A STAR FOR THE ARTS

Butterflies & Camping

2010-10-15T20:09:00.017-05:00

I recently went to Tally for a Dentist appt and I saw this butterfly in front of Mom's house so I snapped a few shots and her neighbor thought I was really weird.

Also, I just went camping with Dad and got to see some of my siblings.

Here is the fire Dad made and then we made smores on it.

A loved them, well and me too! :) And Pamella below

This was a boat going across the bay that was by Dad's campsite, it had tons of x-mas lights on it.

Her is the handsome Buddy Boy!

We went on a nature trail at St. Andrew's too and A loved it, she was our little Explorer.

K was having a good time to on Mommy's back

A took this one just like she did on Pamella's camera and she did a great job.

I held this out in front of us and I am surprised how good it turned out and that you can actually see all of us.

It was fun times! I know I have not blogged in a while so I will try to sooner next time!

Jacksonville Trip

2010-08-30T10:21:00.004-05:00

A few weekends ago Sean & I went to Jacksonville for our 4 year Anniversary. This is a pic of the bridge & I just liked how the colors of the light were reflected in the water.
We went to St. Augustine one day which was so fun, I just love walking around in all the neat shops. Sean is irish and we went into a little irish shop and I found a magnet with his last name so his family crest and he thought I was super corny for buying it. We met up with some of our friends there and ate dinner.

We also took a walk on the beach, which was so nice and although it was like 90 degrees the breeze made it feel like 70 but only while on the beach. I have not blogged in a while so I figured it was about time. I actually just got back from a business trip in New Orleans where I learned a ton of info and I learned just how quick the holidays come in retail, Ha Ha!

4th of July & Art

2010-07-09T13:20:00.013-05:00

I went to Pamella's for the 4th of July and we walked to the beach across the street from her new house and watched some fireworks. Taking pics of them was fun and I love this one, it turned out really cool and sort of looks like a funky flower.
Pamella took this one with my camera and it is so crisp and clear.

This is my favorite one that I took because I just love that I got one of the blue ones.

Looks like an explosion!

Here is the sparklers queen. We did tons of these because Aislynn could not get enough. It was so awesome to see how excited she gets about stuff and she kept saying this is so magnificent, ha!

A bunch of festive girls in our red, white, and blue.

Kieran and mama sporting some beads and cool glasses!

Aislynn as a little rockstar, ha she is such a trip. Oh and by the way Pamella, I love your new house!

We went for a walk on the beach the day before the 4th and I took this then of Shaun and Kieran and we ate at a place called Flip Flops and Aislynn said we should eat there because we were all wearing flip flops, hee hee!

Back in May I went to a private paint class at my friend Tracy's house and we painted a girl and we were joking about it the other day and she said our girls looked like avatars.

This is one of my new favorites and I went to a wine tasting/art class at a place called Wine is all Pleasure, it was fun and it turned out really cool.

New Car

2010-06-23T11:45:00.008-05:00

I guess you can say that I went through my mid-life crisis early, ha ha! I traded my Altima in & got this Toyota FJ Cruiser. The day I got my Altima 2.5 years ago I actually went there to look at an FJ Cruiser but I talked myself into getting the Altima instead. So I have wanted one of these for a while & I wanted some excitement in my life so I guess here I go! It is way bigger then my little Altima but I love it! It has 47,000 miles on it!
Here is a glimpse of the inside, there is 5 seats!

The steering/radio!

The front!

The back and yes I finally got an AL license plate so now I am a true Alabamian, :( Ha!

It has a nice roof rack too in case we ever got a kayak or something. The trunk is huge too! Well, that is it for now I just wanted to share my spontaneous side.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2010-06-21T18:21:00.020-05:00

The other day I went to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and it was beautiful and very hot. They have so many neat flowers and the best part about the park is that it is free! I love the center of this flower, super cool.

Another neat flower! People thought I was really wierd because I was getting on my hands and knees and taking my time getting the perfect shot, hee hee!

This flower was my favorite because it is just so crazy yet beautiful!

I am fascinated with the inside centers of flowers, can you tell?

A Lovely Rose!

This flower was really neat too and there was some sort of voting contest for whoever grew it.

They also had all sorts of cool cacti

I like this one because it looks like a shamrock

A close up of Mr. Bee eating lunch!

This huge rock looks like part of a face.

There was a section that was Japanese inspired and it had neat architecture and a pond with Japanese fish.

I was waiting for these neat blue dragonflys to land and trying to get close to it without it flying a way. It took a while but these turned out pretty cool.

I liked this one the best!

Here it is in black & white which I thought looked really awesome! Well, that is it for now!

Las Vegas Trip

2010-06-14T10:10:00.019-05:00

So I know this post is really overdue because we went a month ago but here are some pics from our Vegas trip. This is by the famous sign.
This is after I lost some money & sponge bob was trying to comfort me, hee hee.

In the Paris casino there was this gorilla and every time we passed I made every one give it dap.

Here is a pic of Sean, me, Steffanie, & Zack with our funny drinks.

Me & Sean

Sean & I at night with Eifel tower in background.

Me!

The statue of liberty at the New York Casino

We saw the Bellagio fountains many times!

We saw this sign on the way to Hoover Dam, ha!

