• Hi There!

    Hi, my name is Jonni and I am Mommy to Sofia (5 years old) and Samantha (6 years old) and wife to John. We reside in upstate NY. Our daughters are 5 mos. apart in age and a whole lot of fun. Sofia is from Jinchang City, Gansu and she turned 11 mos. during our trip to bring her home from China in 2007. Samantha is 5 mos. older but was our 2nd adoption. She was 3 years, 4 mos. when we brought her home from China in 2009. She is from Yangzhou City, Jiangsu.

    I love blogging about our girls, photography, fonts, printables & crafts and I also have a slightly obsessive John Mayer addiction. Thank you for stopping by. :)

Monthly Archives: April 2010

My Poor Neglected Blog

I can’t believe I have neglected my poor blog for so long. I guess I am a blogging-loser! The girls and I have been enjoying the beautiful weather and I think Spring has finally made its way to Upstate NY. Even though we got a few flurries yesterday, I just closed my eyes and pretended…

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Snowflowers Mum - you are so going to ace this photography thing!

Carla - email me to talk about photography forums…and talk about a few things related to photography (starting out and how life truly is with young children while running the business). ;) This is Cheri's friend from down south. ;)

Sara - Jonni, I'm so excited for you! You can't go wrong w/ Andrea. I had the greatest opportunity to spend the day with her last September when she was in MN. She is AMAZING!!!

Come Join The Revolution

I recently heard of this great initiative by TV chef Jamie Oliver to make our kids school lunches healthier. I applaud his idea of more wholesome foods and hope that such a program is implemented so kids everywhere can have healthier futures. If you want to read more about the initiative you can click here…

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Kristy - I love him, he is so driven !!!! I watch every friday. Frank and I went to 5 countries in Europe in January and as an American I was totally ashamed at our portions over here. I hope we can change all of it!! I will go sign the petition right now!! Thank you Jonni for posting this.

Love and blessings, Kristy

a Tonggu Momma - LOVE his show!

Jennifer - We love this show!

Snowflowers Mum - yes WE can!

Can’t Wait for CS5!

Is anyone else as excited about the new Photoshop CS5 as I am? The Content Aware Fill looks awesome. It’s going to be tough waiting for the launch at the end of the month. If you have CS3 or CS4 you can upgrade for only $199, which is a huge savings. You can go ahead…

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Jewels of My Heart - You are amazing! I had Photoshop6 and just got CS2 from my Brother-in-law and I am lost! I can't figure out anything. Ohhhhhhhh I need to learn this stuff somehow!
Thanks for listening. hehee

Lost and Found - I have CS4 and haven't attempted to use it yet. I should since I have all these goodies to try out.

Kristy - I am just catching up and I am sorry that I have not visited in a while but I am getting all caught up now. I dont know if you know this but I am pretty sure we are Next!!!! We will soon see the face of our Franceska!

Love and blessings, Kristy

Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! - It looks so awesome….. I have to put it on the back burner for now. Can't justify the extra money…..but it is on the ever growing wish list:)

Hope you are well sweet friend. Thanks for checking in on me from time to time. Life is quite hectic and I have not been around the bloggyworld too much. Eventually things will calm down…..I hope.

Give those sweet girls a big smooch!

xo,

Lisa

Norah - I've had CS4 for a year and still don't know how to use it! I had no problems with Elements before that. I only use LR for the time being. I keep telling myself I will figure it out one day. Sigh….

Denise Olson - the new features are quite nice!!!

Our Trip to the Zoo

We had beautiful weather on Wednesday and we decided it would be a great day to take a trip to the zoo. The day was overcast and the temperature was about 72…it was absolutely a perfect day. Here are a few pics from our day.

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bbmomof2boys - Love the pics chick! Great job as usual. We were up in your neck of the woods last weekend but it was a very quick trip so I didn't call. We plan to come up again in the summer so hopefully we can get together then.

Hugs,
Carla

kerri - Oh Jonni, they are just the cutest!!
Wonderful pictures, looks like it was the perfect day for the zoo!

Jewels of My Heart - me again…. heheeee
I didn't even see their bracelets I was captivated by those beautiful faces… Ohhhhhhhhhh it makes my heart smile seeing them wear their Orphaned No More bracelets. Thank you for helping my Isabella come home.
mmmmmmmmwa!
Have a beautiful weekend,
Daleea

Jewels of My Heart - Ok…. could they be any CUTER!!!
Oh, they just melt my heart! Love all the shots but the one of them as little penguins was just too sweet for words. Looks like a wonderful day indeed!
hugs

Snowflowers Mum - always brilliant to see the girls…all I can say is MORE PLEASE J!

Norah - So tell me your secret, how do you stand all of that cuteness?! : )

Lisa - These girls of yours are just stunning and your pictures are just breath taking.

"M" - Ican't believe the pictures of Samantha are the same kid that you met in China. She is filled with happiness and joy…you can just see it in the pictures. Not the same scared and serious little girl from those earlier days.

redmaryjanes - Those are such darling photos! I see they are wearing Dalee's bracelets too. That is wonderful!

Lost and Found - So sweet. The girls look like they had fun

shelley - Amazing photos. I would love for you to post some SIMPLE tips for us beginners. Your girls are stunning.

Is that the size of a real tiger?????

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