A Day in the Life: 5.12.15

I played along with Ali's Day in the Life last week.  Since it feel on the 12th of the month, I decided to stick with taking 12 photos.  That's a super doable number to me and it keeps me from feeling stressed and overwhelmed if I forget to take a few photos here and there.  I used my big camera to document our day and I so need to do this more often.  I love these "random" photos so much.  They show a glimpse at our everyday, and looking back on them, you realize how BIG these small things are.  Did you play along last week??

Hello 12 on the Twelfth

It's been a while since I've done a photography project and I'm looking forward to playing along with Ali's Day in the Life today!  Since it falls on the 12th of the month, I'll be snapping 12 photos of our day.  Looking forward to seeing the moments I can capture today.  This project is always an eye opener for me, and it reminds me of just how much I have in my life - and how the everyday is more than the "everyday".  It's our day.  It's our life.

I hope you will play along!  There's no pressure or number of photos you have to capture.  Keep it simple.  Keep it fun!  Just keep documenting!  

12 on the Twelfth: December Pictures

I finished up my final month of 12 on the 12th yesterday and it was definitely a little bitter sweet.  I really loved taking pictures on the 12th each month and I know I snapped a lot of our lives that probably wouldn't have been documented otherwise.  I caught glimpses of our day that seem so ordinary as you are living them, but then become so extraordinary when you look back on them.  A lot happens in a year, and having so many sweet memories recorded is priceless.  I've added the majority of these photos to my Project Life album, but I'm still contemplating creating a book just for these photos (pretty sure that's my obsession with mini albums talking).

Our 12th was a busy day....cookie making, Christmas crafts, present wrapping, playground fun and Disney on Ice.  It was purely magical.  

12 on the Twelfth: November Pictures

Another 12 on the 12th is documented and in the books!!  There was definitely nothing unusual about  our day at all.  Both kids were in school, Scott had calls all day and I hung out in my craft room.  The photo of the "Serial" podcast can pretty much sum up several hours of my day.  It's pretty boring when the kids aren't here!

Here is a look at our day on the 12th of November!!  One more month to go and this project will be complete!  I'm undecided on how I am going to tackle these photos, but I'd bet my money on some type of photo book!!    

12 on the Twelfth: October Pictures

I am oh so glad I've continued on with this project throughout this year.  I knew I would finish it (because I am OCD and once I start a project, book, idea, scarf....I can't quit it, even if I really want to)!  Capturing ONE day during each month has been so insightful and wonderful.  I've captured moments that I would probably overlook on a day-to-day basis.  I've pulled my big camera out and toted it around with me to get the "real" shots, those everyday moments.  I love watching the months and seasons change.  I love the way the photos change, but how they still stay so much the same.  

Here is a look at our 12 on the Twelfth photos from October 12th:

Thanks so much for joining me here on my little blog!  It really, truly means so much to me!!  If you happened to play along this month, feel free to link up in the comments below!  I'd love to take a look at your everyday!

xoxo

12 on the Twelfth: September Pictures

Oh where is this year going?  I can't believe it's already the middle of September.  This month has been jam-packed, but I was actually really looking forward to documenting our day this month.  So much has changed just since August, so it was nice to get a look at our "right now".  I spent a while looking back through our photos from this project (all the way back to January) and I am just so grateful for this project.  I love the moments that were captured and I love looking at how our days have changed.

Here is a look at our September day:

If you played along, I'd love for you to link up your day in the comments below!!

Happy Saturday!

12 on the Twelfth: August Pictures

I'm finally sharing my 12 on the Twelfth photos today!!  The 12th definitely caught me off guard this month.  It feels like it sneaks up on me every month, but especially this month.  I guess it's because my little man was sick and my sweet girl was in school all day.  I didn't even remember until about 5:00 that it was the 12th, but luckily I had captured various points of our day (because I'm a photo-a-holic, apparently).  

Here's a look at our day....

If you played along this month, I'd love for you to link up your day!!  Follow the link below:

An InLinkz Link-up

12 on the Twelfth: August

The 12th came and went yesterday and I just barely remembered to take pictures.  I was a little bit preoccupied with a sweet little boy who has that awful stomach bug.  I did manage to get quite a few photos, ironically....not really because I was trying to document 12 photos from our day, but I guess just because I document our days (on a regular basis...and because my husband is out of town and I kept sending him pictures of our sweet little guy...thank you iPhone.).  I remembered around 5:00pm while baking some yummy blueberry muffins that it was actually the 12th of the month, and when I flipped through my phone and camera, I managed to find photos that represented our day.  Sometimes you don't even have to try to get those photos.....and sometimes, it feels like 12 should be a zillion.

