Avery Christmas Photos

Sam and I took Avery to Union Station to grab some snaps of Avery for Christmas.  Union Station was just completely refurbished and it looks stunning.  We had such a fun day downtown with the little lady.  She is just such a spunky little munchkin and this was her first time riding the light rail. She. Loved. It. IMG_3423 IMG_3429 IMG_3433 IMG_3446

Once we got to Union Station, we were both blown away by how gorgeous the city has made the former train terminal.

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There was also a HUGE, gorgeous, Christmas tree that a TON of people were taking pictures in front of.  IMG_3477

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Cheeky girl. IMG_3511 IMG_3513 IMG_3536 IMG_3592 IMG_3612

Then we took this little peanut outside and let her run around. IMG_3644

I love this picture cause it looks like she has crazy dance moves. IMG_3649 IMG_3655 IMG_3657 IMG_3672 IMG_3681

Finally we took Avery to Tattered Cover and she POURED over her horse books. The kid is obsessed with horses. IMG_3693

Photo Challenge Results!

As you all know, we wrapped up our Not Your Momma's Gratitude Challenge in November.  Since last week was our money week, I decided to make this week a photography week!  Get ready for an image overload.  I asked the two other participants in the photo challenge to share their four favorite photos from the challenge a little about themselves.

Stacey:

It almost isn't fair that Stacey participated in this challenge because she has two of the cutest kiddos of life and some serious photography skills to boot. Here's what she said about her favorites...

"I love the movement one because I was really able to capture everything in flight."

Movement

"Smile was a fave because of all the colors I was able to capture. And the scene was pretty as well."

 

Smile

"Something New was so fun because the editing I did made it look like a classic picture."

Something New

"Technology - loved this because it was such a crisp and clean B/W picture.  The funny thing about both of these pics is that they are the opposite of what you would expect. New is faded and Technology is B/W."

Technology

Debbie:

Debbie is a friend of Stacey's who also has some great camera skills. She says...

"I'm a mom of 2 girls, ages 6 and 15 months old. I absolutely love family and kid/infant photography.  When my husband purchased me my first DSLR camera 3 years ago, I couldn't get enough of taking photos of my girls. To my surprise, I had many people asking me if I used a professional photographer for all of my photos. To their surprise, it was ME! Throughout this last year I have really committed to using the manual setting on my camera and have started to have a better understanding on lighting. I would like to improve on landscape photography and to achieve more crisp and sharp photos on my portraits."

Her favorites are leaves, favorite color, movement, and smile!

Leaf 1 Favorite Color-Chihuly Movement-2 Laughter

Treana:

Treana is me and I just love taking pictures and trying to get better at it.  I am currently teaching myself Photoshop and trying to improve everyday.

This is my favorite room! It represents so much work that we've put into this house.

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This is my picture for Gratitude and I took it of Sam and Avery. IMG_3032

Leaves. Clearly the winner. IMG_2694

Hands... my husband's. Love him. IMG_3153

You can see all of our gratitude challenge pictures on our Facebook page!  Which ones are your favorites?