Weekly Photo Challenge - "Something Borrowed"

With all the remodeling around my house, I thought this would be fitting for my "something borrowed" picture. I can't wait until our house is done!

Monica "borrowed" her adorable daughter for her shot, haha. I love it, super cute :)

And here's Jessica's which I thought turned out pretty sweet. Great idea!


And our challenge for this week is... you guessed it:

"Something blue"

Now back to watching the Olympics for me :)

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Something New"

I love being a mom to toddlers! Everyday I'm able to watch my girls discover "something new."

This was the first time my four year old held a peacock feather. She was thrilled beyond comprehension to behold such a beautiful treasure! Her excitement made my photo shoot even more fun than usual :)

Here is Monica's pic of a flower and some new buds. I almost shot the exact same thing!

Jessica got her shot of some brand new cherry tomatoes. Makes me wish I had a garden!


And sticking with the theme, our challenge for this week is:

"Something Borrowed"

Happy shooting!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Games"

Most of the time games in my home consist of fairies, princesses or ballerina's. I took this pic of my four year old dancing away in one of her pinkest dresses of all. Little girls are so much fun!

Monica took a picture of their Monopoly game, which I thought turned out awesome! I can't remember the last time I played Monopoly... guess I'll have to bust that out again soon :)

Jessica took this pic of her chess set. I love it!


Our challenge for this week (by special request!):

"Something New"

Jessica suggested sticking with the previous theme from last week, and it sounded like a good idea to me :) Happy shooting!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Something Old"

So I loved this challenge! I took my kids out to Bonnie Springs because I knew I'd find plenty of old stuff to photograph. Plus, I've been dying to check it out anyway!

It was difficult to choose only one shot, but I finally settled on this one of the miniature train :)

Monica went on what she dubbed a "something old adventure" where she found this great old car. I love old stuff!

Jessica has also joined us this week! Here is her shot of something old, her grandmother's hands :)


Our challenge for this week is:

"Games"

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Color"

Sorry I missed a week again! The past 10 days have been some of the busiest of my life, but I won't bore you with ALL the details. The good news is I'm completely moved into my new house and SO happy to be out of our apartment! Hopefully my life will return to a normal schedule soon... but with all the remodeling we have planned it's probably not likely :)

So here is my photo for the color challenge. Besides moving into our new house, I was also in San Francisco last week to photograph a wedding (pics coming soon!). I was amazed by the countless flowers I saw in front of the shops. The colors were truly amazing!


Monica got some amazing shots on the 4th of July. She had her family members shake these glow sticks everywhere for her shot and I love it!

Grace got this great pic after she painted her daughter's toes each a different color. It is seriously too adorable!


And our challenge for this week is:

"Something Old"

Happy shooting!!

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Nighttime"

So I'm pretty sure I could do this challenge for a month, especially living in Las Vegas. There are SOO many things I wanted to photograph, and just never enough time! So here's my pic. This was photographed at the Red Rock Casino :)



Monica photographed her son's new night light. I love these things! It makes me want to go buy one for my girls now :)



And we have another photographer joining our weekly challenges! Grace is a professional photographer based out of St. George, UT. She captured this beautiful photograph of the St. George LDS temple last week.



Our challenge for this week is:

"Color"

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Patterns"

This was fun! The hardest part was sticking with one idea! In the end I decided to photograph my guitar, because of the cool pattern the strings create. The best part about this challenge was that I actually picked up my dusty guitar and played for awhile... after I FINALLY put my camera down, lol. I'm thinking I need to do that more often!



And here's Monica's pic, you can't go wrong with a basket!



Our challenge for this week is:

"Night time" (no flash!)

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Hands"

After TRYING to get my kids to cooperate on several ideas I had for this challenge (note to self... stop procrastinating!), I finally got my 18 month old to do some sign language for me, lol. Both of my kids love signing, and now so do I! I would recommend signing for anyone with young children. It really helps eliminate SOME of the terrible twos. Plus... now we have a secret language that daddy doesn't understand... heehee

Here's my pic ;)



And here is Monica's pic. She photographed her and her husband holding hands for this one :) Cute!



