a year of happy

hello canvas at life signatures

Last year after we got our family photo taken, I had this great idea it would be neat to have it printed on canvas. I didn't know where to go to have it done, so up to now, it's only been that...a good idea.

But I'm so excited because my friend Puna over at Life Signatures is having a contest, and the winner gets a 16 x 20 canvas photo from Hello Canvas!

That's what I'm talking about!

And now I'm really thinking...

It would be so cool to have 3 canvas photos up above my bed--maybe do some square ones of the kids, or some cool scenery from our trips to Central America, or how about some of my grandson?

Anyway, pop on over to Puna's and enter the contest. This should be great!

This is a cool photo from our hike on July 5th--this is the backside of Mount Timpanogos. Breathtaking! 

we're over at life signatures for the blog cafe!

Need a little virtual get together today?

Meet us over at Life Signatures!

Puna is hosting us today at her place!

meet us at "mental inventory" for the blog cafe!

It's Blog Cafe Day--and we're meeting up at Megan's place!

Hurry over to Mental Inventory for the Blog Cafe!

the blog cafe at knitting out loud

Today is the kind of day
when it would be great
to gather with friends
around a table
with some good food to share.

Since I'll be working at my computer all day
and I can't get away,
I'm so glad there's a virtual get-together
going on at Knitting Out Loud.

Come join us!
You won't want to miss it!

team up thursday: celebrate!

JoLyn: blowing bubbles at a birthday party. (I love how the bubble popped right when I snapped the shot!)

Arizaphale: fantastic fireworks. (Love the reflection in the pool. Awesome!)

Check out more at the Flickr pool!

the blog cafe at soul aperture

Happy Independence Day!

I watched the first disc of John Adams last night--what a great way to get in the mood to celebrate. It helped me understand and appreciate what happened to make our country free. I can't wait to see the other two discs. We're celebrating today since the fourth was on Sunday. We're hiking up American Fork Canyon--then gourmet hot dogs with the fam. That's about as American as it gets, right?!

Another fun thing on the list today is the Blog Cafe! We're meeting over at Christina's place--Soul Aperture. Christina writes one of the most uplifting blogs. She's positive, happy, and bright! You'll want to check out her beautiful photography and yummy cooking.

Meet me at Soul Aperture--I can't wait to see what Christina has in store!

team up thursday: on the water

For Team Up Thursday, Arizaphale and I have decided to go with the same theme each week that Megan and Melody are using. This week's theme is "Water", something we've done before--so we decided to vary it a little. We're calling it "On the Water".

Ariz's photo is on the top--I'm guessing this is a photo from Kangaroo Island where she just had a lovely little getaway!

My photo is of my son-in-law racing in a triathlon--see there he is in the orange cap! (By the way, he took 4th place in his age group in that race. He's had a great racing summer...one 1st place, and two 2nd place races as well! Great job, R!)

Check out Melody/Megan's water shots and the rest of the group's photos in our Flickr pool!