365 Project: Images from an 8 year-old girl’s birthday party :)

Family, friends, an American Girl theme, balloons and cake…Nora’s birthday wish came true for her 8 year-old birthday party! 🙂

The birthday girl by candlelight

Nora with her Lola Norma

Nora’s American Girl doll, Makena, is having the best birthday ever! LOL

I don’t care if this pic is a little blurry. The sentiment of these BFFs is priceless!

Slumber party!! With Paco our cozy dog 😉

365 Project – 222: The color purple (August 10, 2013)

For years Nora has asked to paint her room purple. FINALLY, almost 8 years after we painted her nursery a newborn-neutral sage green, we’re giving her an accent wall coated in Wild Violet, which is the vibrant, bold hue she chose. We told her SOMETIME before school starts we’d paint her room, and today, while she’s away at a sleepover, we’re making quick work of this task so she’ll be surprised when she comes home tomorrow!  😀

365 Project – 206: Family game night – Clue (August 3, 2013)

I have the best childhood memories playing games with my family, and Clue was one of my favs!

365 Project – 114: Daddy daughter cartwheels…and using the WordPress gallery circle feature (April 24, 2013)

Here’s a sequence of three pics trying this new wordpress gallery “circle” feature for the first time…it looks kind’ve cool! I just realized when you use the gallery feature, the camera properties are listed when you click on each photo, which I appreciate!

So, this is my husband “trying” to cartwheel with my daughter. LOL Actually, he did a decent job! Grownups: if you haven’t cartwheeled in awhile, you should try it. It’s fun but, harder than it looks! 🙂

365 Project – 3: Me and my island girl!! – Kealakekua Bay, Big Island Hawaii (Jan 3, 2013)

365 Project – 334: Game night – black and white (November 29, 2012)

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365 Project – 330: Sunny Olympic Peninsula homecoming – iPhone (November 25, 2012)

365 Project – 309: Playing hangman with daddy (November 4, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/50, Aperture: F/5.6, ISO: 200

When we asked Nora to pick another activity besides watching Sunday morning cartoons, she chose to play hangman.   When she saw that I was trying to take their photo she kept playing with her tongue sticking out, not looking at me.  This is the only shot I caught with her tongue in.  I wished I snapped away with her tongue sticking out though!  Oh, well.  😛

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365 Project – 256: A dinner picnic in the mountains – Hurricane Ridge picnic area (September 12, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/250, Aperture: F/10, ISO: 200

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365 Project – 249: “Look Ma, I’m a first-grader!!” (September 4, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/125, Aperture: F/4.0, ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/125, Aperture: F/2.8, ISO: 800

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