11.10.11

hands

check out this great site for photography:
the photo challenge for this week is hands.
this is kinsley.
to see more photos from this shoot, 
click here


it's amazing how comforting hands can be...
how can you use your hands to help or comfort someone this week?

this photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com

9.10.11

the beach (in october)

we spent an hour or so at the beach yesterday.
yes, it's october and people were swimming,
and yes, we're in ontario...

it was amazing!





 jude and i were able to head back to the beach after dinner for the sunset...

7.10.11

favourite things friday



happy thanksgiving everyone... 
make time to enjoy the gorgeous weather and the leaves this weekend!

here are a few favourite things that i've come across this week:
  • cute ideas for halloween treats are here
  • some fun giveaways (if you're into that kind of stuff)
  • worked with dawnelle over 10 years ago at camp - loving her photography that i stumbled upon this week...
  • this is my favourite show (the only one i watch these days)! 
what is your favourite thing about thanksgiving?

5.10.11

picture day

picture day was last week at emery's school.  
when we picked emery up after school, she was crying.
she was sad because she had to sit in the front row for her class photo 
and last year she was a 'medium sized friend' who got to stand in the middle row.
well, last year she was in a split class for JK/SK.
inevitably, she is one of the smallest in her class this year.
knowing this would be the trend for many years to come, 
we tried to help her look on the bright side...
she was also upset that she had been crying 
when the class photo was taken, 
but she was happier when she remembered that she wasn't crying 
for her individual photo because that was taken before the class photo
(bright side).

so life went on as we walked home from school...
and she told us that she was the star student that week!
she was chosen for working hard and being kind to her friends.
something to celebrate for sure... 
we had two 'big treats' that night!
tonight after reading with emery and tucking her into bed,
she called be back upstairs a few minutes later.
she was upset...
she was thinking about picture day and was worried that 
she had ruined the class photo for everyone 
because she had been crying while it was taken...

i held her close and stroked her face while she fell asleep.

oh emery...
she is a kind, beautiful & sensitive girl,
and we love her.

2.10.11

rockway gardens

we love this place...




(check out simple things this week for some great giveaways)