We got to stand between two states at once, Arizona & Neveda.

This was at the top of Hoover Dam & that is the new bridge they are building, it is sooooo huge!

Looking across & down at Hoover Dam, so neat!

Looking down at the dam! The trip went by too quick but it was lots of fun! We also went and saw a hypnosis comedian which was really funny & entertaining and we bet on some horse races at the sports book which was fun. I picked my horses based on name only, if they had a unique name I picked them & you'd be surprised how many times I chose the right one.

Aislynn's Recital & Kieran's 1st Birthday Party

2010-06-11T11:54:00.015-05:00

A few weeks ago I went to Pamella's for Aislynn's first dance recital. Look how cute that little ballerina is. She was def the best in the class by personality alone, one of the only kids smiling & having fun the entire time, loved it.
My favorite girl & I

I love those big eyes!

I was also there for Kieran's first birthday! It seems like Pamella just called me the other day in the middle of the night saying I think this is it, ha!

Love the hat & shirt you got him Pamella. He sure did love that cake as much as I did, hee hee!

Here is a pic of mommy and K and he is drinking out of this really cool cup I got him that he can hold up himself.

Sean & I, Sean has had a mustache for about a month and a half but he finally just shaved it off which made me super happy.

It was so good to see all my siblings, I miss hanging out with them. We had a fun goofy time when the kiddos went to sleep.

Do we look like gansters or what? I'm sporting Kieran's new summer hat & Pamella is rocking Aislynn's sun glasses.

Here is a normal shot of the girls! I know I haven't been posting in forever but hopefully now I will stop being so lazy and my next post will be about my Vegas trip which was a month ago!
Chow for now!

AL Nature

2010-04-05T12:59:00.008-05:00

The other day I was walking to GoodYear to pick up my car after having the A/C fixed and these trees are every where. They have little white flowers on them and the petals cover the ground from all the wind, but these particular trees are in the front of my neighborhood.

On Easter I din't have to work till 5pm to unload a truck so I went to check out Oak Mountain State Park and it was awesome. They have a golf course, horseback riding, a beach (haha it has sand and lake water to swim in but it was still pretty cool), lots of hiking trails, mountain top views, camping and picnic areas. you can also rent canoes and paddle boats. But this is a pic I took while hiking on one of the trails ( next time I will be able to go further if I don't where flip flops (what can I say I'm a florida girl!)

This was at the very top of a mountain. I felt like I was driving forever to get there because the roads literally wind around and are not very wide and you can only go like 15mph ( it was kind of scary when another car was going the opposite way because I was like on the very edge and then to look over, hee.

The long drive up the mountain was worth it though, look how pretty. I think the next time Sean comes we may go eat lunch up there. Lots of people had chairs and were just hanging out up there with their families, it was cool.

more moutain top pics

On my walk on one of the trails they had all different kinds of owls and hawks. This little guy below was too cute every where I went his eyes followed me and I thought I was alone so I was talking to him and I saw a man not too far away sitting on a bench and I felt really silly, ha!

Hopefully next time I go I will have someone here to share it with. I hope every one had a Happy Easter!

A Visit at Dad's

2010-03-23T14:06:00.012-05:00

A few weeks ago I went to visit Dad and we went to the shooting range. It was fun and we both need some more practice. We took a video too that shows the kick back from the gun but there was an error when I tried posting it so maybe I'll post it once I figure out how. Here is just some cows we saw leaving the range.

A pic dad took of me in action.

A close up and Dad was making me laugh because he wanted me to say Fire when I was going to shoot but that made me laugh and I lost concentration when I tried saying it, ha.

Dad in action!

I love this pic of Dad!

A silly pic of me in my ear and eyes protection.

Then this past weekend Pamella and the kids and I went to see Dad and I took these pics of Kieran in his play pen, soooooooooo sweet.

I love those beautiful eyes and that sweet smile. It was great seeing yall, miss you already.

I also went to another art class a few weeks ago and I painted this girl on the beach. The colors turned out really amazing and they blended together very well. That's it for now more soon to come. :)

Hoover & Art Catch Up

2010-03-06T12:56:00.015-06:00

Well as you all know by now, I accepted a promotion and I am officially living in Hoover, AL which is basically Birmingham and I am the store manager of World Market here. I am just about settled finally but I am loansome for Sean, who should move here in hopefully a month. This is kind of a long catch up post. Anyhow, here is a pic at a lake I found near my new home.

Here are some turtles at the lake. I just thought this pic was cool because of the twig branches over the water.

Here are some geese at the lake. They actually get really close to you. I took Sean here once when he came to visit and we were sitting on a bench and there were a few ducks swimming in the water in front of us and they got out of the water and literally came right up to our feet. They were so cute I really wanted to pet one but I was scared it would bite me, hee hee. Of course at the time I didn't have my camera with me, but it was really neat.

Also, a few weeks ago it snowed and I was super psyched. I thought this was a really neat shot because you can actually see it falling

I took this outside the back of my work and that is the top of our compactor that has the snow on it.

A shot up against the compactor so you could see the actual snow drops falling

The girls at work made me a mini snowman on my car. This is not it though because I found this one on a car in my neighborhood and it was better than the one they made me so I took a pic.

This was in my back yard!

