Picture Tag

Yes, it's another game of tag. Though I chose to participate in this one, because I love browsing through old pictures and reminiscing. :0) My friend Alicia did one on her blog. The rules of this tag are simple. Pick 5 of your favorite pictures and explain why.
Now, when I say "simple", I mean that it's easy to understand the rules. Picking ONLY 5 pictures is a lot harder than it sounds. So, I stuck with my immediate family because there are far too many pictures in my digital collection to choose just 5. I love to take pictures and have captured so many wonderful memories over the last 10 years. How could I pick just 5?
So, with that said, here are 5 of my favorite pictures of my immediate family.

This picture always makes me laugh. When I saw this shirt in the store I couldn't NOT buy it. My son is so obsessed with video games that at one point we told him we threw away the Playstation. This picture was taken 2 years ago when it got really bad. He's so much better now with it, and even Santa thought so. He brought Landon a Wii. So far so good.....keep your fingers crossed.
I love this picture because it's one of the few that I have of me with the two of them. It was taken Mother's Day last year. You know...back when I was still blonde. :0) I wish I had more pics of the three of us, because I LOVE being a mommy, but I'm usually the one behind the camera. Don't worry though...I'll get another one this Mother's Day.
This is one of my MOST favorite pictures of Kenzee. Jaysen and I set up a little photo shoot of Kenzee when she was 5 months old. I have a picture of Landon sitting with his white blanket when he was about 8 months old and it's one of my favorite. Unfortunately that was back before I had a digital camera, so I can't share it with you. BUT, I knew I wanted to do the set up again with Kenzee. Just simple. My baby, surrounded by white. Innocent, pure, beautiful.
Every time I see this picture I get a little weepy. Kenzee was so unhappy as a baby due to her reflux. She just cried all the time. Bedtime was especially hard. She was so tired, but still hurting so falling asleep was hard for her. Jaysen was the only one that could put her to sleep. If he held her just like this and walked up and down the hall, she would eventually fall asleep. If it was me that did the exact same thing, it wouldn't work. It had to be her daddy. Every night.
And finally, this one. I scanned this picture into my computer a couple of years back for a project I was working on. This is my baby Landon. He was 18 months in this picture. Not too many months later was when our world completely changed and he never failed to be there with big hugs and kisses. He was such a good kid. I don't know if I took care of him more, or if it was the other way around. He has such a big piece of my heart because of our "together" years. Our bond is even tighter than just the normal mother/son relationship because of it. I'm a sucker for him...I think he knows it too.

So, there are my five. I won't tag anyone particular, but feel free to post your fav 5 too! I'd love to see them!

Raindrops on Roses, and Whiskers on Kittens....

Ok...so maybe these are not a few of my favorite things. But THESE are!

I just LOVE a good bagel and schmear. Seriously...I could eat them every day. Oh wait! I do. Yeah....I have a yummy bagel sammy every day for lunch. Grilled turkey and cheese on the bagel of my choice. Today was jalapeno cheddar. I also love a good bluberry bagel with Vanilla cream cheese from Molly's. Mmmmm....hungry?

Coffee Creamers....I can't get enough of them. I put some in my hot cocoa every morning and it just makes my cocoa so creamy and yummy! My favorite is International Delight French Vanilla. I like their version of vanilla better than the other brands. I don't know what it is about theirs, but they win! And, I buy the fat free and put it in my fat free cocoa...you'd never know it wasn't the "real" stuff. Creamy, chocolatey and fat free!

Colored pens make me happy. Like these Flair felt tip pens by papermate. Or the RoseArt Colorsharp pens. Pick a color for your mood, or match your color to whatever you are writing on. I actually own the entire Zig Writer pen collection. Good stuff! And, these marker/pens make my handwriting look so much nicer! The world is not black and blue only, so neither should your writing!

Yes, I am addicted. And I hate, hate, HATE that they cut my season short! The writers strike is killing me! Anyway...I can't say that I have a favorite character, because they are all so good! They intrigue me. I do love Peter Petrelli love. He is adorable. He can be my hero anyday!

I just love my iTunes. Music means everything to me. Name a song and I can give you a memory that I connect with that song....or the movie it was from. I love playing that game. Whoever came up with iTunes was brilliant. All my hundreds of CDs now in one place, or I guess two as I put them on my iPod to take with me. I honestly love just browsing through the iTunes store and finding songs I haven't heard in ages that I LOVE. Ah.....sweet music!

Scrapbooking is a true passion! I can't wait until my basement is finished so I can have my room back. I've missed it and the spontaneous scrapbooking I was able to get done. It's been FOREVER since I've been able to do that. My pictures are piling up. I have boxes full calling to me. "Ashlee! Did you forget us? Please let me out of the box!" Sigh. My sisters and I will be running off to my mommy's house in March for a three day whirlwind of scrapbooking. No kids, just us scrapping, chatting and eating. I can't wait! You guys ready?

DARK chocolate. I can't help myself. The darker the better. 70%...oh yeah! And, it's better for us than regular chocolate. More antioxidants...I'll take them!

Shoes glorious shoes! I would love these for my collection. Aren't they cute? You can NEVER have enough pairs of shoes.

Reading is something else I'm passionate about, but I've talked about that before. As well as my love of movies.....So I won't bore with those. I figure you already know that about me. But what about you? What are some of your favorite things?