All about Maggie

I've made some progress on Maggie's scrapbook, so I thought I'd post some pix. I have 20-25 more pictures that I haven't used yet. I like to include a lot of pictures in my scrapbooks :)

It's so funny looking back on the pictures of her as a puppy. She was so small!

I love the left-hand side of the page below - one of my favorites. She is such a daddy's girl!

Belated anniversary

Yesterday was our 4th anniversary. Yes, Chris and I have been married for 4 years now! We've enjoyed the time we've had together so far and look forward to what the future holds. We didn't do much yesterday, but I did make dinner for us at home and we enjoyed a little DQ trip with the dog.

A couple new things

I decided to play around with a picture of Maggie from the Lake on Fotoflexer - a free online photo editor.

I'd always thought these types of pictures were neat when I first saw them - a black and white picture with just one thing in the picture that was colored. I'd always wondered how this was done and wanted to have pictures like this too! I recently started experimenting with Fotoflexer, not having done much photo editing in the past besides just very minor edits. I think my favorite of these is the second one since the orange vest is such a big contrast against the rest of the picture. I'm also anxious to try some of the other editing tools with other pictures we've taken.

I am also in the beginning stages of experimenting with mosaics. Quite a few years ago (like when I was in high school!), my sister and I started collecting old, chipped, or inexpensive dishes that we came across at various places in the hopes of making mosaic pieces. We got interested in this after we saw really neat things that some of our family friends had made.

So we came across a box of these dishes while I was helping my parents sort through things to prepare for their move. I decided to take a few of them to experiment with since I have some extra time on my hands. Here are the dishes I have right now. I'm contemplating starting with a picture frame, a trivet or just a small wall hanging. (The small "good morning" juice cup is from my grandparents and we have the matching pitcher in our kitchen. My thought is to do a piece for the kitchen with this cup and the yellow, orange, and green dishes.)

I haven't started chipping the dishes yet, but I hope to start soon. I'll be sure to post what the end result is with this new project!

Pix - Summer 09 at the lake

Craig on slalom - yes, he can still get up! Beth also got up again this year, but I don't think we got a pic.

Kaitlyn wakeboarding - going outside the wake. Her and Chris were having a nice competition of who could do better on the wakeboard.

Craig and Kaitlyn tubing

Craig and Beth tubing

Rachelle and Kaitlyn tubing

Rachelle and Dominik tubing very slowly

Craig and Chris tubing - we all knew they would try to show off.

At first, they both tried to stand up. There was too much weight on the back of the tube and before we knew it we saw the "Gotcha" on the underside of the tube! This pic is right before Craig stood up.

...And the aftermath.

And then Beth tried her best to flip them off by turning the boat back into its own wake :)

Chris on slalom - look at that grimace!

Huge water tail!

Kerrie skiing on two - I tried wakeboarding and slalom lots of times. I failed miserably at wakeboarding. I was pretty much up on slalom. The one time I got up, I got so excited and just fell right after I stood up. We still don't know why I let go that time. Hopefully I'll get it next time.

Chris wakeboarding - Chris got up almost immediately and was going outside the wake. After Devon arrived, he gave Chris some pointers. Before we knew it Chris was going back and forth like it was nothing. He was also getting some good air too! It was a lot of fun to watch.

In the boat...

Handsome husband driving the boat.

Mr. D got very tired in the boat and ended up falling asleep while the rest of us played in the boat.

Mr. D with mama and papa.

Maggie trying her hardest to get to everyone in the water, but she reached the end of her rope!

Happy puppy by the water

Chris caught a big catfish! But he ended up letting it go since we wouldn't be able to eat it before we left. We still had a catfish dinner while Chris' family was there thanks to Kaitlyn, Chris, and Craig.

We spotted a northern pike swimming by the dock! Very rare to see at Lake of the Ozarks.

Chris going out in the paddleboat to try and net it. Thank goodness he didn't fall in!

The fish swam away but then was stupid enough to come back! Chris sat on the waverunner with the net in the water and the fish just swam right in!

Chris and Devon showing there manliness...and then having slimy hands afterward!

Look at those teeth! It also looked like he had been in a fight!

This all made for a wonderful time at the lake!

2 weeks at the lake and some fingernail polish has almost broke a bad habit of nail biting. I think I'll have to keep my nails painted to keep from biting them. I want to keep them so I can do this more often.