There is this place called sip and strokes where you can paint and drink your own wine. So I went here once and painted this sunflower and gave it to Mom for her birthday since she loves sunflowers so much.

Last week I went again and painted this guitar for Sean. He she it was one of my best. I just love the colors, they taught me how to blend colors to make it look cool by going from one color to the next and it flows really neat.

Then a few few days ago Sean came to see me and I convinced him to go to sip and strokes with me and his painting ended up being better than mine, no fair. So I told him he wasn't allowed to go with me anymore, but I was joking. This one is mine! It is a funky tree but my branches got way to gnarly and I over corrected too many times and now it just looks so silly.

Here is Sean's and he was a perfectionist and his turned out really good. He enjoyed it and wants to go again sometime. The only bad thing about it is our paitings will be similar but our own styles will make it different I guess. This is so much more motivating because I don't have to clean up some huge mess like when I paint at home. Well, thats it for now, hopefully I will post more often then every 3 months, ha!

Thanksgiving

2009-11-30T20:34:00.008-06:00

I got to go home for Turkey day and all the kids were there! We ate at Pammy's and we had a blast. Here is a pic of the boys after a nice filling meal.
Uncle Andrew finally got to meet his nephew so here is him, Jessica and Kieran

There must have been something in the turkey we ate, ha, gobble gobble.

The kids!

My little buddies and I. They are my pride and joy!

Aunt Brynne and Kieran

What a sweet boy with beautiful blue eyes!

Birmingham

2009-11-20T20:32:00.002-06:00

Hi, I know it has been a while since I posted so I figured I would. I think this may be the first time ever that I don't have any pictures to post which makes me sad. Anyhow, things are going good even though I've been working long hours because we are getting so busy because of the holidays but it's nice to work in a busy store. I have not got to explore yet but as I discovered this place called sip and strokes where you can go and drink wine and paint, which are 2 things I enjoy doing so hopefully some day soon my schedule will permit me to attend on one of the nights that they will be painting something that interests me. I have been so bored without Sean to talk to when I get home from work everyday and I have been eating weight watchers tv dinners and am sick of them. So tonight I thought i'd splurge so I just ordered a pizza from papa john's, hee hee. Hopefully I will have some pics to post from Thanksgiving next week. Love ya all!

More Vegas Photos

2009-11-03T15:33:00.029-06:00

I think this may be my longest post ever but I just couldn't help myself with the hundreds of photos I took. I got my film back so here they are. Most of the pics look clearer when you click on them to see them bigger.
Another photo from the car museum. This is my new red jacket that I bought in Vegas because it was so windy and cold.

Just being goofy!

Sean took this at the Palazzo Casino, very festive fall decorations there.

More pics from the valley of fire!

They call it Valley of Fire because of the red that is every where in the rocks.

Beautiful!

Just thought these rocks were cool.

Sean was like a little kid or a monkey, he wanted to climb everything and he got pretty high in some spots.

I just like the different colors of sandstone in this pic. One valley had all diffrent colored sandstone and they called it rainbow rock!

Another pic of elephant rock.

Here is a pic I took from the street of the eifle tower and you can see the moon too.

I also took this from the street when the fountains were going at the bellagio.

I am so depressed because I ran out of film so I spent $10 on one roll of film to use at the top of the eifle tower in Paris casino and the whole was so small that my flash kept hitting the top and it reflected of the gate and wrecked the majority of the pics, I guess that's the bad thing about film, you cna't look at them to see problems like this, boo :(

I took this with my film cam too!

While we were at the top of eifle tower the Bellagio fountains went on again but everyone was hogging the holes so I finally got in one for about one sec and I got this really cool shot, minus the reflection. Too bad I couldn't have had more time and got even better ones, but next time.

I thought this pic was really cool, it almost looks photo shopped but its not Sean said take a pic while I jump off the rocks and it looks like he was way higher than he really was. Plus he has his tongue stuck out, kind of funny. You should def click this one to look at it bigger Sean's face is hillarious!

More cool formations.

Just a good pic off Seany boy

These were the bee hive rocks!

Here is my monkey climbing again, this isn't a very clear pic but you can see how high he got.

Sean

This is before we got into the valley of fire park, I made Sean pull over like every mile, hee hee!

I just thought this pic was kind of cool!

This was one of my favorite spots at the park!

Las Vegas

2009-11-01T23:01:00.021-06:00

Sean and I were so sad that we had to come home and back to reality but we had a blast in Las Vegas. I have never done so much walking in my life! We went to lots of neat places to eat, we went to an classic auto museum which was really neat and we went and saw a cirque du soleil mystere show which was amazing.

Here is a pic of the new york new york casino that I took from the car window and it turned out pretty good, it looks like it could be a postcard.

We also went to the paris casino and got to go to the top of the eifle tower and look out onto the strip which was really neat and here was a giant magarita I got in a souveneir tower, I went to sleep after that hee hee.

Here is one pic from the top of the tower but when I get my film developed from my other camera, I will have tons of better ones.

Just a shot form the car museum
Here is one at the car museum where Sean and I are sitting on a little car thing attached to the wall, neat for pics.
The best place we got to go to was The Valley of Fire State Park! Words cannot describe how amazing it was to see that and to be able to walk and climb up on these natural formations. It was sooooooo windy the whole time we were there and especially this day so it was freezing but worth it. This is a picture of elephant rock because it looks like an elephants trunk.

