Puzzling - - -

There are a million things about this computer that I don't understand. There are plenty of folders I've never looked in, and plenty more that I don't even know exist...but, there is one folder on this computer (perhaps one of the biggest) that I know every detail about. I surf through it. I organize it. I dream about it. I love it.

The folder is My Pictures.

Like I said, it's quite a big folder with over 6000 photos that have been taken over the past 5 years. Most (most most most) of them are of my kids. But there are a few sprinkled throughout where my face shows up. And there are even some of random objects - stools, candles, jam jars - that I have used to tell a story or explain a thought.

You know that feeling of recognition and excitement, as you pan across a big room full of strangers, when your eyes fall on your husband's face (or your mother's, or father's or another family member's)? That's kind of how I feel about each of my pictures. They could be thrown into a mix of a million pictures and I'd be able to find each and every one without focusing enough to see the actual faces. Yeah, I know...it's a little creepy. I know them well. Very well.

So, I was a little surprised when I came into my pictures and found an entire folder that I had simply forgotten about. They were taken last month, and have been waiting patiently for me to re-discover them. And, in my completely unbiased opinion, they're way too cute not to share. :)

It seems a little late now but, thanks to Jean for the Halloween package last month! I got the kids all dressed up in the cute shirts and took them outside to snap a few pictures in the fall leaves. Of course, no one wanted to be cooperative, so this is the best we got...


You might notice the little brownish-yellowish discoloration on the bridge of Miles's nose here. He sorta rolled off the couch and face planted on the hard floor. Oops... Don't worry. He seems to have forgiven me.


I do hope to someday be able to shoot every picture in focus. But, obviously, I have to work on that a bit more.

Now, take a look at this! Does this freak anyone else out but me? This is in our driveway, folks. (Yes, our driveway is covered in leaves...why do you ask?)

Brian took these first three photos, and I absolutely love them. There's something about the ladder in the background that I really love in the first one...and in the second one, you can actually see the spider connecting to a few different strands of his web...and I love the idea of the third one - to have the kids in the blurry background. It would be perfect if the spider was in a little sharper focus and not directly on McKenzie's face. :)


I try to not think about all of the creepy-crawliness that goes on right outside my door. Eww.