Tu-Tu Cute!

These are the promised pics of the tu-tu's I made. They were so easy to make! This is my cousins little girl Cali, she is 8 months old. We had fun doing her pictures since she is older and can sit alone and crawl. I will be putting more from my session with her on my Blessings Captured blog too, but I just had to share these tu-tu's!

Yay Me!!!

Normally I would not "toot" my own horn at making such a small accomplishment...however I am so proud of myself for this one! I have been wanting to learn html and to write code to be able to do all sorts of neat things on the web and everything I tried usually left me extremely frustrated. The biggest thing I wanted to do was learn how to make a "button" which is a image that when you click on it you will be rerouted to another website and how to link to my email address.
Well thanks to one of the photography groups on Cafemom.com, someone posted a website that shows you how to do html easy!!! It took me several tries but I finally got what I wanted!!! Look to the left of this blog and see my Blessings Captured Photography button and my "click here to email me" link? I did that!!!!

Now I just need to figure out how to have the little box below it with the code just In case anyone else wants to put the button on their page and help my advertise my photography!!! I will be working on that next! Yay Me!!!

I would like to share with you a recipe we learned this week at 4-H. It is super easy and fun for the kids! Mrs. Tammy's son Isaac did a demonstration on this Tuesday. If you love chocolate you have to try this! Thanks Tammy & Isaac!!!!

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

4 tablespoons self rising flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips
splash of vanilla
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well.
Add egg & mix thoroughly.
Pour in milk & oil and mix again, make sure there is no dry ingredients on the sides of mug.
Add chocolate chips and vanilla, then mix again.
Put mug into the microwave for 3 minutes...it will rise over the top of mug but will not run over (great fun for the kids to watch!)
Allow to cool a few minutes, then take out and tip onto a plate...top with your favorite
topping, IE. frosting, whip cream, chocolate syrup!!!
Enjoy!

Thursday Thankfuls

Even though life here seems to be as crazy as ever and the time flies to quickly, I have so much to be thankful for. On a day to day basis I don't stop to think about it, but today is the day to reflect on those things that you are truly grateful for in your life.

1. I am so thankful that after 10 years of not going to church and not living my life through Jesus, that we have decided to start attending church and teaching our children the right way to live. We have a long way to go but we are definitely on the right track.

2. I am thankful for my husband for being ever so patient with me in the last few weeks, while I study photography and teach myself photo editing. Ive been up many late nights while he watches TV alone until he falls asleep. He keeps encouraging me and believes in all that I do.

3. I am so thankful for my children they are my heart. I really don't know what I would do without them.

4. I am thankful for all my family and I have alot!

5. I am thankful for every ones health and that my Nana is here another year to celebrate with us. Because Thanksgiving week 4 years ago she had surgery to remove colon cancer and we didn't know if she would make it...She is doing great!!!

6. I am thankful that even though I don't have a paying job...that the Lord has blessed us to keep paying our bills, putting food on our table, a roof over our heads and a full tank of gas. The rest will come in time. (Its not forever just for now,the part about not having a paying job)

7. I am so thankful for my friends. Each and everyone is special to me in some way and I love them all, even if I don't get to spend as much time with them as I would like.

Well I think I have went on enough, I am thankful for alot more, but I would be here all day and I have to get packed to go to GA this afternoon. We will be spending the rest of our holiday weekend there with my Mom, Pop, Jeremy, Kiley, Katie, Savannah, Mandi, Bubba and Kiley's mom Mrs. Julie. The guys will be hunting in the woods and us girls might be hunting for sales and pecans! Oh and I have a photography shoot scheduled for up there also!

BTW I started a new blog with my photography pics, I will keep this one as personal and the other to post pics on. Check it often as I will be updating it with all my latest shots.
http://www.blessingscaptured.blogspot.com/, the link is on the left also under Blessings Captured Photography.

If you want to join in or check out other Thursday Thankfuls go visit Jennykates spot she always has something wonderful to say! http://jennykate77.blogspot.com/2008/11/thursday-thankfuls_27.html