Here is a silly pic of me that Sean took while I was climbing up.

Sean and I at one of the canyons

I thought this one was neat because it looks like there is a face in this giant rock.

I love the different colors and layers of rocks and mountains in this one and the perspective you get by how small Sean looks.

The mountains looked so beautiful

Just another neat formation.

Here is a big fuzzy spider that I almost stepped on while we were climbing some rocks.

Before we even got into the park we saw this cave up on one of the mountains so we pulled over on the side of the road and climbed up to look inside the cave.

Here we are inside the cave! I know this was a long post but I have hundreds of photos and it was hard to pick which ones to share and don't worry there will be way more to come when I get my 4 roles of film from my good camera developed. Back to work on Monday, rats! Oh well, hope everyone had a good Halloween!!!!!!

Wedding

2009-10-14T17:37:00.004-05:00

A few weekends ago Sean and I went to his friends Chris & Karine's wedding at this restaurant called Shrimp Boat. This is a picture of Sean and two of the bartenders he works with, they looked so cute dressed up. After the guy on the right and I had a drink or two we were standing by the front door of the restaurant so we thought it would be funny to pretend that we worked there so when people walked in we said "Welcome to Shrimp Boat" and then after they walked away we trailed off into the part of Forest Gump when they name all the different ways you can make/eat shrimp, it was pretty funny but I guess you had to be there.
Here is a pic someone got of Sean and I at the wedding!

And here is an attempt at scrapbooking Sean surfing. I tried Pamella:)

Wind Surfers

2009-09-29T16:12:00.009-05:00

I finally got my pics back and they did not turn out at all like I thought but you can get an idea of how cool it was to watch the wind surfers at the beach that day. There was 3 of them and they were doing really cool tricks in the air. Again, I used my 300mm lens on my film camera and these did not come out to clear but they were really really far away too.
Just thought this was a cool wave detail pic.

Here is a close up shot I got of one of them in the air. Some of them were so talented that they could actually do a flip in the air and flip their board completely around and land back on it in the water, very cool to watch!

Heres a pic I got of Sean walking back up to the sand from the water.

A little birdy that kept hanging around me!

And these kept flying over my head!

Crab

2009-09-23T14:46:00.003-05:00

Here is my latest painting! What a silly crab! Nothing much going on right now except work because my boss was out for a while for surgery and I have been having to work like 12 hour shifts and we have visitors coming today and tomm so I've been a busy little bee. I hope everything is going well for everyone and I took some really cool pics of these wind surfers last week doing tricks in the sir so hopefully they will turn out okay. I used my film camera and put my 300mm lens on so I could get them kinda close up so now I just gotta go get it developed so I can see how they turned out. I'm very jealous of your camera Pammy! That's all for now folks!

Dad's Visit

2009-09-09T16:57:00.007-05:00

Today was Dad's last day in FL visiting so him, Pamella, Aislynn, & Kieran came over and we went swimming and then to Chick Fil A. We didn't have anyone to take a pic of the 3 of us so I held the camera out in front of us and this was the best one, hee hee.

Here is an adorable pic I got of Kieran smiling. That smile is just to die for!

When Aislynn and I were walking back from the pool we saw 2 butterflies but I only got a pic of one. She said wow that butterfly sure is exquisite which is a fancy word for beautiful. That came from her Fancy nancy book, ha she is so funny.

Pretty, pretty butterfly!

Most Recent Art

2009-09-07T12:54:00.007-05:00

I'll never forgive myself for this because I am a nole but here is a pic of the gator emblem that I painted for Andrew for his birthday that is coming up. I thought it looked more like a dinosaur than a gator but it still turned out really well I think.

Here is a pic that I painted for Dad from an old photograph that he sent me. It was of a tree in the middle of a dune on the beach and then I added my own special effects to the sky to make it more dramatic.

I went to Aislynn's 4th Birthday this past Saturday and it was a princess party and A just loved it. Here is her beautiful delicious cake that Pammy made.

They played pin Cinderella on the castle and we didn't have a blind fold so they used A's little apron, ha ha!

Here are some of the crowns that we made and I wore mine the entire time and had some sort of reaction to the styrafoam (I have no idea how to spell that :) ) and it left a red line across my forehead for like 2 days but is now finally gone. Happy Labor Day! That's it for now!

Stewie

2009-08-22T22:10:00.004-05:00

Sean and I live next to a zoo so when we drive by it we always see this giraffe and he is so cute and as a joke Sean named him Stewie so I thought it would be funny for our 3 year anniversary to paint him a picture of Stewie the giraffe. He liked it!

Here is a pic of peanut I took the other day in the car and the only way I could get her to actually look at the camera and smile was when she put her fake ice cream cone on her head so that is what she is doing here.

Here is a pic I took of Kieran when Pamella and I took Aislynn to the fountains to play. I love him in green and I like how he looks like he is concentrating or something. I'm sure you've seen it on Pammy's blog but we ate dinner with our old step sister Jessica the other night and we had a blast. It was really neat to see how much she has grown up and I look forward to seeing her again. I'm am going to New Orleans this week for a work trip which should be pretty fun or at least better than being in the store. I caught a shoplifter at work today which was really cool and a big adrenaline rush, hee hee. Talk to you soon!

