I have a love for photography.  I am not a professional, but love to take pictures of family and friends.  At my favorite forum ClickinMoms they have several contests, one of my favorite is the Best of the year photos.  We have to choose our favorite of the year – here is my entry:

I am not a professional photographer – but I try to take pictures to record the memories of my family. This particular photo is the result of a memorable day – My cousin Linsey was married to her mate Shannon. The detail in Shannon’s face says it all. I had not attended a same sex marriage before this one and I have to say it was lovely and left me feeling at peace!

Over at ClickinMoms, there is the annual holiday contest – here is my submission for 2011:  Here is my attempt at a storyboard – We had family here this year for Christmas – grandparents meeting their new grandchild for the first time – cousins seeing each other and loving every minute of it, no matter their age difference! We’ve had a tough year as a family (mostly because Sidney, the adorable child 3rd in the picture of 4) has seizures and wasn’t able to travel here last Christmas). We did spend one day in the hospital this year at Christmas, but all of our Holiday Spirit remained. I took time off of work and did crafts, made gifts and played games. Family is my main description of holiday spirit!

iheartfaces is having a floral Photo Challenge this week  -  I had a hard time choosing, because I LOVE flowers, here’s my entry!

Head on over to 5 Minutes for Mom and check out their Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Anyone that is interested in joining ClickinMoms – now’s the time – 20% off with coupon code TREAT – click on picture to check it out! Please follow my link then you can post to win the camera and other great prizes!

and, they are giving away a Canon 5D Mark II camera – after you join you can post a comment on their blog to win the camera – ends on Halloween!

Who doesn’t love some awesome giveaways. There is another one going on over at Vanillabees.com.Head over and enter for your chance to win a GC to Paint The Moon Boutique.

I have found the photography site to die for!  I love it!  Check out Clickinmoms – I have decided that I want to get into photography more and have fabulous pics of the family, etc, so I was turned on to this site.  It is really cheap to be a member and the info and freebies are priceless.  I also have a code for my readers if they are interested – I went with the 1 month trial and with this code you get 10% off – just type in FRIEND in the coupon code and you can save!  Let me know what you all think