Project 30: April 7, 8, 9, 10

4-7-12
Tradition
Dying eggs. With Grandan. What could be better?


4-8-12
Perfectly Imperfect Moments
Crying in her chocolate-covered Easter dress. But the picture-perfect photo? Not what matters. Especially on this day.

4-8-10
Discovery
Who knew California strawberries could be bigger than your hand?

4-10-12
Wonder
Anna's first hot air balloon sighting. She had no idea there were ballons THAT BIG!

Project 30 days 4, 5 and 6

This project is proving to be really fun! I like thinking about what photo I'll use for the day and why.

On April 4th, the sunrise was beautiful and a bit more red than this photo shows (sailors heed warning??). I love that in our house you can see the sun rise and set from our deck. We often watch the sunsets...but the sunrise viewing needs to be a bit more purposeful ;). Glad I took the time to catch it on Wednesday.

We spent some time at the park on Thursday.

Anna loves to go high.

I can still remember the rush of feeling like you were swinging SO high.

Do you?

Finally, today, Friday, is a photo of our levity, Oggy the Doggy. We spent a lot of time blowing bubbles. He spent a lot of time chasing bubbles. And catching them in his big, drooly mouth.

Love my brown-eyed boy!

Project 30

Over the last few years, I've had several friends do a "Project 365" where they take a photo each day to capture their day-to-day life. Recently a friend decided to do a "Project 30" and post a photo each day for 30 days, to capture something that is of importance to making the most of life.

I loved that idea, so decided to do it to!

So, for the month of April, I'm taking a photo every day that represents something important, of note or significance to me.

On Sunday, April 1st, we spend time with my in-laws. They've been out of town for two months, so it had been quite a while since Anna had seen her "papa." She was so moved to see him. She squealed and ran to him, then spent most of the time with them snuggling with him. He even remarked that he'd like to see her face, but since she'd been snuggled in so deep, he hadn't really had a chance!

The photo below, my first for "Project 30" is baby girl snuggling with her Papa. Grandparents are so special.



This second photo was the only one I took yesterday. I hadn't yet decided to do this project, so when I looked through my phone pictures, I found just one from yesterday. And it was (clearly) taken accidently! But, it was taken as I rushed from my office to my car. As my work day nears an end, I am always filled with an "I get to go see my girl!" electricity! I love heading her way. This moment, the frenzy of finishing up the day, rushing to the car and racing with the rest of the rats is part of my life right now and the reward at the end of that day is so, so sweet!

This third photo is of the blossoms on a dogwood tree in our yard. On our wedding day, Michael and I noted how beautiful all of the blooming trees were at the chapel where we were married. That church had a beautiful white dogwood in front of it, and we loved it. A few months later, we found a sad, dying dogwood in Lowe's at the end of the season. It was dirt cheap, so we grabbed it, figuring we could try to give it some TLC and hopefully get a beautiful tree that reminded us of our wedding day every time we looked at it.

Well, it's the "little tree that could" and it's really doing well! This year, the blossoms are very early and particularly pretty. I'm so proud of our little tree.