My First Black Eye

2009-08-09T11:08:00.006-05:00

A few weeks ago Phillip and Josh came to visit in PC and we went to eat at TGI Fridays to see Sean working and here is a pic Sean took and you can see my black eye here. For those of you that don't know I was building a fixture at work and the drill backfired and completely spun around and the base of it hit me on the cheekbone right under my eye. This was after a few days so you can see that it was much worse than what it looks like in the pic. I got xrays and no fractures so that was a relief and now it is finally gone.
Here is a pic of the babe that I took one night when I got to babysit him, I loved that!

One night Sean and I went to dinner with Pammy, Shaun, Aislynn and Kieran and we walked out on this deck and the sun was just getting ready to go down and I took a pic of the 4 of them.

Just a pic of the water

Here is a really good pic Pamella took of Sean and I

Sean's Mom's Visit

2009-07-24T11:44:00.010-05:00

Sean's Mom came to visit last week and one day we went and picked up peanut and took her to the fountains so she could play. Look at the smiling face!
She had a blast!

We took his mom to biloxi for one night too. That was fun she won like $40 and was super excited about it. This pic of Sean and I was taken at the Hard Rock Casino.

Sean's mom and I

Sean and his Mom in front of a hard rock car!

We went to play putt putt golf one day too, which was fun and Sean destroyed us both.

Just a pretty flower that was at the golf place.

Another flower that is really wierd but unique. I know I haven't posted in a while but I 've been pretty busy lately, I hope everyone is doing well!

4th of July

2009-07-09T11:58:00.013-05:00

Happy late 4th of July! Here is a cake that mom, Aislynn & I made, yummyyyyy!
This was the first day Phillip got here and we enjoyed some wine with Josh & Shaun

On the 4th we went to my pool and here is Uncle Phillip & Aislynn

Josh, Philly, & Aislynn, those silly kids!

The whole Brown Family! Even Kieran is looking at the camera.

Pamella (mom) & Kieran, I think it turned out pretty good.

Aunt Brynne holding Kieran, soooo sweet!

Aunt Brynne & Aislynn on my balcony and I just stuck my arm out and took this but you never would have guessed

Peanut, she modeled for me for about 2 seconds before she was bored

It sure was sunny! We're glad to have you back home Philly!

Kieran

2009-06-27T19:43:00.009-05:00

Look at that sweet face, it is to die for! I love just watching him it could keep me busy for hours!
I went to Pamella's the other night and we went to this field and while Pamella, Shaun, & Aislynn played soccer I watched the liitle guy and snapped these shots.

I love those cheeks!

Aislynn & Shaun playing soccer

Aislynn & Pammy

Pammy, Shaun, & Aislynn

That's it for now, I've been slacking with my posts but I'm so excited that Phillip is coming home next week, can't wait to see ya bro!

Nephew & Niece

2009-06-09T10:39:00.014-05:00

I have not posted in forever so this will be a long catch up post. Well, as you all know now, I have a new nephew Kieran whom I absolutely adore. Here are a few pics of him.

Here is Aislynn looking at her new baby brother.

Look at that sweet peaceful face!

I took Aislynn swimming the other day and she loved it but it was hard to get her out of the pool. I also took her to see the new pixar movie UP and she loved it again even though it was her second time seeing it. So now every time I take her swimming she automatically assumes that we will go to the movies again, Ha!

Look at that smiling face having a ball! When I was taking these pics she kept saying Aunt Brynne get in the water now, Aunt Brynne!

Silly Girl! She loves taking Sean's football to the pool and now her fav toys to bring our her mini basketball, her trick or treat pumpkin, a pink cup, and a little green boat. I kept having to "save" her toys when they'd float away.

For those who haven't seen my new house yet here are a few pics. It is awesome I love it. There is a huge pool, a gym, a theater room, a room with a pool table/ping pong, card table, and tiki bar. Anyhow, this is the master bedroom.

This is the living room, aren't those bamoboo floors amazing?

The kitchen, I love the separate island.

The balcony with a view to the pool and courtyard.

The courtyard and parking garage. Well, that's it for now! Gotta finish getting the stuff from my old house & cleaning :(

Baby Shower

2009-05-17T17:25:00.007-05:00

Last Saturday I hosted a baby shower for Pamella and I didn't get to take very many pics because I was in charge of the games but here are a few, most of them involving cake Yummy:)!

The mom to be cutting the cake with Aislynn watching closely

Man she is really looking forward to that cake, look at that grin!

What a sweet girl, she did very well helping her mom open the new gifts for baby brother. I love that smiling face!

That same weekend Andrew & Jessica stayed with me and I took this at the pool in my neighborhood.

I know I've been slacking on posts lately but the sunset pic is from the night of my birthday. Pamella, Shaun & Aislynn came & ate with Sean and I at this nice restaurant called Fire Fly and then we went to borders with them but on the way to Borders we saw this and I made Sean pull over and he snapped that shot for me, pretty!

