All I Want for Christmas

This. 

 

Plus this.   

Plus this. 

Plus this. 

Equals this. 

Christmas came early for me this year. And Santa knew just what I wanted.  I have been wanting a DSLR camera for a while now so that I could take some of the informal photography classes available at UT.  I really like photography and want to someday be semi-good at it (a LONG time from now!). One day I came home from work and there it sat.  A new Canon Rebel EOS T2i.  In all its glory. 

Kyle decided to give it to me early so that I could take pictures during the holidays.  I am very, very thankful and very, very, very excited.  I have been taking a lot of random pictures just trying to learn all the setting while playing with the lighting, shutter speed, etc.  My favorite model? My nephew Cooper, of course.  Here are a couple that I have taken.  (Also, I have been trying to learn Photoshop to edit the pictures, so that is why you see some of the same pictures with different edits. The Coffee Shop Blog has TONS of free PS actions for anyone who is curious.)

I <3 baby feet! :) 

Any ideas on removing eyeglasses glare?
I think the best suggestion is to take the picture better....shucks. 

So there you have it, pictures of Coop, the handsome Haug boys, and Moose (yearning for someone to play ball with him)! Anyone getting an early Christmas too?  Or enjoy taking pictures of baby feet? No? Just me? Well never mind then... 

                                                          

It Was Mint to Be

For the past year I have developed a new love- a love that runs deep, and I'm afraid to say that it is here to stay.

Enter coffee.

OMG why did I spend so many years not liking it?  It's a crazy thought.  Anyway,  last year for Christmas my wonderful husband bought me a Keurig.  It has been the most wonderful and most used present of all time. (Let me just throw in a side note that you all should try the pumpkin spice k-cups (Green Mountain, I think?).  They are great for the holidays!)  However, I still love those dang Starbucks' frappuccinos, and we get them by the dozen whenever they are on sale at Cosco.  The coffee and mocha fraps are great to supplement my morning coffee regimen.

I recently found a dangerous addition to my coffee addiction.  Enter Mint Mocha Frappuccino.

Starbucks Coffee Mint Mocha Frappuccino- must buy now! 

I love these things.  Not only are they delicious, but they also give me the warm, cozy feeling of winter (which is weird considering it is iced).  It is too bad that they are limited edition.  I am hoping if I buy enough that I alone can make them turn the "limited" into "forever".  

That's it.  That is all I wanted to share today.  I hope you go and buy one today.  I think I might be headed that way...