Gonzalez Family Journal

Archive for September, 2009

So, for those of you who aren’t familiar with babywearing, this week is International Babywearing Week.  What does this mean, you ask?  Well, wearing your baby in a carrier is an awesome way to bond with your baby.  Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with baby wearing and the different carriers & ways to wear your baby by checking out http://babywearinginternational.org/

And of course, I can’t put out a post without at least one picture so here ya go… a picture taken of Anson (being worn, of course) on his first Easter during a local egg hunt.  He’s approximately 11 months old in this picture.  Happy babywearing!!!!!

Yesterday, I took some time to take some pictures of Aidan, Anson & Aspen.  Today, I decided to sit down and play around with Photoshop and edit some of them.  These are my favorites of the ones I took and played around with.  Enjoy!!!

All pictures were taken with my Canon Rebel XTI using my 50mm macro lens.

A cute close-up of Aspen in color … and a kind of sepia tone.

Such a sweet, little face!

I loved the look on her face in this one but I can’t decide if I like the color or black & white version.

My sweet little boys… which one do you like better – color or black & white?

Or I created this one for Ricky (quickly so it isn’t the best).  What do you think?

I didn’t like the color one so much on this one.

Have you noticed a theme?  I edited them in color and then in black & white or sepia so you will get to see 2 of each picture edited 2 different ways.

These are pictures of Aidan holding Aspen’s hand – I couldn’t decide if I liked the black & white version or the sepia…

Anson holding Aspen’s hand came out a little darker than Aidan’s – I think they still need some work.

Here she was laughing at the boys – I think I’m leaning more towards the black & white one.

And one more of her sweet little face.  I LOVE this one in sepia!!!

Aidan had his first day of 3K last Tuesday – and Anson had his first day of Children’s Day Out.  Aren’t they handsome??

They both had such a great day!  I love Clearbranch and all their wonderful teachers!!!

The Tuckers decided to have a pig roast on Labor Day so we headed over to check out the pig, get a little pork & rice and just some good family time.

Aspen with Uncle Carlos

Isn’t she the sweetest?

Emi is looking for a snack.

Anson is playing out in the yard.

The pig

Austin and the pig

The boys playing

Austin and Anson playing catch

Aidan playing baseball

The kiddos had lots of fun – so glad we could go and visit for a while.

Austin recently had a Pepsi fundraiser at school where he could win some AWESOME prizes.  Well, thanks to my Aunt Melba (thanks, Melba) he sold 29 cases and got a free trip to Spring Valley Beach one Friday & a limo lunch at Red Robin the following Friday.  Talk about jealous – I’ve never even seen the inside of a limo!

Here is Spring Valley Beach – luckily Ricky was able to take a vacation day and spend the day with him.

It looked like it was a perfect day for this!

He had such a great day!

The day of the limo ride, I ran up to the school and took a few pictures of the limo and him with the limo.  I didn’t want to embarrass him so I didn’t hang around too long – just long enough to snap a few pictures.  Austin also had a disposable camera with him that he took so once I get that developed, I will post some of those.

It was a stretch Excursion.

I got a glimpse of the inside before Austin came out.

Austin in front of the limo – about to head to lunch.

Now, back to the drinks.  My Aunt Melba did a wonderful and selfless thing.  She made the decision to purchase 25 cases of drinks and donate them to the nursing home where my grandmother lives.  Such a selfless act – and I know the women at the nursing home & Austin are very grateful for that sacrifice (as well as Austin’s mom – I’ve not seen such a big smile on Austin’s face in a long time … and that made me very happy)!

And here is a quick snapshot of the drinks in my garage waiting on my aunt to pick them up and take them to the nursing home.

Thanks so much, Melba!  We love you!!!