Thanksgiving 2~

One Thanksgiving celebration was just not enough so Rosie, SJ, and I spent most of our day prepping for Sunday lunch while the kids played~

Rosie made her first every pound cake~

 We all made our first batch of dressing~

 I made my first ever coconut cream pie~

 And on Sunday, Josh deep fried the most delicious turkey ever~

 Some of our favorite recipes of the day~

It was wonderful to have the bigs and littles all gathered around our table
and I'm pretty sad I didn't get a photo but it was awesome... I promise!!!
SO very thankful for every single one!!!

Christmas Card Afternoon~

Every Thanksgiving afternoon we try so hard to get a Christmas card photo
and this year was no exception~

 Trying to nail down an arrangement~

 MY Beautiful People~

 My Main Beautiful Person~ {Scotty}

 My Six Beautiful Blessings~

You can imagine what a big job it was to get everyone dressed, in a spot, set up the camera,

get everyone looking AT the camera, and hope everyone is somewhat happy.

{Huge thank you to Amelia who bought all the outfits for the littles!}

The shoot was a success and Christmas card has been ordered!!!

Check off the big fat Christmas list. :)

Thanksgiving 2015~

It was so great to have Rosie home for the week as well as a house full of family in and out.
Thursday we enjoyed my whole side of the family over for an amazing meal~

Everyone ate, visited, napped and enjoyed such a beautiful day!
We have SO much to be thankful for and family is certainly at the top of the list.
Sure did miss my sister's family being home but that just makes longing for Christmas all the more sweeter!!!

Silhouettes~

Every year I create silhouettes of the littles to hang in our school room.

I sat the kids and {dog} in front of the window and shot their profile~

Next I cut out each image while holding a piece of black paper~

And ended with a beautiful display for our schoolroom and Thanksgiving~

For Video Tutorial for Printing the Images go to
A Beautiful Symphony: Creating Silhouettes.

Silhouette Tutorial~

{Repost from 2013}~

Easy tutorial for making silhouettes...

I had each one sit in a chair near a window and just flash me a smile to get warmed up~

 Then I faced them to the side and gave a certain something to look at...

I filled the frame with their profile.

{May take a few shots to get the just the right side view}~

 Next I printed each photo on white copy paper.

You might have to adjust the scale to make image bigger on the page.

Video Tutorial of Copying Workflow~

 I placed printed image on top of a black piece of construction paper.

Very carefully I cut around the profile of photo and black paper.

When complete I had a beautiful silhouette.

I coated the back of the silhouette with rubber cement and while wet attached to manila paper... could use just a simple piece of copy paper~

Once completely dry, I hung them from a fishing line with clothespins.

Here are the ones I shot this week~

I printed each photo then cut with a black construction attached~ 

They turned out perfect~

And now they are hanging in the school room for Thanksgiving~

One of my most favorite activities of the whole year.
A holiday tradition!