Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta | Personal Post

I had the chance to go to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta with friends and it was SO MUCH fun! :) Thank you again Laura for inviting us to go! 

These are just a few pictures that I took of our time there. If you've never been, you have to go at least once in your life. It is so beautiful and amazing how these balloons just take off. It almost is surreal!

So here's the story of our time... :)

It poured raining the night before, but luckily it stopped and it allowed for the morning "mass ascension" as they call it, to happen. But, the rain made some nice puddles, which allowed for some great shots! :)

There was so much color at this Fiesta! So many shapes and sizes of balloons too!

So this was my picture taking buddy that day. Thanks Johanna for hanging out with me. :) It was fun!

Johanna acting all cute. :)

My beloved and I. :) I thank God for Him daily. :)

And jump the next day and we're on our way home! And we decided to stop at a random picnic table (with the goodies that Laura's Mom hooked us up with) in a very random city called "Holbrook". This city had random dinosaurs everywhere. And little alien things. It was...interesting. :)

Anyways, Ronnie, Laura and Johanna are acting like monkey's! :) haha

And not sure what we're doing, but we wanted a banana picture too. :)

And a very beautiful sunset followed us home. It was lovely. :)

Thanks for looking!!

To put it nicely, baking is not my thing... | Personal

As you've seen from previous posts (read this post for a laugh) I'm not the best person to go to for cooking, baking, etc. I can cook. But when trying new things, sometimes it can be a train wreck. Or in this case a burnt smelling apartment. :)

I always have good intentions that go sour. 

So if you've read my previous post (about Bare Fruit) then you can see where this is heading. I decided that I wanted to try to make my own apple chips. I did some preliminary research online and found many recipes. It's very simple - just slice up your apples, put them on a *cookie sheet that is not non stick* and bake at 225 for one hour. 

Simple right? 

Yeesh. My simple situations turn too complex. Here is what mine looked like:

Now, I can somewhat blame this on my husband, as we went over to a friend's house randomly, and I was trying to get him to leave because of the apple chips in the oven, and when we got back they looked like this. But, then we later realized when doing batch #2, that I had the temperature wrong in the oven. 

Whoops! :)

My second batch wasn't burnt, but I didn't use a cookie sheet that wasn't a non stick. I couldn't even take the apples off the sheet to turn them over. The ones I could get off were pretty tasty.

Whoops again! :)

So next time (if there ever is a next time for me) I will follow directions better. 

That is my random story of the week. :)

Have a great weekend!

Facebook | Business

So who doesn't like Facebook?? If you're anything like me, you at minimum check it twice or three times a day! When I say that out loud I think to myself - I need to get a life! :) 

Anyways, Transparent Life Photography is on Facebook now! Can I get a 'WHOOP WHOOP!'

So let's make it official and you can be my friend over there by saying you like what I do. You can even just click on the below picture and it will take you straight to me!

See you over there!

SNOW!

Call me crazy, but I've never made a snowman before until yesterday!

If you have been watching the news, then you would know that a lot of places have been hit with massive amounts of snow in the past few days - Dallas was one of them! It was SO much fun yesterday playing in the snow. This is a luxury that I never had growing up in Houston. You NEVER have snow and if you do it never sticks - especially this much!

Traveling to work was surreal, as everything looked like a postcard. Snow fell hard all night on Wednesday, all day yesterday and into the night tonight. It is crazy how the snow is still outside on our lawn! It's beautiful! :) I love it.

So as I mentioned before, it was my first time to make a snowman. Here he is:

    

His eyes, nose, smile and buttons are made out of cough drops! ha! That's all we had! :) We got creative. My husband and I did it together. I don't know if he's still alive in our front yard, but it was SO much fun making him! :)

Anyways, I had to share! Hope you enjoy your weekend!

My Favorite Things | GAMES!

One of my favorite things to do is play games - not just any games, but specifically board games.

One game in particular that we got for Christmas was called, "Killer Bunnies." 

It's not your typical game. There are tons of rules upfront, but once you get them down it is SO much fun. Some friends introduced us to the game last year and we loved it so much that we decided to ask to receive it for Christmas.  

And then we got my mom hooked! :) 

So, I think everytime we go now, we will be play Killer Bunnies together. It's just too fun NOT to play!! 

So, if you are ever in the mood to splurge and just get a great game, get this one! It is loads of fun! :)

Happy Friday! Have a GREAT weekend!