Hey Everyone

Hi! Sorry i'm late on posting all the MMPC stuff..but i've come down with the stomach bug (And let me tell you stomach bug+no running water=NO FUN!) :( And i just don't feel up to posting all the stuff just yet..so i'll TRY and post the winner and finalist later, but there isn't going to be a theme this week. Super sorry guys!!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Lately i've been...

That past few weeks have been slow...but we have an exciting week ahead of us!! We are going to a friend's baptism tomorrow (over in Entebbe, at Lake Victoria!). Then we're taking a trip up north to Gulu!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!

But lately i've been..

Doing school (blah), blogging & editing pictures, drawing & writing :D, and reading Red Bird by Stephanie Grace Whitson , the final book of the Prairie Winds series...i'm going to be so sad once they're over :(

I've just finished reading Soaring Eagle the 2nd book in Prairie Winds! It's my favorite book so far in the series! I definitely recommend reading this series! They are wonderful Christian books :)

Please pray that we have a safe trip to Entebbe tomorrow, and a safe trip to Gulu on Tuesday :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

MMPC || People Finalists!

Hey everyone! Thanks for the awesome entries!
It was really hard to pick the finalists..but here they are :)

Jessica
This is such a beautiful picture! I love the edit :)

Mercy
I LOVE this! She is so pretty!! And i love the black & white :)

Sarah
This is so cute! She is so adorable!

Mary Ann
I really love this! I love the lighting, and the black & white! So pretty!

Shannah
This is so creative! I love it! He's so cute! And the lighting is wonderful :D


Finalists, you can get your button HERE

You can vote for your favorite picture of at the sidebar :)

And be sure to enter in this weeks challenge!

MMPC || Reflection WINNER

Hey! So sorry i didn't post this sooner!! But here is the winner :)

The winner of Reflection is....

KELLY-MARIE!!!

Awesome picture!! So cute :D Congrats!!

You can get your winner button HERE

Be sure to enter in this weeks challenge!
The theme is AUGUST FAVORITE!

MMPC || August Favorite!

Hey everyone! Hope y'all had an awesome weekend :)

I kinda forgot about the theme this week (I know...i'm terrible), so i'll post the theme today and the winner and finalists tomorrow :D

So the theme is...
August Favorite!
What is your favorite photo that you took this month???

Here's my entry!

I told my 9 year old brother Nate that Pikachu was hiding in my camera lens ;)


Rules
-One photo per person please.
-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.
-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.
-All photos need to be appropriate.
-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.
-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.
-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.
-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.
-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.
-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at melissa.capturedmoments@gmail.com

Here is the button :)

<center><a href="http://melissascapturedmoments.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n352/letsgodefygravity/mondaymomentsbutton1.jpg"/></a></center>

MMPC || People

Wow, i've posted quite a bit today!

The theme this week is 'People'!
Babies, kids, adults! Whatever you come up with :)

Here my entry-



Rules
-One photo per person please.
-You can link up using your blog or flicker, or anything else.
-The photo needs to be taken by you, and you only.
-All photos need to be appropriate.
-You need to link up to the direct post/photo.
-If there is more then one picture in your post, please specify which photo you are entering.
-Please comment on at least 3 other entries.
-Each photo needs to be linked back to Captured Moments photography or has to have the button in the post.
-Entries need to be linked up by Saturday night.
-If it's still Saturday there and you'd like to enter and the linky thing is closed, email me your entries at melissa.capturedmoments@gmail.com

Here is the button :)

<center><a href="http://melissascapturedmoments.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n352/letsgodefygravity/mondaymomentsbutton1.jpg"/></a></center>

MMPC || Words/Letter Winner!!

The winner of Words/Letters is......


Heidi-Mari!!!

Congrats!! I love this picture! It's so creative :D

You can get your winners button HERE

MMPC || Reflection Finalists

Sorry for posting the finalist late {again.} But yesterday was my birthday, and both of my parents are sick, so i've been dealing with the little kids.

Now for the finalists :)

Lori
This is SO cute!!

Sandy
I love the bright colors :)

Kelly-Marie
I think this is so cool!

Mary Ann
I love this! It's so peaceful and beautiful.

Shannah
This is so cool!!

Finalist you can get your buttons here

Be sure to vote for your favorite picture over at the sidebar!

Thanks everyone for the awesome entries! They were all so creative! I enjoyed looking at every one of them :)

I Heart Faces | Beautiful Eyes

This weeks theme at I Heart Faces is Beautiful Eyes!

It feels good to be fifteen!

Yesterday {the 14th} I turned 15! It was my first birthday to be celebrated in Uganda :)

But sadly my mom & dad both got sick :( So we opened presents, sung happy birthday, and made yummy brownies {Thanks Danika for the yummy recipe!}, and then i told them both to take a nap! But it was a very, VERY good birthday! They did their best to make it a good birthday for me WHILE being sick, and i'm very thankful to have such an AMAZING family!

For the past week i've prayed that God would let it rain on my birthday! And our house-help laughed at me, and i told her "It's going to be God's birthday present for me! He's going to let it rain." So on the 14th i waited and waited, and the dark clouds rolled in, and God gave me a rain shower for my birthday! So this morning when Mama Benna (our house-help) came over, she started laughing and she said "God gave you what you wanted!"

Thank you God for the AWESOME birthday present!


For my birthday i got BOOKS {of course :D}, a purple flash drive, yarn, and............



A beautiful camera bag {courtesy of Jo totes}, and it is ABSOLUTELY wonderful!!

Here is the inside {nice and spacey ;)}



Isn't it beautiful?


And it has a cute little rose in the front!


I love it!

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, and thanks to my awesome family for making this a wonderful birthday :D

Lightroom {Before & After}

As you saw in my last blog post, i am now the proud owner of Lightroom!! And i'm loving it so far :D! It's so easy to understand, and the filters are amazing! It's wonderful! Here are some before and afters of pictures i've edited :)

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So what do you think??
Now remember you, i am new to this :)
Oh and my birthday is in 2 days!!!!

Show {Off} Your Shot

linking up to Show {Off} Your Shot

As an early birthday present my WONDERFUL Grandparents bought me Lightroom (if you saw my last blog post Lightroom was half off for one day only)! And i'm LOVING it!!! I'll post more pictures later :D

GREAT NEWS!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that over at ADOBE, Photoshop Lightroom 3 is half off (for ONE DAY ONLY!) !!! Whoohoo!! So you should defiantly check that out!

MMPC || Words/Letters Finalists

Whoohoo! We have power! So since we have power here are the finalist :D

Mary Ann
I really love this!

Kelly-Anne
I love the black and white! Super beautiful!

Jessica
I love the flower! And i love how the leaves spill onto the pages :)

Kelly-Marie
I just think this is so cute! Love it <3

Heidi-Mari
I love how to chocolate chips are falling off of the pages! Wonderful :)


Thanks everyone for the beautiful entries!
You can get your finalist button here :)
You can vote for your favorite photo over at the sidebar!

Oh and be sure to check out this weeks challenge! The theme is REFLECTION :)