Memories, Dreams & Reflections

Ashley has come up with a great list to take us back through the year 2010.

Here's my favourites:

1. Me

I'm most proud of learning to use my camera's settings, and get off automatic!  :)  I'm also proud of crocheting my first afghan, and knitting my first adult-sized sweater.


2.  I Love You

I love this pic. My five kids!


3. Still Laughing

I have two for this category. The first is Michael... "searching" for spring!

It still makes me giggle. :)

The next is Ethan... and one of his many weird faces. I tell ya, when this kid gets married there's going to be so many pictures to laugh over!!

I have no idea what he was thinking.. I'm assuming he thought he was smiling really big. :D


4. Winter Wonderland

We live in Ontario, Canada. There's lots of snow. But, I liked this pic.

This is what you look like after riding on a toboggan tied to the back of your dad's snowmobile! ;) Jeff did put on a longer rope... so the kids got less snow in the face. (The snow on the face didn't stop them, though.)


5. Birthday

Our baby girl Hannah turned one in 2010! We had a party...

...and her cousin Ava had no problem helping her with her candle. ;)

I also love this pic, taken on Hannah's birthday:

She was so determined to crawl across the gravel - and her face just killed me. :D


6. Friends

Becky with her best friend Emma... who happens to also be her cousin, and fellow dancer!


7. I was Inspired

I am inspired all the time by Ashley. I totally copied her photo, and I really liked how it turned out. :)


8. Spring Fever

Tiny willow leaves... bugs warming in the sun... totally spring! :)


9. Vacation

Jeff was laid off most of the year last year... which meant we didn't do much for a vacation. We did go to a nearby campground... and promptly got rained on for three days. :( One of the attractions at this site is the waterfall. When it hasn't rained for days, the water is low enough to walk across the river, and play in the little pools and waterfall. As you can see, we didn't do that. The water rose over 4 ft. while we were there! Scary.


10. Summer Days

Boy + Beach = Summer!


11. A Day in my Life

Right now, my life is a lot of this:

with breaks for this:

12. All Smiles

Jeff, my sister Sarah, her hubby Tyler, and baby Ducky. This pic makes me smile. :) The men are dorks. And yet, we married them anyway. Aren't they lucky? ;)


13. Autumn

One of my favourite pics I took this autumn.


14. Family

This is almost my entire family on my dad's side!! We're a big, fun, happy bunch!


15. Celebrate!

My niece Ava had a party at the beach this year... complete with party hats. She was very insistent. ;) Even the babies got one!

16. Let's do it again!

I love campfires. (Mom, it's a cave!! Don't you want to poke your finger in there?? *giggle*)


17. I miss you

My Grandma. I still miss her. She's been gone for 19 years.


18. Beautiful

Rebekah, my oldest daughter, is beautiful.. inside and out.


19. Dress Up

How can you resist a little stinker? ;)


20. Macro

I still love this pic. Is it actually a macro? Probably not. But, it's pretty darn close. ;)


21. Holidays

2010 Christmas Eve fondue! We do it every year. Yum!

I also loved how this turned out:



Inspired, of course, by Ashley and Karli. :)


22. My Favourite

I've had a lot of fun this year, learning how to use my camera with my new, cute subject. :)

It's hard to pick just one. :)


23. Don't ever change

I hope my girls always have a great relationship.


24. Just because

Kids in the creek.. an often occurrence around here in the summer! I love the stream bokeh.


25. Hopes and Dreams

This year, I want to spend more time in the Word.  I want my soul to thirst after God.  My relationship with Him is important above all else.. and I want Him to be my focus in 2011.

So, that's my list!  :)  What is your favourite memories from 2010?

And visit Ashley for more 2010 memories, dreams and reflections.