And our challenge for this week is:

"Patterns"

Weekly Photo Challenge - "At Your Feet"

I love how these photo challenges have a way of getting me out to explore my surroundings. Today I took my girls on a bike ride around our neighborhood, looking for interesting stuff to photograph along the way. We spotted this perfect white fence along a horse path, so I decided to shoot it from the viewpoint of my feet :) And yes, I ended up lying face first in the dirt for this one, lol. Fun times!


And here is Monica's pic. Her kids helped her on this one...she told them to bring her the most colorful rocks they could find and they brought her these :) Too cute!

And our challenge for this week is:

"Hands"

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Out of Focus"

Here's my out of focus pic for this week's challenge. I had a hard time with this one! The idea of taking a picture purposely out of focus was so weird... but fun too :)


And here's Monica's pic. She found this flower while she was in California :)


And our challenge for this week is:

"At Your Feet"

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Water"

I took my water picture in Havasupai, how could I resist?! This is one of the thousands of little waterfalls along the trail.



And here is Monica's water pic. I think it turned out awesome :) I love how the drop and ripples are razor sharp!



And our challenge for this week is:

"Out of Focus"

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Texture"

I spotted this flower a few days ago while my toddler was riding her bike, and I immediately wanted to photograph it for our texture challenge. Luckily I had my camera around my neck :)

I love the texture of flower petals!


Here's Monica's pic, can you figure out what it is? Very cool :)


And our challenge for this week is:

"Water"

By the way... anyone is still welcome to join in on the fun! It's a great way to challenge yourself to keep taking pictures, and learn more about photography :)

Weekly Photo Challenge - "Reflection"

So I HAD a plan...

You see, I've heard there are some really neat waterfalls and ponds up in Red Rock Canyon. My "plan" was to get some reflection pictures off the water, and do some exploring while I was at it :) Well... I procrastinated so today was my last chance!

After nap time was over, I packed up my girls and we headed for the hills. Daddy was at work so unfortunately he couldn't join us on this adventure :( With a baby in my front pack, water and goodies in my back pack, my enormous camera around my neck and my toddler at my side... I must have been quite the sight! People probably figured I must be crazy, and about halfway up I knew they were right.

Taking into consideration my precious cargo, I realized the hike was too treacherous for today and therefore not worth the pictures, "BUST!" (as my friend Kate would say, lol). Eventually my brain turned on and we headed back to safety :) Thank goodness for moments of sanity, right!

Luckily I got back to my car before the sun disappeared and scrambled to get a handful of pictures of the mountains reflecting through my driver's side mirror, lol! Here's my fav:



And here's Monica's pic! The colors from the bubbles are pretty sweet! It really is a fun picture to look at :)



So I'm totally loving this photo challenge thing! Without it I wouldn't have any motivation to attempt these ridiculous ideas in my head :)

On that note I'd like to announce our new challenge for this week:

"Texture"

Weekly Photo Challenge "Silhouette"

Here's my pic from one of our Red Rock climbing trips this week.



And Monica got this awesome shot of her brother. Makes me want to buy an ATV!



And our challenge for this week is:

"Reflections"

Can I just say it... this is so much fun!

Weekly Photo Challenge "Contrast"

Here's mine: This is an old chest my husband keeps his biking gear in. I love the contrast created by the paint chipping away :)


And here's Monica's, shot at the Valley of Fire. Awesome contrast between the rocks and the blue sky!



And our challenge for this week is:

"Silhouette"

Weekly Photo Challenge "Panning"

This was a fun one! Here's my panning shot of a mutton busting ride at the fair, lol :)



Monica got her shot at the fair too. Great minds think alike I guess, lol :) I love all the color!


And our challenge for this week is:

"Contrast"

Weekly Photo Challenge "Around the House"

Here's my "around the house" pic :) With two little girls, this definitely represents what you'll see around my house. Pink, pink and more pink!


Here's Monica's pic... an end to a stressful week, lol :)



And our challenge for this week is:

"Panning"