Mastermind//week 11

       For those of you who don't own this game....go buy ittt!!!! Serious awesomeness here...it's called mastermind. I played it with my sis quite a bit this weekend...so I decided to snap a picture. I particularly enjoy the perspective!

Blessings! 

~Bailey

Lil' Piece of Spring

Here it is...one of the first signs of Spring!! Can't wait...

Week 10

The perks of having a dog // flags

5 great reasons we enjoy our little dog:
* He takes his job of protecting us very seriously, much to our amusement
* We know whenever a shadow moves, or a car drives by
* He loves to snuggle
* He makes horrendous groaning/complaing noises (also much to our amusement)
* Oh and we can do this and laugh about it all. day. long. :

Week 8

And on the topic of flags...

     I finally replaced my Christmas decorations with these. Even though the house is unfinished (please excuse the lack of trim) I'm still decorating :)

Week 9

Blessings!! 

~Bailey

While Gallivanting Through the Country...

     For my birthday Saturday, Mom and I headed to town - the back way - with our cameras. Low and behold - a western collection!! Complete with a noose on the tree, a cowboy, multiple pots and pans, a typewriter, various tack...the list goes on and on! Needless to say...we were here for a while :)

So here's the week seven pic:

   Blessings, Bailey

A Year in Pics // wk. 5 and wk. 6

The snow has finally disappeared from our part of the valley.. for now, anyways. Here's last week's pic:

And this weeks. Daddy taught Ethan the top-secret art of making yarn balls. Pretty intense stuff :)

So, what do you think? Any suggestions?

Blessings, <3 Bailey

A Year in Pics// wk. 4

It's a puppy!!! A teacup Yorkie, to be exact :) This little dude's name is Toby - and we were privileged to have him stay the weekend with us:)

So what do y'all think? Any suggestions?
Blessings! <3/Bailers

A Year in Pics // wk. 3

       I'd like you guys to meet my little bro! Well, technically, he's bigger than me...but still!
       Monday I spent the day hanging out with him and other little brother, Ethan. Jacob is 13. He has the humor of a ten year old,  the body of a fifteen year old, and the mind of a... little brother. He can be the sweetest, most sensitive, quiet guy on the planet! But when he's with his family, we just can't get him to keep quiet! Fortunately for him he's cute and of course gets away with everything :)

Have a great rest of the week y'all! What do you think of my photography? Any suggestions? Feel free to leave a comment!

Blessings, <3 Bailey

A Year in Pics // week 2

The snow was starting to disappear in this picture (taken earlier this week) but last night it returned! The rain, for the most part, is what made the snow melt this time - but it resulted in a full rainbow in our back yard. So it worked out :) 

Blessings,  <3 Bailey

A Year in Pics // week 1

So I'm starting anew here.. I thought I had given up on blogging - but apparently not!! My resolution for this year is to do a 'Year in Pics' collection. So, without further ado, here's week one (January)!!

We still have snow up here on Wildcat Road!

This is getting posted late (I captured this image last week) But I hope y'all still enjoy it.

Blessings, <3 Bailers

for the bookish...

Quick post: if you are a book-worm, or have a friend who's a bookworm (besides myself) you MUST check out this giveaway! It's over at Stephanie's blog. Enjoy!

   ~Bailey

little girls in cowboy boots, part 2

Click here to check out part one of this four-part series. :)

      This is outfit # two from the photo shoot with lil-sis. :) I love how elegant and grown-up she looks in these.
       She'll always be the 3-yr.-old who decided to wear Mom's mascara {which she decided would also look good as blush, lipstick, etc.} and yet she's definitely turning rapidly into a little lady. It's scary, sometimes... when I get mad at her for something that seems really major and out of character for her. Come to find out, it is. It's like when I get annoyed with her, I'm really getting annoyed with me - the one who unknowingly taught her how to argue so well. So as she gets older, I realize more and more I have to let her be herself - not push her into being me, since she seems to imitate me on her own. Instead I should be the person God wants me to be, and let her be the person God wants Shelby to be.
Enjoy these pics of little miss independent!

                                     

~Bailey

little girls in cowboy boots

Shelby Dawn. My favorite sister! {a.k.a. my only sister} Part of my photography project was to do a photo shoot. Shelby is such a natural at things like this, and she lives with me, so she was my first choice. This shoot doubled as an eye-opener for me. As the four-hour session came to a close, I realized how much closer her and I had become. It wasn't just the pictures. 

It was pinning up the too-big-skirt of mine, washing up the worn-down boots that used to be mine, and experimenting with hair-do's. I got to work on perspective both in my only big sis-little sis relationship and in my photography skills, both of which are forever-changing. 

These are the select few from outfit #1. Enjoy!

 Sorry the last one's a little blurry, that's just the way it loaded. :)

                  <3 Bailey

The Aeneid

Hey all! Check out what I wrote in my Dialectical Journal this morning for school! http://paynebookworm98.blogspot.com/2012/04/aeneid-book-4.html
Thought some you would enjoy that. :) And coming soon: a post with pictures from the photo shoot with my sister...
In Christ,
      <>< Bailey

The dewdrops...

First off, sorry it's been so long y'all! We are in the process of moving into the house dad has been building for us, and life is rather hectic! But, without further ado, here are my spider-web pics from the other day! I had to get on a chair to reach it, but it was definitely worth it!

Over the years....

Guess what, people! The flowers are here!!! {insert applause} The first three pictures are a few of my favs from last spring... 

 

 

 

And these three are from Sunday! It's interesing how different the lighting was in this set. The ones from last year were taken after it rained, so that could be part of it. I can't wait to experiment more with different settings using these flowers!

 

Happy *almost* spring y'all!

Spring in Camas!

Hey all! Sorry it's been so long since I posted... technical difficulties... 

Here are a few of my 'unedited' photos from after it started snowing a few days ago. (Oh, and I took these before my brother and I had to push his 1000 lb. four-wheeler home through up to 6 inches of snow...ya, fun!!) I can't wait for these little crocuses to bloom! 

In the light...

Last Thursday (my b-day!) Mom took us and 2 friends to Omsi to see the Body Worlds display. They wouldn't let us take pics, but I can tell you it was sugusting! (that's Bailey language for 'disgusting':]) We could take pictures in the inventors room - but I couldn't keep my lens away from the lights! I had fun with them. :)

Aren't they absolutely awesomeness!? They remind me of something from a dream...

The Alphabet

I'm starting an alphabet series! I got the idea from a photo I saw at a store: 

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/photos/2009/dec/14/35530/

Cool, huh? So far I only have 2 letters - and they do NOT look like this! But I'll work on it...

Here's the A!

And the O...

More to come! Also, keep your eye out for my coming-soon spring pictures!

Yellowstone

Earlier this year, my mom took us kids to Montana to see her family. We took a surprise trip to Yellowstone with them, and thank goodness I brought my camera! The hot springs, lakes, wild flowers and animals were spectacular - and I was so enthused to be behind the lens of my camera that day. I was eager to work on different perspectives. I especially couldn't wait to get home and edit my 500 or more pictures!
Here are some of my favs: