Me and My Teddy Bear....

My daughter Jaden has a teddy bear that she has had for a few years now, it's official name is Jasmine (after her favorite Princess) but we all just call it teddy around here! The poor thing looks so sad and scraggly now...but Jaden doesn't seem to notice, she loves it unconditionally:)!

She has carried teddy around everywhere, wherever she goes, teddy goes! The bear goes shopping with us, to the park, to her Grandparents house, the movies, out to dinner and it even goes on vacation with us... you name it and teddy is right there!! LOL!

So as Jaden get's older I notice teddy has been slowly fading from our outings & sometimes sits untouched for a few days... and it is a sad reminder that my little girl is growing up:(! So my newest necklace is for my sweet daughter and her beloved teddy!



Come check out all the Teddy Bears on Wisteria Lane!!

Just got home from work a bit ago...and found Jaden in her litle wading pool!! Grandma bought her some new water toys, and she just had to try them out!!

So I grabbed the camera to snap a few shots to practice my manual camera skills...this shot was at ISO 100 F3.5 1/200!

Snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, that's what MY little boy is made of...

My son Tristan, who spent the night at his grandparents house, brought home another "pet" today. I swear, this boy has a new bug or snake every week! He usually just keeps them for a day or so, plays with them a bit, then we snap some photos and he lets them go in our over grown jungle...uhh I mean yard! LOL! Boys will be boys! Here's a few pics of his itty bitty ring neck snake...

WHEW!!

Well, I have spent my whole day working on this blog, it seems fairly easy, just takes a lot of time deciding where to put things! I wanted to create a photography blog and a jewelry blog but decided I would just combine them to make it easier (on me)! So now I guess the trick will be trying to keep it updated!:) LOL!

So for my first post, a few pics from my friends daughter Miss K's birthday party last weekend! Jaden was excited to go to Build A Bear with her friend! All the girls had a wonderful time building their animals and choosing the clothes! Thanks Rachel for inviting us!

The lighting at the mall was very difficult (for me) to work with, I had to keep switching from manual to AV mode because I just couldnt get the exposure correct with all the weird lighting conditions! Anyway these were a few of my favorite shots!