Lots of Neat Pics

2009-05-02T23:16:00.019-05:00

I just got back like 5 rolls of film so I just picked out my favorites and I apologize now for the very long post. Here is a pic of Aislynn taken at Eden gardens!
I liked the fact that she wasn't looking in this one!

Here is one I took of Sean at Bellingrath Gardens, isn't he handsome?

Look at those sweet cheeks so excited about baby brother coming

Pamella and I asked Aislynn to smell the flowers so we could take her pic and then she said they didn't smell good, Ha shes a trip.

Here she was running towards Pamella and I at Eden Gardens. She is making a silly face but I like the action shot with her hair moving.

I absolutely love this one. I told Aislynn to go kiss her mom and it turned out great.

Here is a pic I took of the pregnant Pamella, she looks so happy.

I love this one of her too!

This was by far one of my fav pics from Bellingrath Gardens! I hate that one of the leaves is dark but I like how you can see the water droplets.

Another beautiful tropical flower, such rich color!

Here is a pic Sean took of me at Bellingrath Gardens

I love this pic with the bridge, it seems so symmetrical to me, with lots to look at but nothing overbearing one thing.

Here is a pic I took off of Dad's porch when I visited him in Guntersville a few weeks ago.

Here is a pic I got of Dad and Buddy on the pier by his house. This was after Dad's surgery so that explains his huge glasses, Ha Ha!

I love this one of Aislynn, I told her to put her hands on the brick wall and to look at me and she did it enough times where I got one of her smiling.

Here's another brick wall shot from Eden Gardens!

and last but not least Aislynn looking content & happy.

Bellingrath Gardens

2009-04-28T11:29:00.015-05:00

Sean and I went to this place called Bellingrath Gardens near Mobile the other day. It was like 15 miles off of the interstate so Sean was not thrilled about going but he ended up enjoying all the beauty. It was so amazing! There was 60 acres of the beautiful outdoors. They had thousands of different kinds of flowers, ones I had never seen before and their rose garden was huge. Here are some shots I got with my digital camera and when I get my film pics developed I will post those because I think they will be even better.

A beautiful rose!

This looks very tropical!

I love this one! I don't know what it is called but it is very unique!

I remember being little and calling these smily face flowers.

Just a tree stump but a neat one!

I actually took this from underneath the flower shooting up at the sky and I think it looks cool with the faded trees in the background.

Sean and I! Gosh, it was so incredibly hot and we probably walked a few miles so my bangs look very greasy but it is the only decent pic we got of us there!

This was a neat little area in the shade where we stopped to rest because there was a bench and a little pond with fish.

I just thought this was neat.

I haven't scrapped in forever but I finally did the other night and here it what I did! That's all for now but there will be more pics to come!

Colorful Surf

2009-04-21T00:16:00.009-05:00

Here is my most recent artwork. This is one of my favorites, it is so bright and colorful and has a few different techniques going. I blended colors, splattered drops of paint, and added an acrylic medium to my paint to give it more thickness and texture. I used acrylic paint and oil paint which takes forever to dry. in fact, the New Orleans painting I did recently is still wet in some spots, crazy huh! If you double click on the pics and look at them bigger they look even better!

This was done on an 18x24 Cotton Duck Canvas that is 2 inches thick in profile! This was the most expensive canvas I ever bought so I'm glad it turned out okay.

The light inside doesn't do well for my pics but it is midnight so I can't take it outside, but I included this one so you could see the splatter.

These are a bit blurry but I wanted a few close ups so you could see the details.

Here is a pic I got of Pamella in action on Easter, Ha Ha sorry Pamella!

Some Of My Favorite Pics

2009-04-14T11:23:00.010-05:00

Hi, I know I haven't posted in a while and I haven't really taken any more new pics lately but I was looking through some of my old photos I've taken and these were a few of my favorites.

This was a pic I took when I was in New York on a boat tour. It kinda looks like a post card.

Here is a horse at the Junior Museum

A flower at Maclay Gardens right by the water! I love the reflections of the trees in the water.

Aislynn at the beach!

Bailey in Black & White, isn't she a doll? She looks so happy!

Andrew kissing his prized posession, a bass!

Last but not least this is one of my all time fav pics I took of Aislynn. This was taken when Pamella still lived in Navarre and we put a black sheet up and I used natural sunlight that came through the window, to me it looks like it could have been taken at a studio or something. Well, that's it for now next time I will have some new pics to post.

My Latest Artwork

2009-04-03T19:09:00.003-05:00

Here is my latest painting that I have been working on for the past few weeks. It is a pic of Bourbon Street from when I was in New Orleans! I started out with all the heads and I loved it but then when I started adding the buildings and balconies, etc I disliked it more and more but this is the final project. I may eventually go back and paint over some of the areas I don't like but it is so time consuming so I have to feel really motivated to do it. Anyhow, hope every one has a marvelous weekend!

Happy April Fool's Day

2009-04-01T15:22:00.007-05:00

Here is a pic I took of Buddy with my film camera with my 300mm lens, isn't he precious.

Here is another one, I love that I got the tongue in action, Ha!

Here is a pic that I took of Cheryl at her wedding and it didn't turn out to good but after playing with some settings I think I got it to look kinda cool.

