Juliet's first (unprompted) prayer:

Heavny Fadder.

Tane-too for Bensen.

Tane-too for daddy.

Tane-too for. . . . daddy.

Tane-too for white.

Tane-too for potty.

Tane-too for fish.

Jesusname Amen.

We got photoshop!

So. I have to say, there has been this really trendy photography going on where portraits and what not are really contrasty, or overlaid with this yellow or blue filter. And I'll tell you what, I tried everything to recreate some of these pictures. And finally, I asked a trendy photographer.

It's photoshop. It is allll photoshop. I was so very disappointed.

I know some of these effects can be achieved with a holga camera. Which is a very untrustworthy camera. That I don't own. SO. I was oh so very disappointed since I am not the biggest fan of photoshop. I just want to keep photography pure, you know

Well Brett bought photoshop. And so I have been playing around.

And it is a lot of fun.

Enjoy!! (these are before and after, if you couldn't tell!)

What do you think? And don't lie, you won't hurt my feelings.

P.S. I obviously did not take the bottom two photographs.

Best of 2009

Best Movie: Keep in mind I do not watch movies til they come to redbox. And I don't watch R rated movies. Probably per pure entertainment value my favorite movie this year was Star Trek. I do look forward to seeing Avatar and Sherlock Holmes though!
Best Book: My to read list is huuuuuge this year, and unfortunately I didn't get through much! But I did love The Poisonwood Bible, Ahab's Wife, and East of Eden. Oh and Name of the Wind was one of the best fantasy I have read in a long time.
Best Place to Live: I've only lived in Lubbock this year. And I did not appreciate the snow.
Best TV Show: Still Chuck. My will power alone saved it for another season. I still love Lost though!
Best Video Game: Mario Kart didn't come out this year, but I got it this year, and I have played it plenty!
Best Home-made Dinner: Garlic mushroom chicken! Brett hated it, of course, so I will probably never make it again. Sad.
Best Deal: $750 for a Nikon N90. And I won $500 in a writing contest, so it was really only $250. You can't beat that!
Best New Hobby: I sew now, did you hear?

Yes I backdate.

At least I've blogged!

Where the Wild things Trick or Treat

Check out the pumpkin patch this year. :P Brett was so busy this semester, we never made it to a real patch. But we still found some good pumpkins!!

I wish I had gotten a picture of everyone's pumpkins! We had a great concept this year. Unfortunately, no picture. Oh well. Juliet had a lot of fun cleaning out her first pumpkin! And as usual, Brett's pumpkin looked the best! So we got a picture of his, but not even lit up. How lame is that!

Well, I worked really hard on Juliet's costume this year, and I think the concept was lost on a lot of people because I made her pink instead of the traditional Max white. Oh well. It was fun to make. Next year maybe I'll go with something a little more mainstream so she won't be mistaken for a pink demon squirrel.

Happy Bertday!

For Brett's Birthday we went to the English Building to launch his toy parachute men he got for his birthday (from me, along with other stuff! but we didn't launch his other stuff off the english building.)

Then we had warm chocolate melting cake with the Pratts! (not pictured. Sorry Pratts!)

Brett is officially a quarter century old!

Foutzs at the Fair!

Last time we went to a petting zoo, Juliet was terrified of the goats. Not so this year! She was chasing sheep, poking goats, pulling duck heads (just like her daddy!) and sticking her finger into bunny cages (bunnies may bite!).

And although she looks like she is a little scared in this photo she is actually laughing hysterically. Not hysterically like going crazy hysterically. She was very happy.




The lovely girls enjoyed their fresh squeezed lemonade. Hattie wasn't too pleased with finding a seed in hers. Melanie was less pleased to find a bee in hers. No picture included.



Yes this is a deep fried snickers. Neither of us had tried it before. Oh man it was delightful. Brett also enjoyed the deep fried funnel cake, deep fried pepper jack cheese, and deep fried hot dogs. I didn't really enjoy my pulled pork sandwhich. I should have asked them to deep fry it for me.

All in all, a good day!
p.s. and yes, Bensen was there. Poor baby gets no lovin'.