I Heart Faces: Heart

This week's iheartfaces photo challenge is "Hearts". Although this is a very literal translations, I really love this photo taken last year of my two sweethearts to send to grandparents. To me, there is something hauntingly beautiful about Ruby's eyes. It doesn't hurt that they're also sitting smack-dab next to each other and not fighting! LOL.

Head on over to iheartfaces to see all of this week's entries. I'm sure you'll heart them too!

Wordless Wednesday: Family Project

Tasty Tuesday: Grandma's Cheese Ball

I am a sucker for several things. One would be family traditions, another would be recipes, a third, would be cheese! YUM!

I found this cheese ball recipe, written in my Grandma Alice's handwriting, right before our Kotnik family Christmas gathering. Because I am following an IC friendly diet, I have made some adaptations, but this is still the yummiest cheese ball I have ever had. It also is super simple to make (seriously, I can't believe I ever purchased a cheese ball!). Without further rambling, here it is...

Cheese Ball

1 pound white American cheese, torn into pieces

8 oz regular cream cheese (not low fat!)

1/2 stick butter

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion powder (if you can tolerate)

crushed almonds

Mix first 5 ingredients and shape into ball (I use my Kitchen Aid, but it could be done by hand as well). Roll in crushed almonds. *The original recipe calls for for 1/2 teaspoon worchestershire sauce. If you are not following an IC diet, feel free to include it.*

iheartfaces: Innocent Wonder

For me, there is just something about babies and mirrors! As a grown-up it is hard to imagine so much interest in our own faces, but babies just love to look at themselves. This is my favorite mirror photo of David, taken last month while he was in the tub (by far his favorite place to be!).

Head on over to iheartfaces to see other interpertations of "Innocent Wonder".

i heart faces: Winter Wonderland

I Heart Faces: Best Face of 2010

Oh, it's so hard to decide! This week's challenge is the best face shot of 2010. I love this photo of Ruby in general, but it also shows what I've learned in the way of photography this year. 1. Sometimes photos look much better if you don't shoot the entire face. 2. Photos can definately be "over-edited". Sometimes a more simplistic edit lets the true beauty of the photo surface. Head on over to iheartfaces to see the best faces of 2010, or, better yet, share your own!

Do you know the muffin man?

We celebrated "Noon Year's Eve" at the Children's Museum again this year. On the way home, we stopped in Greenwood for a snack at Starbucks. Jason got me a blueberry muffin which I attempted to eat while nursing. HA! David refused to nurse any more, helped me finish my muffin, and screamed until his sweet Daddy went in to get him his own blueberry muffin! So... Do you know the muffin man, whose name is David Main?