WHAT? For Real? ME? YAHOOOOOO, What did they say? YAY!!!! WOOT WOOT! Wait, what? Today? HOLY CRAP!!! WOOT!! What am I gonna do?? FOCUS !!<enter a few tears> FOCUS!! OH yeah, duh… PLEASE be open, please be open! YES!!! WOOT WOOT!

That was the short version.

Anyway, I had it printed and ran it over to the Arts Council as soon as it was done. I walked into the art council, and I finally got to see the top 20 art pieces that were selected. I felt honored! There were some really great pieces there.

Long story short, I didn’t win this year, and that’s ok. But I am still in the running for second place. During Tulip Time, there is going to be a “people’s choice” award. The 19 pieces that did not win the poster this year will be framed and located in downtown stores.   The public will then vote on their favorite.  Hopefully second place is in my future.

Here is the one image of mine that was selected…

Well, we finally made time to get them in. They loved it and it was quick and painless. I think it took about 20minutes to get shots of all three of them. We wanted something that reflected their silliness and something that was fun. So, here is what I did…

SO, I Think the bottom three would be great. I think they could hold all my equipment, and extra stuff I have with me all the time.

If you have a Kelly Moore Bag, let me know your thoughts. I really want to know how much you like them.

So it’s a new year, and I made a few resolutions/goals. And when I say a few, I mean a lot. Here they are..  1) lose weight–of course, who doesn’t make that resolution. But it’s about time I do it. My youngest daughter is now 2, and I can’t blame it on my pregnacy anymore. 2) Take at least a picture a day.–I tried the whole 365 thing, and it never really worked for me. I just got too busy, and felt like the pictures had to be something faboulus. SO this year, I am going to try to document what is going on at home, with three little girls. There is ALWAYS something going on here. 3) blogging. I am awful at blogging. Aw-ful! Updating this blog is so easy, but my goodness I never do it.  SO, even if it’s just a picture, at least it will be a post. 4) Spend more time with God.–My days are filled with chasing kids, errend running, cooking, work, gym, and my relationship with God has fallen to to the waist side more than what I like. SO I am gonna get back to spending more time in His word, and doing my devotionals. 5) Be a better Mom and Wife–spend more one on one time with each of the girls, have some craft nights, and play dates with them. Also, more dates with hubby. Looking forward to that. 6) keep up with cleaning.–This is SO hard for me. I have three girls. Three girls who love to color, cut paper, sharpen pencils, put on make up…whatever, and my house gets trashed. I currently have toys all over the living room and paper scraps all over the kitchen floor. But I would rather them have fun doing all that stuff than to tell them NO don’t cut paper because it’s too messy. You know what I mean? Anyway, they get so busy playing and I get busy designing, then it’s lunch time, or dinner time, or we have to leave, whatever–then the cleaning doeant get done until I get home. SO I have to have a better system. The clutter is driving me nuts!!

SO there you have it. I’ll let you know how i do with those. To end this post, here is a winter picture. I <3 winter!

So, My oldest daughter saw the pictures of Isabel on the computer and said she wanted to do the same thing. Again, she was so thrilled to pick out her whole outfit. It was so fun to see her so excited about having her pictures taken. Oh, and listening to her talk about “the tights matching her dress” was so FUNNY! She had some bling too… Of course….Her a few pictures of them.

Now it was my youngest daughters turn.  She can’t pick out her clothes yet, so I had to help her out. She came with me to her sister’s shoots, and it wsa finally her turn last week. SHe hardly has any pictures of her, by herself, so I made sure to take more than just a few. She is a little honey!! Ok, so it looks like I gave her some direction, but I didn’t! All I told her to do is “smile like a princess” and this is what she gives me….

Those are my little ladies, and I adore them!!! I can’t wait until we do it again.

Poor Eva was not feeling the best, but she REALLY wanted to play outside.   She lasted outdoors for all of 10 minutes, poor girl.

March 15: My Lucia.

March 13: Lucia holding on to her toes

March 11:  A happy Isabel after eating chocolate. There is still a little piece under her lip.

March 9: Lucia. She looks like she had a long day, doesn’t she?

Have a great wek everyone!

-Selena

Eva was obviously a bit heavier as a baby, but for the most part they look pretty close don’t ya think? I can’t help but laugh when I see that photo of Eva. Her thighs are so chubby…well what isn’t in that baby photo. I LOVE it!! Ahh, they grow so fast….

Eva starts school again tomorrow and I am the helper, so that will be fun. I think we are gonna have a belated Christmas party, since the last day before Christmas break was canceled due to all that snow we had. She is pretty psyched about hitting the pinata and getting candy… of course. It will be great to get her back into the routine of things. She is one of those kids that needs routine and always has been that way. I love it too!

So this past weekend, we moved Isabel into a new room and Lucia into her own room. Lucia has been in the bassinet in our room this whole time, and it was time to move her out! Now everyone has there own room and space. YAY! Bel loves it!! We haven’t had her pick out her bedding yet, but we will do that soon enough. For now she is using our spare bedroom outfit. I think Eva likes the idea too, that her and Isabel have rooms next to each other. We also moved the bookshelves from Isa’s new room, to the nursery and organized them too. That, by it’s self, took forever! I have an obsession with books. I LOVE them. LOVE them!! Any kind of book and especially children books. I could spend hours at bookstores. Anyway, off track….so yep, oh yes…..Lucia–not a fan of the move. She does great at night, but at nap time she can’t stand it and usually cries her self to sleep.  I’m sure in a couple of weeks she will be doing better. Have I ever mentioned she is the most difficult baby that I have had? She is by far! Eva was a wonderful baby and Isabel was even better. Lucia is something else for sure! She can be the sweetest, most content little peanut, and then turn on you and cry FOREVER the next minute. I shouldn’t be complaining, ’cause I know it could be worse, but geesh girl……:)

So it’s back to work for me. I have a few things to finish up and then I will be all caught up! YAY! I decided this year I am gonna try to take a picture everyday. I never did it in the past because I knew I wouldn’t be able to post everyday. So this year I am gonna give it a try but I will post the pictures on Friday.’cause really, I know I would fail if I were to post everyday.  So every Friday I will post pictures from the whole week.

Ok, I am gonna meet a friend for coffee soon. I hope you all have a great week!

(Taken on our way home from Target that really foggy day 12/27/08)