scavenger hunt sunday!

i am beyond excited! i am participating in [my first ever] scavenger hunt sunday hosted by ashley over at ramblings and photos! i have eyed this hunt since i first started following ashley but never got around to taking/editing/posting the pictures. not this week my friends! as soon as i saw the prompt 'chocolate', i KNEW i had to participate. after all, it has become apart of my daily diet! so, without further ado ...

1. chocolate

my newest favorite. it's actually nutella, not milk chocolate but you'd never know unless i told you! ;]

2. numbers

my nana bought kullen his very first [sticker] sudoko book!

3. canned food

nom.

 4. music

some of my favorites.

does ANYONE know/remember loud lucy. i loved them!

 5. stack

what i should be doing.

kindle, water fo elephants, what to expect and pregnany journal!

birthday candles!

i know this picture was in a previous post but i love it. two of my favorite people [my son and my sissy] in one picture! happy birthday to my bestest sister ever!

touch up tuesday

i'm excited to be participating for the first time! :]
we had a little bit of an ice storm here last night so, of course, my first thought this morning was to snap a picture so i could participate =D
so, yeah - i'm not that great with PSE but i'm hoping this will give me a chance to steal from learn from other bloggers in their touch ups! ;] so with that said - don't judge the newbie, a lot of this is completely foreign to me so i'm not going to go crazy but i'm not going to do any preset actions either!

SOOC -  

edited -

i upped the saturation just a tad and adjusted the brightness to make the branch 'pop'. i adjusted the darkness in the background of the picture to again make the branch be the main point of the picture. what else could i have done??

and, although i said i wasn't going to run any preset actions, i couldn't help but play. i ran PW colorized and loved the way it made the ice look so i decided to post! ;]

bokeh and santa!

we took kullen to see santa this weekend and to my surprise, it went well! :) i really thought he would have a cow especially considering what a monster he was while we waited in line! he stared at santa with his 'who in the world is this' look but didn't freak so mama was proud :]

& he's had enough ...

i also got some great bokeh shots over the weekend! since i got the nikon 3100, i haven't really gotten to experiment with it! [between you and me - i'm still a little upset that i didn't spend the extra money and get the 5000 again] i'm beginning to realize the 3100 is just as great of a camera as the 5000, i just need to adjust to the different settings and such! i'll get there. merry [bokeh] christmas! :D

[this is how i first started capturing the bokeh!]

[& this was an accident but i love how it turned out!]

[bokeh]

and in other news - kullen loves kazi ♥

disclaimer: i didn't get to edit or watermark my pictures. i hurt my shoulder and have a screaming kullen who wants out of the tub!