[[*{.-Remembering September 11th, 2001-.}*]]

Fun challenge.

Just made this and wanted to share :-)
It's a quick shot I got of my sister and new brother*in*law at their wedding reception last month ♥



**Thanks, and credit, to Michelle Kilander for the beautiful background paper!

Visited the Louisville Zoo

On Saturday (the 23rd), I went to the Louisville Zoo (here in Kentucky) with my husband, our son and my parents. It was the first time my husband or son either one had ever been to a zoo, so I was really excited to see how they reacted to everything. They looooved it! My husband liked the penguins best of all and our son loved the monkeys (he calls them 'ooh-ahhs' b/c that's the sound they make; cute, huh?!!!).

So, just wanted to share one image I took while there. Played around in PS with it and here's the result (I gave my other camera to my hubby to get some photos and he took waaaay more than me; he says he hates it, but I caught him enjoying it ~woohoo, I converted him!):

Caterpillar {loader}

Can you believe that my Dad wrecked this the other day? Well, he did! He got my husband to drive in front of him in his pickup truck to be the flagsman because the loader doesnt have any brakes & they were going to be going down a really small, hilly road.

So my husband gets to the bottom of the hill and turns the truck off and gets out to listen for oncoming vehicles. He said he heard this really weird noise and then seen my Dad coming down the road... the bucket down on the blacktop trying to stop him, but to no avail. So he turned towards the trees and smacked into them because it was the only way he could stop.

It scared my husband so he hurried up to my Dad. It crushed part of the cab in right at the steering wheel & they said if he'd been holding onto it, then his fingers would've been chopped off! But, thank God he was holding onto the little knob thingy on the steering wheel instead! His knuckles were busted up and his arm was cut and bleeding a little bit, but no major injuries. He's on blood thinners for his heart where he's had heart caths and stuff... so we're really thankful he wasnt hurt!

I told them both that they cant play together anymore b/c the other day my hubby went riding bikes with his friend and tried to point and show him that there were some gravels in the road... and he wrecked. Cut his knee up pretty bag and his foot (the end of his toe = NASTY!). So since they always get hurt, they're grounded!

Oldies, but goodies (I hope *lol*)!!

Here are a few before/after images that I worked on today. They're not really all that old; maybe two to three months. Somewhere around that range. Just wanted to play with some landscape*ish photos and so I pulled these from my portable hd.

Another painting!

A shot I took of my oldest nephew on August 9th :-)



















~Again.... comments always appreciated *hint, hint*~