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Merry Christmas

                                               This is my Christmas children picture card....

  another one...

 Cant wait till Christmas morning to open their presents..

I took these photo in October, I didnt manage too well the fucus about that time, I am so glad I got some good ones...

I applied the matte effect in this picture, lately I am going crazy over this effect and want to apply it to all my photos...

another little girl..

I am glad this little girl came by...

On the last photo I think I played too much with Lightroom Dogde over her eyes...I had to use my flash because it was dark and raining outside..

Baby christmas photoshoot..

I did a backdrop using a big form insulation from Home Depot I peeled off the side with letters and taped  two strings of white light from the thrift store..

 When I take pictures I learned a lot from my mistakes..Last month if I wouldve take these pictures I am pretty sure that the baby eyes wouldntve been  as sharp as now...
These pictures were taking inside with natural light coming from a big window and it was a sunny day..

Learning about photography...

Lately,  I've been teaching myself about photography..

 This month I learned how to use the focal point in my camera and I've been practicing...

At the same time learning about lightroom...

Eye very sharp in these photos...

I went for black and white because the lightning was so bad..but I really dont like...need to improve..

 

Yesterday we went to our local High School to take pictures with Santa and they have so many games for kids..The lightning there, was so bad ..I really didnt like this photo , I tried a lot and this is what I came up with...still bad...On another note I am  very sad because most of the fun activities that our community offer are for smaller kids and my children dont like to participate anymore...

Back To School

Off to a great start.....  Looking forward to all the great memories that lie ahead this school year!

Great day at Six Flags....

Saturday was a special day we went to Great adventure water park..The children had a blast and it was the first time we all four were able to get on  rides…We really enjoy this day…As I was waiting in line for the rides I was thinking  about my two children  growing up so  fast and I know this time in my life is so precious and short…I've  always being scared of heights, but as  I get older the fear is getting worst… I started thinking of worse things happening to me while waiting in line like I was going to fly off the ride and all sort of things . There was a time when I thought about heading back and let my children ride with my husband, but then I thought that you only die one and I really want my children to remember these precious time…Pretty soon I will be down there waiting for my children to catch that moment ,but until then I will ride along….

I don’t know if it Menopause, but lately I being so afraid of so many things one of them  is dying and leaving my children… ….

 We wanted to try this one ,but my son was too small for this one..

 No, I we did not try this one...too scary....

 This ride is called the Tornado and it is pretty scary...

 This one looks scary, but it is not and it is very short..It call Big Bambu...

I found my friend...

OH my God I am so exited I found one of my best friend, The last time I spoke to her was somewhere around 2007, Somehow I changed my number and lost her number...Then back in 2010 I started having weird dreams  about her, I used to woke up with a fast heart race. I felt like I needed to get out from the house, I felt like running would've help, but I was scared to run at that time ,, I didn't understand what was going on, honestly I still dont  understand. I would've  had  the dreams  like every 6 months or even a year..I was concerned, I thought  I was going crazy, or menopause ...Then I decided to find her and put my heart at peace , but every road lead no where...nobody knew about her, no Facebook, I thought  she had vanished from this world...Then in the middle of June I had the most terrible dream about her, I woke up at 3 pm and Didnt go back to sleep. I waited for my friend to wake up in the morning and then she helped me  search for her...She searched  whitepages.com and thanks God my friend has a weird name because only three people came up with that name...one of them was the same age as my friend so since there was not a phone number I used the old method and sent her a letter with my phone number...I put the letter in the mailbox on a Friday and Monday she called..We didn't know what to say, we were speechless...we talk everyday ever since...

And today we finally met.....(Actually yesterday since it its 1am) She is happily married with two kids a boy and a girl...

 Here we are after 11 years...

This is a nice dream for me 

 Times really fly

 I think the scary dreams were my conscience...In 2007 she called me,  I was busy and I said I would call her back, but I never did.  3 days after I lost my phone....I never checked my phone statement...And I lost my best friend..

Third and Fourth grader End of the year school party...

My daughter first year school party .....

 She really surprised me,  she danced the whole night...not shy....

Last Day of school...

Their last day was Friday June 20
I am so thankful school is over 
No more Homework ....
No more waking up early...
Summer is here.....