My 12 Best of 2011

It was fun going down memory lane.  Wow! God is so Amazing! What a year we have had! The beginning of the year brought many changes for our family. The Lord has been and will ALWAYS be with us.  I am so thankful that He is our Mighty Counselor and Coming King. I can not wait to see what He will do in 2012.   Happy New Year!

Blessings,
Kim

Blessings,
Kim

365-363-365

Here we are at the end of the year!  I made it again through the 365 pics a day!  This is the 2nd year that I have completed and I will definitely do it again.  One, it makes me pick up my camera more, two, I have learned a lot and three, I love it!

These pics are shot with my new camera! We had a great week on our ski trip.  The first one is shot inside the car, driving up the mountain.  I was not driving : ) My hubby was!

Well, Everyone, Have a Safe and Happy New Year! And hopefully, we will see you and your 365 pics starting tomorrow!

Keep Christ First!
Many Blessings,
Kim

365-362

Blessings,
Kim

365-358-361

Oh My Goodness! I AM SO IN LOVE with my man!!!!! He is soooo good to me!  I wanted a new lens for my camera, 50 mm! And instead he got me a entire new camera plus two new lenses!!!! I am so excited!!! So, here is some bokeh pictures!  I was so excited to play around with my camera that I ran home and took these pictures!  This is the best Christmas present!
I am so blessed!
Merry Christmas!!!!
Kim

365-354-357

Merry Christmas!
Blessings,
Kim

365-353

Yum! One of my girls Christmas cookies.
Blessings,
Kim

Some Friends came to Visit....

The Willow came to visit our home this week.  When they arrived my daughter baked some yummy cookies with them and they enjoyed them.

Everyone was excited to see them and one little critter was especially interested. I think they were a little nervous but we immediatley reassured them that we would take care of them.

They had a ride on the snow man choo choo train ride.

During the week, we took them to the "Happiest Place on Earth."  There was a very special ride dedicated to "The Willows."  They had a blast! Toad especially loved driving the car through the ride.

At the end of the week, we had a special dinner prepared for them.  You could call it an early Christmas dinner.  It was delicious! They had a blast... We loved having them... 

What a blessed week!

Have a Merry Christmas!

Kim

365-352

Okay, tried it again!  I think I got it!
Blessings,
Kim

365-349-351

Bokeh baby!!!!! We are on the road again!  We came home for the week to be with our family at Christmas. So that means I got to see my girl Denise.  I went to her house to talk about a ministry that we will be doing later this week.  I love to serve the Lord with her!  We make a great team.  Anyway, she showed me step by step bokeh and these are the results. I found out that my lens needs to be on manual and I don't have manual focus.  Ugh!  But, I was determined.  I grabbed her camera and shot away.  These are the results!  Yeah for my girl Denise!
Blessings,
Kim

365-347 & 348

Random pictures!
I thought the first one was funny that in mid December a nice beautiful orange was hanging on the tree.
And of course a little Christmas decorations to go along with the month.

Blessings,
Kim

A Day at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

We were able to attend a field trip at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.  My son attended a speaking engagement with Sandra Day O'Connor.  She spoke about being the first woman Supreme Court Justice and pretty much told a room full of teens that hard work got her there.  After, we visited the library.  I have never been to a presidential library. It was amazing!  We actually were able to see part of the Berlin Wall.  I was amazed! I kept saying... Wow, that is so cool! My girlie girl did not really get it but I did!
The first picture is of the Christmas trees on display.  They have a collection of trees representing the history of The United States of America.  I only pictured four of them.
The second picture is my girlie girl in action.  That is what she does... always taking picture in ways that I don't even think of.
The last picture is a piece of the Berlin Wall.  AMAZING!!!

Blessings,
Kim

365-346

My daughter got bokeh on her camera! Ugh! Still trying.....
Blessings,
Kim

365-345

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Tried for Bokeh but this is what I got.  It looks interesting but not exactly what I wanted.  I will be trying again and will post when I get something.

Blessings,
Kim

365-343 & 344

I took the top picture about 2 weeks ago when we went to get our tree but I forgot to post it.  The second one is of some more fall colors.

Blessings,
Kim

365-342

Some rich Fall colors!

365-338-341

The last of the zoo!
When I went, we saw all kinds of beautiful plants and flowers.  It seemed everywhere I looked I saw something to take pictures of.  The animals were fun to capture too!  I love to see God's creation.
The picture of the purple flower is sooc!
Blessings,
Kim

365-337

Another picture from the zoo! Sunning in the Sun!

Blessings,

Kim

365-336

Do you every feel this way?  Just hide your head in the sand?  Or mud?
Funny!
Blessings,
Kim

365-334 & 335

Oh, the colors of the zoo! So pretty!
You are probably wondering where the animals are?
They are to come...
Blessings,
Kim