Family Picture Planning!!

I scheduled family pictures today with Capture by Kayla!  They are not until the end of May but I did get outfits ordered for the kids and I today and I'm sooo excited!  I still need to look for something for the hubby, but have plenty of time for that ;)

VIDEO!

I was pretty sure that I was destined to NEVER be able to actually burn any of my little video clips to DVD, after trying a couple different programs that wouldn't accept the file type of my video.  I'm sure there is some way to do it, but I'm just a little technology ignorant in that department.  Today I discovered Windows Live Movie Maker, came built in on my new laptop, super easy, does JUST what I want it to and then a tiny bit more, I can put all my clips together and create one video with them to burn to a DVD :)  I can even add a Title Page, captions anywhere and still pictures.  I am SOOOO excited, I can't wait to start making my own home videos!  I also discovered that my camera wasn't set to the best video quality and I'm really happy with the result of changing it to the best.  Good thing I got that new 16 GB SD Card!!!

He Said/She Said

Marissa- "Ryan, you're SOO adorable, I think I want another baby brother" 
               "We don't want Ryan to grow up, because he's TOO cute!"
               "RYAN JOSEPH!"-This is a pretty frequent Marissa quote :)

Ryan has been saying more and more new words EVERY day, he has been repeating everything and even
         some of the stuff he doesn't say I know he understands, like if I say, "Ryan, will you get mommy her    
         phone, he'll actually bring it to me!" Ryan started saying, "sock," he puts an extra C in there though and I'll
         just let ya imagine what comes out!  He also learned to say, "yeehaw," when he's riding a horsey and he's
         totally obsessed with his, "boots."  Great Grandpa and Great Uncle Johnny may have a farm helper soon!

Playing with Photoshop!

I bought Photoshop Elements 9 a few weeks ago and have been trying to get it all figured out, I'm starting to really get all the layers down, I think.  Here's a little something I edited today, I"m pretty happy with the outcome!

He Said/She Said

I think every day my 3 year old daughter says something that cracks me up!  I thought I'd start a weekly post of the things the kids say that make me laugh, a few that make me cry, and maybe a little bit of the in betweens.  Ryan is not quite the chatterbox his big sis is yet, but I'm sure it won't be long, he's saying new words ALL the time.  I thought this was a neat idea after seeing the quotable quotes post on Erin's Blog Sunny Side UP.

A conversation Marissa and I had in the van approaching our intersection:
Marissa: I see my house!!!
Me: Who's house is it?
Marissa: Mine
Me: Well actually it's my house and Daddy's, but we share it with you because we love you.  When you turn 18 you have to move out and go to school and get a job and buy your own house, but it can't be very far away b/c I'll miss you.
Marissa: (Gives me a look that I can't describe and makes me feel like the worst parent ever since my 3 year  old was taking this conversation VERY seriously!)
Me: It's a really long time until you turn 18, you'll be a lot bigger then.  You can go to college like Aunt Rachel when you turn 18!

Today while talking about my 47 year old uncle who lives at home with my grandparents I decided I didn't regret this conversation.  When asked what she's going to do when she turns 18, she now proudly announces, "Move outta the house"   I hope I'm not causing any psychological damage, since really I'd probably let her live with me until the end of time, MOST days anyway.

My Major Hairstyle Change!

I have a tendency to let my hair grow out REALLY long and then on a whim get it all chopped off!  I'm really loving my new style now though, so I'm planning to keep it up, which means more than 1 trip/year to the beauty salon! 

I Dig You Template!

It's taken me a few hours this afternoon of playing with photoshop to figure out how to create my own template, but I FINALLY got one made and scrapped a quick page!  I had to search shutterfly for some pics for this, I bought a new laptop so I don't have many pictures on it yet.  I hope to make many many more templates to share!  I've got to work tonight but sometime I'll figure out how to share the psd file via blog with ya!

Click on the template to download for free!  Enjoy :)