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Day 146: Some friends came over for an American Idol Finale party. We were all rooting for Scotty....you can imagine our delight at the results. :)

Day 145: After spending several hours editing, resizing and uploading pictures (while watching American Idol), I kinda felt bad for my poor computer when I looked at how many windows were open on my desktop.....I gotta say, I love my Mac! It puts up with a lot of use. :)

Day 143: I named my camera Charlie. I often joke, when I take him places, that my camera is my date for the evening. I have also jokingly said that I need to get him a bowtie. What never occurred to me until recently was the idea of putting a cowboy hat on his head....my friends assure me he will not provide me with a lifetime of happiness, but for now he is a good companion. :)

Day 144: I took this at my friend Katelyn's wedding over the weekend. These were part of the centerpieces and very cute! :)

Day 137: My work does an event called "Friend Raiser" which is a night of appetizers and a preview of some of the songs from the shows we are doing this season, for our donors, sponsors, etc. We got food donated from various restaurants. I'm not sure where these bread sticks came from, but they were super yummy!

Day 138: This was the venue for the Friend Raiser. It's called The White House and is beautiful!!!

Day 139: Some people gave preview of some of the songs this season. Here they are singing a song from "A Little  Night Music."

Day 140: I decided to test my tripod by trying a self-portrait. I don't think it turned out too badly. I felt like a country girl in my plaid shirt and denim skirt.....so I had to add my cheap cowboy hat. :)

Day 133: I went to the ArtWalk with a friend to take pictures of kids from the school she teaches at, and as I was walking down there, I couldn't resist getting a picture of the Resort. So pretty!

Day 134: I photographed a friend's graduation and then we went for a walk down by the local waterfall. :)

Day 135: One of the art pieces that the school kids put together during the Art Walk.

Day 136: More friends at the waterfall....

Catch-up time! (note, not all of these were taken on the exact day they are listed under....but they are being shared just the same)

Days 127 & 128: Missed

Day 129: We got a new cookbook from America's Test Kitchen called Slow Cooker Revolution. Our first recipe from the book was called Huli Huli Chicken. It was a Hawaiian chicken. . .and very good!

Day 130: Happy Mother's Day to my mom! :)

Day 131: It's beginning to look a lot like spring! The first BBQ of the year! :)

Day 132: Say hi to Reba!

Day 114: Daffodils in bloom on Easter!

Day 115: Taken on Easter, but too cute not to share! Our lovely Reba girl.

Day 116: Awana Awards night...and boy, those new awards are COOL!

Day 117: No picture, and no terribly interesting older pictures to share....

Day 118: I was combing the internet to find out when I could watch The Royal Wedding (no, I did not watch it live when it aired because that was 1am our time!).

Day 119: Tea & scones in honor of the Royal Wedding. :)

Day 120: I took this on Day 119 but since that is also when I made those tasty scones, it had to wait for the next day. I went to the senior research presentations for LCSC....interesting stuff this year!

Day 121: One of my friends graduated from college and he got to make a speech since he was the student government chairman this year. I thought this was a pretty cool picture. :)

Day 122: Taken on Day 121. A friend hosted a bonfire to celebrate N's graduation...and again, this was a picture that was too cool not to share! :)

Day 123: Awana Leadership Dinner....delicious chicken, veggies, coleslaw and cheesecake. Mmmmmm!

Day 124: My poor tripod looks pretty sad, doesn't it? It has no head yet!

Day 125: Hey! Look what came in the mail! I tripod head that allows me to use the tripod with my camera (like my Rainbow Sandals, In-N-Out Burger & Mac stickers on my mirror? *grin*).

Day 126: Someone brought in some ruby slippers to my work for us to use as a possible prop...I had to try them on. Unfortunately clicking them together three times while saying "There's No Place Like Home!" did not transport me anywhere....because that would be quite a story to tell! :)

Day 114: We hit 70 degrees for the first time since, oh, probably September. It was a welcome sight! As the thermometer crept closer and closer towards 70, we stationed ourselves around it watching and waiting. I snapped this picture RIGHT as it turned to 70. We actually got up near 73.

Happy Easter!

Day 113: Today was glorious. Remember that snow a couple days ago? It's gone now! We hit over 60 degrees today, so some friends and I went on a hike. I will try to share more of the pictures in their own post in a few days, but I particularly liked the pictures from this viewpoint. I am thinking that I live in Paradise.

Day 112: Just one day after our freak snowstorm, the sun was shining and the weather seemed warmer, even if it hadn't warmed up much more. I took my camera when my mom and I took the dogs for a walk. The sun was reflecting in the pond and I was excited to capture it. :)

Day 110 & 111: I thought for certain I took a picture on Day 110, but apparently I didn't, so I'm combining with Day 111. :) Yes, this is a snowman you see in this picture. No, I did not take this in January. In all actuality, I took this picture on April 21, 2011 as snow was falling heavily in our yard. My snowman was much cuter, but his buttons fell out as did his eyes. While I was putting his eyes back in his head kind of fell apart, but my hands were so cold I didn't want to spend much time re-shaping a ball. :)

Day 109: This was our last week of Awana, before awards night, leader dinner, etc. It was bittersweet. After Awana I took my friends K & S out for frozen yogurt at one of the new shops in town. K & S are my friend Val's younger sisters, and are like the younger sisters that I never had, so it was fun enjoying yogurt with them. :)

Day 108: We had chocolate bowls with huckleberry and vanilla ice cream after college group tonight. Yummy!

Day 107: I missed my "view from my backyard this month" post in March, but here is a picture of my backyard this evening, April 17, 2011. The snow has melted (although we had some flurries this morning....ugh!), and things are starting to grow. We even have some daffodils out front that are just starting to open. I LOVE SPRING!

Day 106: I went to a wedding! I love weddings....they are all so different and you see a piece of each person's personality in how their wedding is decorated, run, etc. This one was fun - full of swing dancing, eating tasty appetizers and cupcakes, and helping decorate the getaway car. :) Each table had a bottle of sparkling cider for the toasts. Aren't the little tags cute?!

Day 105: Our town finally has a cupcakery! :) It opened (soft opening) on Friday....and one of my managers brought in a dozen for those of us who were working on Friday. There were three flavors and I tried all of them. They were mini cupcakes, so it really wasn't that much. This one was my favorite - it was a strawberry cupcake. SO YUMMY!!!!!! I can't wait to go in and see the shop. I won a free cupcake next week so I guess I'll see the store then. :)

Day 104: As some of you might know, I recently got a new job! This week I got the opportunity to be our organization's representative at a volunteer fair. Basically we were looking for people who might want to volunteer with us. It was lots of fun!

Day 103: I went out for appetizers with my friends. We have been getting together once a week for a small group Bible Study/hangout time for several years, and this week we went for appetizers after going to see a play at the local college. This picture didn't quite turn out how I hoped it would, but I thought the change on the table would be fun to photograph, as I haven't really done that before. :)

Day 102: Back on Day 100 I told you there would be a picture of the falls themselves coming up soon. So, here it is (taken on Day 100, saved for Day 102). :)

Day 101: One of my friends brought soda in cool bottles to the young adult Bible study I go to, and we got to take home the leftovers. :)

This picture was not actually taken on Day 101, but I had the idea to use the bottles as my subject on that day. :)