I have a new home!

It's here! The shiny new blog that I have been working so hard on is finally done. And it is soooooo much nicer! You won't believe how much bigger the pictures are over there, compared to here at Blogger. So go check it out, and make sure you update your bookmarks and RSS feeds. I hope you like it!

www.jenmarriner.com/blog

(it's a lot easier to remember that address, isn't it?)

Project 365, Day 54

Last week we celebrated Griffin's birthday with a trip to two of his favorite places - the MOST in Syracuse and Build A Bear. While he made himself a frog dressed like a leprachaun, his older brother created this turtle. Not for himself of course, because at ten years old he is too cool for stuffed animals. No, this was made for ME. :) Her name is Mi-shell (sorry) and she has made her home on the shelf over my computer.

Project 365, Day 53

Here's a sneak peek at something I've been working tirelessly on recently. Be on the lookout for the launch in the next few days!

Project 365, Day 52

This weekend we traveled to the Philadelphia area to visit mom and sis. We spent Saturday at the Franklin Institute, which is a wonderful science and technology museum. We all had a great time, especially the kids. I highly recommend it!

Project 365, Day 51

Here are Grant and Mike working in the Man Cave at Mom's house (otherwise known as the basement). They are assembling a "Soda Can RoBug" that Grant got at the MOST last week.

Project 365, Day 50

Grant bought this yesterday. He spent a good deal of time last night and today just staring at it. I thought he was a little nuts to spend so much time looking at colored water drops, but then I watched it for a while. It's completely mesmerizing.



Also, I will be away from my computer this weekend, so you won't be seeing my daily pictures on Friday and Saturday.

Project 365, Day 49

My little guy turned 6 today. We had a lot of fun - it's nice that his birthday falls on a school break week. Here is the birthday boy trying to lick the frosting on his cake.

Project 365, Day 48

Last Tuesday I made yet another return to Weight Watchers. After a pretty good week sticking to the program, I was down one 5-pound weight plus one 3-pound weight, plus an extra .4 (otherwise known as 8.4 pounds) at tonight's weigh-in. But don't get too excited for me, I always have a big first week. Now the real work begins...

Project 365, Day 47

Today Grant and his Cub Scout den made these rustic, three-legged stools. They came out really well, and are very sturdy, as Grant is demonstrating here. Now we just have to figure out where to put it...

Project 365, Day 46

I saw this little guy hanging out in our backyard today. We have an English Walnut tree out there, and the squirrels just love it.

Project 365, Day 45

Detail of the card my sweet hubby got for me today.

Project 365, Day 44

My original shot for today didn't work out, so I'm left with this. A big, steaming pile of nothing.

May tomorrow be a better day!

Project 365, Day 43

This is my life. The never-ending mountain of laundry that seems to pile up overnight. This is all clean, I just don't have the energy to fold it and put it away. Where is that magical laundry fairy when you need her??

Project 365, Day 42

This year all I wanted for my birthday was a new lens. So yesterday I ordered my new 10-22mm from Amazon, treated myself to the one day shipping, and waited impatiently all day today for it to arrive. The UPS truck showed up just in time for me to grab the box, grab my camera bag, and get the boys in the car to go to piano lessons. When we got there I had just enough time to fire off a few shots of the boys in the back seat. I love this lens so far - I can't wait to play with it some more!

Project 365, Day 41

My husband bought me this lovely mini rose bush in celebration of my 40th birthday today. It's so pretty!

Project 365, Day 40

Funny that the 40th day of this project would also be the eve of my 40th birthday. Yes, today I am enjoying the last day of my thirties. Here are a few of the cards that have come in so far.

Project 365, Day 39

Today was the last meet of the season for my two swimmers. Our team hosted the district meet this year, so we had to take care of over 600 swimmers and their families - it was a very busy day! This is Griffin wearing this year's districts t-shirt.

Matthew at Six Months

Can I just tell you how much I love this family? I love that when I walk into their home I see that most of the pictures on their wall were taken by me. They are so sweet! I photographed Shannon and Robert's wedding two years ago. Then last year I got to meet their sweet little baby. Remember Matthew? He's one of my Bundle of Joy babies now, and I can't believe he's six months old already! We had a lot of fun yesterday. (And as you can see, I'm in a black & white mood!)

We played with some blocks...




We munched on some fingers...


And of course we had to plop him down in my big mug. He wasn't quite sure what to make of it!

Project 365, Day 38

WIth temperatures soaring into the 40s today, Grant spent a lot of time outside with his girlfriend. Or girl friend. Or something like that. Whatever you want to call her, they've been inseperable since she moved in to the house next door last summer. Today they figured out how to climb up on the shed in her backyard. I'm sure I don't want to know how.

Project 365, Day 37

I bought these today while grocery shopping. I thought I might save them for a Valentine's Day picture. But, uh, I don't there's any chance that they will make it that long. :)

Project 365, Day 36

I am sooooo sick of snow right now! I am definitely ready for spring. Please?

Project 365, Day 35

Headache tonight. 'Nuff said.

Project 365, Day 34

It's a nice clear night here and I was hoping to get some images of the stars and moon, but the moon didn't look all that interesting and living in town there is just too much ambient light for good star shots. So I decided to have some fun with a 30-second exposure, and "scribbled" with the moon.

Tonight's Sunset

We had a spectacular sunset tonight. This is the view out our dining room window. I couldn't believe how intense the colors were. The only post-processing (Photoshopping) that I did was sharpening - I didn't touch the colors at all!

Project 365, Day 33

The boys had a good time watching Chuck in 3-D tonight...

Project 365, Day 32

We're having another lovely winter day here today. The sun is out and temperatures are warm enough to play outside. Grant is working on a snow structure of some sort, and Griffin is "helping" and threatening to hit me with a snowball. I'm not all that concerned - he doesn't have the best aim. :)