October 2011 – From My Corner of the Universe

Boo!

October 31, 2011

[2011: Southlands Shopping Center]

I’ll be taking the girls trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. The girls’ dentist is offering $1 per pound of candy (up to $5) they donate to the dental office and they will ship those candy out to our military in Afghanistan. I think that’s a really awesome idea! My 4-year-old was pretty excited. My 9-year-old was a bit hesitant at first but she agreed. They’ve collected a lot of candy this month and there’s no way I’ll let them eat it all.

To see the full image above, go here. Enjoy the last day of October.

Southlands Halloween Trick-or-Treat Photos

October 30, 2011

I took the girls trick-or-treating at the Southlands Shopping Center yesterday evening. My 4-year-old refers to the place as ‘Halloween Town’ because of all the costumes and the ~~door-to-door~~ store-to-store candy going on. The girls had a great time even though it was quite chilly.

Once again, I used the free actions from dbox.tumblr.com on these photos.

Beautiful Violin Cover of My Heart Will Go On and Someone Like You

October 29, 2011

My daughter just started the Children’s Christmas Choir this year (she skipped last year’s) and they will be singing “Silent Night” again. We were talking about how she could eventually play her violin during Christmas mass in the future and I told her I’d find an example of “Silent Night” on youtube for her to listen to. While searching on youtube, I came across another song that was simply awe. It is a cover of the song, “My Heart Will Go On” played by an extremely talented and young violinist who goes by JuNCurryAhn on youtube.

I love how he plays with so much emotions. If only it was the complete song.

AND, his cover of “Someone Like You” is just beyond beautiful. I also dig how he made himself a twin!!

Without music, what would the heart cry to?

Let It Snow!

October 26, 2011

It will be snowing for most the day today. These photos were taken this morning and I made them black and white because I think it looks better. I’ve also posted many snow photos in the past and wanted to make these a little different.

Mentally, I’m ready for snow. Physically, I’m not. I’m still wearing flip-flops, skirts, shorts, and t-shirts. My girls don’t have winter boots and only my 4-year-old has a winter coat. I need winter boats myself. I think this laziness of not gearing up for winter is due to the many years when we didn’t get snow until March.

Knights of Columbus Halloween Party 2011

October 25, 2011

We attended another year of the Knights of Columbus Halloween Party. The girls loved it.

To accomplish the look of the above photos, I ran some actions on them. The actions were downloaded for free from dbox.tumblr.com.

Hoover Dam in Black and White

October 24, 2011

During our stay in Vegas, we drove to Hoover Dam and took a tour of the powerplant. I’ve visited the Dam before in the couple of times I’ve been to Vegas (years ago) but I’ve never taken the tour (and I’m not sure why). It was pretty fascinating to learn the history and go underground to see how everything worked.

Photos are of the Dam, bypass bridge, and powerplant.

Road Trip Photos

October 24, 2011

Photos of our road trip to Las Vegas.

We stayed at the Hotel at Mandalay Bay. It was gorgeous, except for the headless statue near the self-park entrance. Kylie was scared of it so each time we passed it she would look the other direction or close her eyes while one of us held her hand and told her when it was okay to look or open her eyes again.

Road Trip To Vegas

October 21, 2011

The family just got back from our road trip to Las Vegas. I’ll be posting better photos soon. The photo above was taken with my camera phone during our drive through the mountains. We were stuck in the snow for about two hours because the roads were icy and someone probably either drove too fast and got into a slippery accident or semi’s blocked the way to chain their tires.