Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano Acoustic Cover (Jorge and Alexa Narvaez)

Happy Holidays Everyone!!! I love this little family...so adorable!!

How Bout Cupcakes??

She is adorable. Don't you feel like saying that some days when your family says "Ma, what's for dinner?". They would've loved it when they were little. I have two children left at home and it seems like they are hungry all the time. Growing young men; they'll eat you out of house and home. I feel like I am at the grocery store every other day. I do have a budget though and try to stick to that but find it more and more difficult. I need to focus more on that in the new year. Our freezer, which was only 4 years old, died before Halloween and we thought we would manage for a little bit without one...bad idea. I spent more in groceries going to the store more often because who goes in and just gets the five items on the list? Not me. Anyway, new freezer has been ordered and will be delivered next week. Nothing like cramming the Christmas baking in at the last minute, huh?

Top 10 Funny Kid Videos!

GAWD, I love kids. This video is adorable. Funny how kids can always make you smile. I am blessed to have five wonderful children & my eldest is 30...that still seems unbelievable to me. The years; how they fly by...sniff, sniff

Studio photography at home.

This is a great little video because it is simple, fun for kids and he walks you through the shoot step by step. I absolutely love taking photos of my grandchildren, but one is a little too old for this and the other one is too young. I am definitely looking for fun ideas to keep the baby focused on me while I take his photo (he is soon to be eight months old) and my granddaughter at the ripe old age of 12 already has the model pose down pat..lol. She is a natural.

Here a few photos of my grandson that I took on the weekend. I really should've made some decisions ahead of time re shutter speed etc because some of my shots turned out too blurry to use, which is always a big disappointment. I had one that would've been perfect as he has his head back, crying, having a little meltdown and he is wearing the Bah Humbug hat I bought him. Anyway, you could make a whole video of the setup to take photos because that is the funny part. My husband will be my helper when trying to get my grandson to smile for a photo and he will do just about anything to make that happen.

I saw an idea on Pinterest where you tape Christmas wrapping paper to the wall and then you pull it down and onto the floor and then sit the baby on the paper making it a wall cover and a floor cover. Well, that lasted mere minutes until he ripped it right off the wall and tried to eat it. Anyway, lots of fun.

DIY Pop Up Flash Diffuser Part 1

I am sharing this video because I find it really helpful. I just finished a six week course in photography and because the class started from the very basics forward, we only had time to touch on some things. I find this interesting and also great that you don't have to spend extra money to diffuse the light that you are working with. Like I said, I do have an external flash on my wish list but one of these tips may come in handy until then. I am really interested in finding out ways to make different light sources without breaking the bank. There are plenty of DIY soft box ideas and that type of thing. Now, if only I could get my husband interested in building some of them with me..lol. I have lots of experience being crafty but zero when it comes to doing anything electrical (too bad because I just watched a video on how to build a softbox). The easier the design, the better for me and even better if you can use stuff you already have or you can buy fairly inexpensively.

Photography - How To Make a Beauty Dish

I love these diy kind of videos. Camera equipment can be pretty price so it is nice to know that you can make a few things on your own. I am totally going to try this one once I get an external flash. I mentioned to Santa that I would love to have one. I wonder how much a beauty dish costs at a camera store? I am going to look it up and let you know. I think you could buy all of the materials for this diy jobbie at the dollar store. Gotta love it.

My Dream Job - Newborn Photography

How much fun would this be?? To spend your day photographing and posing little newborn babies. I also get that it must be a lot of work on these shoots but aww...look at the babies.

I come from a bit of a "baby crazy" family. Just last week my niece saw a woman at the grocery store with two babies, one tied to her back and one tied to the front and proclaimed "that is my dream". Oh how my sister and I chuckled at that. Well, I actually laughed so hard I snorted. Be careful what you wish for, dreams do come true. I am only half joking, I love that she truly meant it when she said it. She loves babies that much and that warms my heart.

I was just thinking, if I was a baby photographer I would likely get lots of volunteers to help out at the studio. I can think of a few family members that might be fighting over the babies. I better give this whole thing some more thought. Back to the drawing board.