Our (real) Christmas tree this year! I know white lights are classy, but we still love the colored ones.
Photo of the Day: Picasso Santa
My creation from Thirsty Palette!
Photo of the Day: Ginger Cookies
My attempt at my grandma’s gingerbread cookies yesterday was semi-successful. The flavor was great, but they were too thin. If I call them gingersnaps instead of gingerbread cookies, I think they’re perfect! (As you can tell, I need to work on my icing techniques, too.)
Photo of the Day: Reindeer & Penguin
Creative blog title, right?
Since this is our first winter in a house, our outdoor lights are pretty skimpy. We’re hoping to stock up on lights when they go on sale after Christmas. I bought these cute little guys at Target a couple of years ago, so they’ll just have to be a bit lonely in our front lawn this season. Looking at Christmas lights is my husband’s favorite holiday tradition. What is yours?
Design Project | Fun Christmas Card
You may recall that I did portraits for this couple a couple of months ago. At the end of the photo session, they broke out their “ugly Christmas sweaters” and an antique sled for some fun Christmas card photos. Unfortunately (or fortunately, since it was October) there was no snow on the ground. After a bit of work in Photoshop, this is the card I developed for them. I love their fun-loving spirits and creativity!
Photo of the Day: Another Merry Tuba Christmas
This week I participated in my 16th Tuba Christmas at the beautiful Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. My high school band director got the award, out of 300 musicians, for participating the longest, at 20 years! And I’m proud to say I’m not too far behind him. It’s such a fun event that my high school Alma mater, my dad and I attend every year. Check out my post from Tuba Christmas two years ago, too.
Photo of the Day: There’s No Place Like Home
Here’s the final photo from Thanksgiving in Denver. This is one of the wind farms we passed on the long drive through Western Kansas.
Check out all of the photos from our trip!
Great Friends
Who Knew? (Castle Rock, KS)
Denver Christmas Lights
Olympic Training Center
Red Rock Formations
Garden of the Gods
Blue. (A bird)
A Bright Union Station
Photo of the Day: A Bright Union Station
During our Thanksgiving trip to Denver, we attended the downtown lighting ceremony. Here’s a photo of the Union Station all lit up!
Photo of the Day: Blue.
A beautiful blue bird seen at Garden of the Gods. Can you name the species?
Photo of the Day: Garden of the Gods
To answer Saturday’s question about what landmark we visited in Colorado … it was Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. Although the nice weather brought out crowds of people, I enjoyed the short hikes and the lack of that overwhelming feeling that comes with visiting a large National Park and barely having time to scratch the surface of it.
Photographic Rhodes 