Another pic of my friend Brittany from the wedding too! I have a funny story: So today my boss wanted to pull a good April Fools Day trick on our employees so she and I dressed up in baggy boy jeans and wore huge sweatshirts with hoodies and sunglasses and we went into the store and walked around waiting for some one working to notice but no one did so we took it to the next extreme and grabbed a few bottles of wine and stuck them under our arms and one of the managers was working in the kitchen dept and we started clanking dishes together and she finally noticed and she made face to face contact with me but still didn't know it was me and we kept walking around and we heard her call the other manager working and say "hey we got these 2 punks walking around trying to steal wine" we were laughing so hard so then she walked up behind us and asked to see our ID's and I couldn't help it I busted out laughing and gave it away but we yelled April Fool's! It was pretty funny, and it was interesting to see what kind of reaction people have to someone dressed as we were, we got lots of disapproving looks and some people actually seemed frightened. Anyhow, thats it for now.

A Few Pics

2009-03-28T18:01:00.005-05:00

Here are a few pics I took with my digital camera when I was at Dad's and when I get back my film ones I will post those. Here is Buddy boy, he was so cute but he sure did love jumping on me!

Here is one of those hold out the camera in front of you pics so that is why my arm looks weird.

Here's Dad, isn't he handsome! :)

Dad's Eye Surgery

2009-03-24T16:02:00.003-05:00

We just got home from Dad's Eye Surgery and everything went smoothly! Just wanted to give you all the update and I will post some pics later when I get home which will be on Wednesday!

Cheryl's Wedding

2009-03-20T19:11:00.012-05:00

A few weekends ago my friend Cheryl that I used to work with about a year ago got married and this is a good friend of mine Brittany and I just thought this head shot was really awesome especially with her crazy hair.

Here is Sean and I at the wedding! He was upset because the wedding colors were black & red and I told him to wear that not knowing that those were the colors so he looked like he did it on purpose, pretty funny actually!

This is the gorgeous bride Cheryl and her husband Anthony!

Here is a pic of a bunch of girls I used to work with in Tally but most of us don't even live there anymore so it was so nice to see them all.

This was from Phillip's going away party but it didn't turn out very good or clear so I put it in sephia to try and brighten it up.

Another shot of the 4 kids, not the best but it'll have to do till the next time we are all together.

One of my friends starred in a play as the lead character Cinderella. I had no idea how well she could sing!

Today I got my haircut pretty drastic because it was getting so long and it is starting to get so hot. I got bangs, layers, about 4 or 5 inches cut off and she even thinned out my hair so it's not as thick now, it looks better in person but you get the idea.

Film Camera

2009-03-11T21:43:00.013-05:00

I was going through film camera withdrawal when we went to New Orleans so when we went to the plantation I blew through two rolls of film easily. These trees were amazing!

This is my random people shot, they had no idea I was taking their picture, and that is what makes it such a great shot.

All I can say is beautiful!

What a handsome man!

I really like this one beacause of the trees on the left are small and the tree on the right is big and the house in the middle completes it.

Another random people shot!

Most of these pics were taken with my long lens the 300mm and I used macro to shoot these flowers and they can out pretty clear which made me very happy.

Well that's it for now, I have tons more pics but I figured I would just select a few at a time and not go overboard.

Back From New Orleans

2009-03-02T22:26:00.010-06:00

This is bourbon street on Fat Tuesday and I think it was the most people I've ever seen, if you look close you can tell the heads of all the people keep going on for miles, you couldn't even see the street.

Here's me with the oaks behind me, I am standing on a balcony in the plantation house, where the slave owners lived.

This is the plantation we went to, look at those amazing oak trees!

Sean just loved getting in these feather boas with me to take a pic, not really!

This is me trying to be festive in a giftshop! Everyone had costumes there and not just costumes relating to mardi gras, people were dressed up in any costume you could think of. I saw cookie monster, some star wars figures, a beaver, santa claus, and more!

This is Dean, me , and Sean at a parade, look at our cool beads!

This eyeball hat is crazy but I thought it made a neat picture!

Hi everyone! I'm back from New Orleans and I had a blast, I definitely saw some interesting things and people and while we were there we went to some Mardi Gras parades, went to Bourbon street, and we also went to a really cool plantation about an hour away from there.

Tallahassee

2009-02-19T15:59:00.005-06:00

I went to Tally the other day for a dentist appointment and while I was there I ate dinner with Phillip, Josh, and Dan G. Phillip wanted a pic with Zeke and Bailey but as you can see they weren't cooperating but it's funny how their heads are turned the same way.

Philly and I!

Philly and Josh!

Dan and I! Sean kept making fun of me before I left to go to tally saying that the shirt I'm wearing in the above picture is a where's waldo shirt. Ha ha!

Roses

2009-02-17T01:21:00.008-06:00

Sean got me these roses for Valentine's Day and I was bored so I used them as my subject and I added water droplets to a rose to give it a different effect.

I thought it looked kinda cool with the drops!

Heres me being a nerd, ha!

New Page

2009-02-10T11:41:00.003-06:00

Here is my third scrapbook page! Look at the cute cute Aislynn! Work is crazy this week, lots of projects and Wednesday my district manager is coming and a General Manager spot just came open in Spanish Fort, AL so I have to decide if I want to apply or not. The money would be awesome but I don't really want to move again especially not there, so I have to keep pondering and try to make a decision. That's all for now!