So....I'll have my photos up later this week because I already have a Project Life post planned for today (see, I the 12th really did sneak up on me this month)!!  If you played along, feel free to link up your photos here or on my August photos post.  Either will work!!

Costa Brava in Pictures

Between our Barcelona visits, we got to travel to Costa Brava for a few days.  We stayed in Blanes, but experienced most of Costa Brava from the Mediterranean on a boat ride.  Costa Brava expands the northeastern side of Spain along the Mediterranean and continues all the way to the French border and it is breathtakingly beautiful.  It has the charm of a smaller city with tons of character and architecture.  The water is as blue-green and as clear as it gets.  Our boat ride took us along the coast up to Tossa de Mar, which has gorgeous beaches, beautiful castles and amazing views.  Here's our Costa Brava recap!!

Barcelona in Pictures

Ah...Barcelona.  We love you.

I'm finally getting around to uploading and editing my photos from our Spain trip.  I was kind of beating myself up for letting these images just sit in my camera for a few weeks, but you know what??  I'm so glad I waited to scroll through them.  It's kind of like taking a walk down memory lane.  When the memories are so fresh and present, it's easy to take all the beauty for granted.  I loved looking back through all one million of our photos.  Photos truly are a recorded memory.

Here's a look at our Barcelona adventures.  Most of our days were spent wandering around the different areas of the city.  Barcelona is HUGE.  Just huge...with so much to see and take in.  There is so much beauty and architecture that you have to stop and stare at every little street, alley, building.  We ended up taking one of those tour buses around Barcelona on our next to last day, and while I would typically say that was too "tourist-y" for me, I loved it!!  I loved being able to cover such a large area in one day.  And I also loved the perspective from the road, rather than the sidewalk.  Barcelona is full of history and character and amazement.  The quaint little streets with all of the flower boxes and lanterns were my favorite.  

Around Here...

This week has been all about "getting back into the swing of things" for me.  Kindergarten is in full session for my daughter, and I've been running around doing carpool, attending meetings and trying to figure out what in the heck is going on!!  I guess being out of the country for nine days will do that to ya.  :)

Around here....

Loving my new Instax printer.  I took it with us to Spain and printed out a ton of photos.  It's so cute and compact and easy to use.  The quality is better than my original Instax camera, but they are still Polaroids.  It's just a fun little toy.

Catching up on some work and emails and workshops.

Waking up with these two cuties and savoring every moment of it because I know it won't last forever.  Is there anything more precious than a sleeping child??  Yep...two sleeping children snuggled in together... :)

Pulling out my yarn to start a few projects.  (These colors are my favorite!!)

Spending way too much of our afternoon doing homework.  Luckily, Anna loves homework so she doesn't seem to mind. 

Being super silly with these two.

Trying to make up for all of those minutes I missed while we were in Spain.  I love them.

Finding some beauties in our garden.

These were waiting for us when we got home from Spain.  Not sure our garden survived our trip, though.  It looks kind of sad and wilted.  I'm hoping it makes a comeback, but I'm not so sure it will.  

Crawling into bed to work on my woven wall hanging.  I'm a little bit obsessed now....  It took me a while to figure the whole thing out, but I finally got it working.  I definitely pulled my yarn too tight in the beginning, so the middle of my hanging kind of pulls in, but I'm totally cool with that.  I want to experiment a little more with various yarns and thickness to achieve different looks.  I would love to spin my own yarn (one day)!!

(This picture cracks me up!)

Having fancy family dinner night at our house.  Our kids love fancy dinner night and it's so cute to hear them getting each other dressed up.  And they insist Scott and I get dressed up too (and dressed up in this photo for me = pool cover up because that's what I had on).  Oh...and we had tacos (fancy, right??).

Spending lots of time in the car with these two.  Back and forth.  Back and forth.  Drew keeps me company....

....sometimes.  And sometimes he falls right to sleep as soon as we pull out of the driveway. 

Hanging up my finished weaving and loving the way my craft room is coming together (although I haven't spent any time in here at all since I've been back!!  Eeeek!)

What have you been up to???  Whatever it is, I hope it's been awesome!