Lots of Catching Up!

According to my name tag on the blog, it would appear as though my last post was.... in early December. 
Please accept my most sincere apology for that. 
We are desperately trying to get the blog up an running again, so in my own effort to restart, I'm going to go through my flickr and show you some of the photos that I've taken in the first half of the year.  That way, I can focus all of my upcoming posts on new things that are happening :)
Do be warned, six months is a long time, and this post will be VERY long.
During the last six months I:
Molded and painted chocolates. Babysat some adorable kids.

Forced my siblings to let me take a picture of all three of us.
I would have prefered all five, but that's like asking for daytime rain in the desert.


Made myself stand in the cold for pictures in a new dress.


Turned 20 with my brother and some awesome cakes made by my mom. (Katniss: Girl on Fire for me and a little Duck Dynasty humor for my brother)





Took what will probably be my forever-favorite picture of my brother. It just demonstrates his personality perfectly.


Started learning a new language with a new alphabet.




Took some new pictures of two of my friends.








Played with black and white to learn more about color.


Tried a few new things.


Played in Photoshop a little.


Took some portraits of one of my sorority sisters.


Took some [adorable] self-portraits.


Sent a note to heaven.


Got a little sad, and took pictures of it.


Watched spring creep in slowly...


and then take over full force.




More pictures of myself. I get a little bored sometimes.


Visited my sister in NC and took some pictures of my niece.




Took photos for my photography class.






Took some pictures of my friends who wanted "family pictures"


Forced my roommate outside so that I could get a few shots before they mowed the small field behind the dorms.




Did family pictures for a friend of mine and senior pictures for her sister.





Went to the senior dance concert at school (It was Fabulous!)


Created some cheesy images for my class portfolio.


Turned water into magic.



Helped some shelter puppies get adopted.




Moved into a new house and played with the lighting in my room.


Started a new blog that features the meals I make for myself as a first-time "responsible" grownup.
You can check it out here. I took a little break memorial weekend, but I'll be starting up again on monday.



Whew! Now I believe I am ready to really get back into this blog :)

~Karalee

Before and After

I'm entering this collaboration.

This is my photo:

State Fair - A Monday Post by Rachel

{I'm not even going to apologize for the lateness. Better late than never, right? Right.}

So, I decided I wanted to enter the State Fair this year. I had done it before, but I did drawings, and it was supported/done by a different company than the ones i'm doing this year.

I entered 11 photos.

Two in the youth contest (there were only five opportunities in the youth contest! I was not happy to say the least), and 9 in the adult contest. But, please know that there were SO MANY to choose from. It was extremely hard. But I didn't want to end up paying a lot over twenty dollars, just because I had set a limit.

Anywhoo, these are all 11 entries:

Favorite?

Guess That Picture

Last weeks picture ^

If you guessed...

cauliflower, you were correct!

This weeks' picture:

What IS that?

xo, 

Rachel Nicole

ps- did you welcome Sarah yet?