camera

kason bought me a DSLR a few years ago for Christmas and i am just now starting to figure it out!

i really didn't want this nice of a camera but Kason decided and i knew nothing about it so i had no say.

but i do love it, it has been fun to mess around with.

my beautiful and amazingly talented friend Ashley just started an online photography course to teach fools like me how to use our DSLR's the right way

i have seriously been shooting on auto since i got it and i am now catching on to shooting in manual.

it is SO hard and so confusing and there are SO many factors but i am slowly getting it.

for anyone that wants to take an easy, well explained photography class, hit up my friend!

here are some of my latest pics:

they aren't amazing and they are kind of random but I've come a long way!

now i need some kind of editing program...someday!

eating it up!

were trying to get as much uncle Klint time as we can.

our favorite buddy leaves next week for Philly for TWO years ahh.

we are totally going to miss him, especially the kids.

crafty boy

Kason doesn't love some of Griffin's interests but honestly, i think they are all great!

i love that he loves to draw pictures and tell a story to go with them, that he loves going to plays at Tuachan, that he likes and knows how to pin things on Pinterest, that he loves to craft and be creative, and that he is all about dancing and singing.

Nolan is the complete opposite. he pretty much likes none of the things Griff likes. they really couldn't be more different!

for instance: Griff has asked a million times about decorating the tree and Nolan said, "I will just watch you guy's and play the ipad."

this is a banner from Nolan's birthday:

 

i have all of the stuff to make one for Griff to hang above his bed but i have had zero time to get to it

he has asked me a million times to make one for him

eventually he got tired of waiting and made one by himself out of paper and a red marker

tree hunting

 

we had to go to several places to find the pefect tree this year

all of the places we kept going to had mostly dead trees!

discolored and brown patches scattered throughout, no thank you.

so we finally found a place where they looked perfect but they came tied up and we couldn't look before buying

the guy assured us that they were really nice trees and between 7 and 8 feet tall

perfect!

we brought it home and opened it up and it IS perfect!

our house now smells fresh and yummy and i feel my Christmas spirit starting to creep in

i will forever want to have a real tree!

i love the cool, fresh air that it creates in our home

someday we will get back to the tradition of cutting down our own tree

Santa at the splashpad

Santa made a special appearance at the splashpad on Main Street

Griff went once with Aunt Nicole and i knew i would have to take Nolan and Magz

there were crafts, hot chocolate, tons of Christmas lights, carousel rides and a choir singing

of course Santa was there and Griff came armed with his cute little Christmas list this time

Nolan wasn't too sure and Magz basically hated it

captain

(dec. 5th)

this was Griffin's second time being captain at his school (the first time was on his birthday in October and he was the birthday captain)

one sibling is allowed to come and the captain is in charge of bringing snack.

 

i let Griffin choose the snack and he chose chocolate milk and rice krispie treats.

Griff is the worlds best brother when Nolan is at school with him.


 

he looks out for him like crazy and shows him all of the fun things to do.

Nolan is beyond excited for preschool.

he keeps telling me that he is almost four and then he can go to Griffin's school.

haha. not quite buddy.

we had the best time, i love watching Griff in his element at school.

the kid LOVES it.

i even bumped him up to four days a week starting in January.

 

we will see how it goes!

This is Griff on a cute little reading balcony in the classroom.

Look at that SMILE haha. Happy kid who loves school.
 

leaves

we all love when the leaves start falling off the trees because it provides so much entertainment!

we don't have any big trees in our yard so we play in the neighbors leaves and the leaves at Mema's house.

we bury each other and make stacks to ride through.

the weather here still feels like Fall and with all the leaves still falling, it's so hard to believe that Christmas is around the corner!