see more from this set) Guinea Pig bath photos! (see more from this set) They had to carry about fake ‘sugar babies’ at school: (see more from this set) read more →
Christmas and Gingerbread Demo Derby, 2011
We had another great holiday season! We co-hosted a Christmas Eve party with our next door neighbors Wes & Jenn that turned out to be a huge success. We usually hang with them on Christmas Eve and we decided to ask a few more friends to come on over. We figured most people wouldn’t be.. read more →
Hayley the photographer!
Tuesday night Hayley got the chance to shoot the Carolina men’s basketball game against Tennessee State sitting down on the baseline with the professional photographers. It was an amazing night, Jeff and I were just excited for her to have such a cool experience. Watching her down there was really fantastic. She took my Nikon.. read more →
Getting older wasn’t too awful
It’s hard to dislike birthdays when you have these two loves to celebrate with. read more →
Movie Makers Camp: Maximum Judgment
Outside the premiere! from the opening nightmare scene) scene coming out of the woods ending credits!!! The moviemaking camp Hayley was in this summer had their big screen premiere for their films at the Varsity Theatre, a real theater in Chapel Hill this afternoon. The theater is one I went to a kid so it.. read more →
CAM Art+Design camp
A fabulous new modern art museum, the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) just opened downtown Raleigh this year. I’d been looking for a good art camp, one that offered more than the average ones seemed to and I found CAM, in conjunction with the N.C. State School of Design, had these small group art+design camps for.. read more →
42, Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything
The Ultimate Question of course is what age did Jeff turn this weekend. (i’ll assume the geeks amongst us have enjoyed my bit of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy humor) I decided to get all fancypants and make him a homemade birthday cake. I did the inside in his beloved Virginia Tech.. read more →
Messing around with cupcakes
We’ve been playing with fondant and cupcake decorating. Little snake: Collection of things we made drying: First cupcake we decorated (a lovely homemade almond cupcake with cream cheese frosting) Softball: flower: The batch: read more →
Valentine’s Day!
For some reason I decided I’d be real crafty for Valentine’s Day. I made cards for Jeff and Hayley then decided to try a new recipe for my sweeties, cake balls. I basically used the cake balls recipe by the awesome Bakerella. I was going to finish it all myself but the final decorating part.. read more →