Chucke Cheese

2009-02-06T22:48:00.010-06:00

Sean and I went to Biloxi with Pamella, Shaun, & Aislynn. Pamella and I took her to Chucke Cheese since there isn't one any where close to where we live and she had a ball. All the following pics are from there.

Aislynn riding on this weird bike thing that went up & down.

Aislynn riding on her pal Clifford the Big Red Dog!

This is Aislynn and me on a roller coaster ride that actually moved all around and up and down like you were on a real roller coaster. It hurt my back but she laughed the whole time and loved it.

Another shot of the coaster ride!

Here she is going down a huge slide, her eye looks weird in the top one but the bottom one is good and you can see her staticky hair. She is soooooooo cute!

Biloxi was fun, it was just good to get away but I had to go back to work today which was depressing but the good news is that in a week our hours will change so we won't open until 10 am every day but Saturday so that means on days I have to open I get to sleep in for an extra hour, woo Hoo!

Camp Helen Again

2009-02-02T15:16:00.010-06:00

Hi There! I was bored again the other day so I went to Camp Helen State Park again and I roamed around the trails and the beach and took some more photos. This is a pic of an old building there.

This one is weird but I thought it was neat how you can see the trees in the reflection of the window.

Not to often that you see a pinecone at the beach laying in the sand, very strange.

I found this cool crab shell too and thought it would be a cool picture.

If you look closely, the crab shell has a face, hee hee!

Just another self portrait on the beautiful beach.

Well I am going to Pamella's for dinner tonight , I can't wait to see my girls, especially that silly Aislynn. See ya soon!

A Beautiful Sky

2009-01-30T19:16:00.010-06:00

This is sort of fuzzy but I thought it was really awesome!

The sky looked crazy tonight, lots of beautiful color.

The crescent moon.

Tonight's sunset

These are my first scrapbook pages ever, Pamella will be so proud. They're nothing like hers but its a start.

Bored & Feeling Creative

2009-01-28T19:30:00.008-06:00

This is a pic of the guitar my father gave me and I used it as my inspiration for these photos, which by the way are all self portraits.

I played around with different settings which was fun and I think they all turned out sort of neat. These probably would have looked better with my film camera but the digital isn't so bad, I'm getting used to it.

I think this one is my favorite!

Christmas

2009-01-28T13:09:00.008-06:00

Here are the guys playing poker with candy on Christmas eve!

Andrew tried out for the lead role in the movie "Rambo" but he didn't quite make the cut, Ha Ha!

This is Sean with our Christmas tree, we named it Marvin!

Me, Sean and our little tree!

Our tree after Santa had come and before I took all the presents to Pamella's house.

I finally got my film developed from Christmas, so thoses were a few of the photos. I was so sad to take my cute little tree down, it was about 5 feet tall and near the end he smelled so good. I have the next few days off and I am thrilled about it, I just don't know what to do with myself.

The Red Bar & Camp Helen

2009-01-26T16:29:00.007-06:00

I haven't taken very many pictures lately because I've been busy working and well there really isn't that much to photograph in Panama City so here are some pics I took a few weeks ago when Sean and I were bored and we went to Camp Helen & the Red Bar, which is shown in the pic above & for those who haven't been there, it is really unique and a fun atmosphere and is about 25-30 minutes from where I live.

The 2 sunset pics were taken outside of the red bar, I love the black/orange one!

The rest of the pics were taken at Camp Helen State Park and Sean was my model but he didn't know it.

Isn't he cute?

This is weird but neat! It is just a formation of wet sand and I guess brown goop, Ha!

That's all folks!!!!!!!!!!

Peanut

2009-01-24T15:24:00.002-06:00

Tonight I am going to babysit Aislynn (Peanut), I can't wait because it has been about a week and a half since I got my Peanut fix. I took a roll of film in today from before Christmas I think so I can't wait to see what is on it since I've only been using my digital camera lately. Talk to you soon, hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Sunset at the Beach

2009-01-20T20:14:00.006-06:00

Any Sunset is beautiful, but the sun over water is priceless!

These pictures aren't that great because I waited to long to take them but the sun was huge and red and with in 30 seconds it shrunk and disappeared into the distance and it was amazing to watch.

I love living at the beach! I can't believe how cold it was today and here I have been wishing to be able to wear my winter clothes and now I can't wait for warmer weather. Today was a good day off, back to work tommorow though.

Funny Hats

2009-01-17T18:58:00.004-06:00

Sean and I went to Angelina's the other day and got pizza and they made you wear these funny hats!

Just kidding, that is what they set the pizza on when they serve it to you. We were just trying to entertain ourselves. Today was a long day at work, I am so glad to have a Sunday off!

Sean

2009-01-16T12:16:00.000-06:00

Aislynn was so excited about it being her Mom & Uncle Phillip's Birthday

Aislynn wanted Sean to keep reading her book after book it was so cute!

This is a pic Pamella took of Sean and I on her birthday

Surfs Up

2009-01-16T11:48:00.000-06:00

Sean made me breakfast this morning, does that look delicious or what?

I haven't painted in a while so I decided to the other night and since Sean loves surfing I used him as my inspiration.