• Hi There!

    Hi, my name is Jonni and I am Mommy to Sofia (5 years old) and Samantha (5 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. :)

Category Archives: Day-to-Day

Some Blogging Changes

I am super stoked to be setting up my new photography blog and I have spent the past 2 nights talking to the wonderful people over at BlueHost about transferring my domain names and they have to be one of the best companies ever when it comes to customer service. For only $6.95 a month…

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*Overflowing* - Jonni,
I'm so proud of you! I have watched you hobby turn into an amazing passion and true gift. Can't wait to see your new blog! HUGS, stacy

Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! - How exciting!! Can't wait to see what you do with the new blog!! Congrats on the new business…..so happy for you!! I know you will be a great success…..you are ULTRA TALENTED!!!

xo,

Lisa

Faith Hope Love Photography - Fun!! I can't wait to see what you do! I have been thinking of changing also but haven't had time to even try yet! Good luck on your adventure…it sure is busy, but definately rewarding:)

Sue - You go girl!! I cant wait to learn from you!!!

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!

The Girls Bathtub Conversation This Morning

Sofia: “Mommy, I want to go back to China and get a little sister.” Me: “Sofia, you already have a sister.” Samantha: “No Sofia.” These girls seriously crack me up.

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Norah - Adorable!

amy r - waaay to cute! Who needs David Letterman when you have children to make you laugh all day long!!

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!!!

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