This Oz Life

This is always a busy month for us, so I haven't updated here much. You are about to get overloaded in the next few days to make up for it! The kids' party was today, so once I collect all the best photos from that, you can see them ASAP. Here are a few images of a pretty happy month for the Osbornes... The day after Valentines Day, I started the Spring mantle, but it took me a while to make and collect things I liked without it getting too Eastery. I did make that banner, an… Read more

{Written on 3/17} It is pretty surreal that one year ago, I was packing bags, my mom was picking up Larkyn, and we were calmly headed to Riverside to meet our baby boy. We stopped at Piada for dinner and bought Matt a new set of headphones...for some reason I remember those little details.  We settled into our room and met our nurse, who was going to be with us till Rhys was born (or so we thought). Several hours later, and many CNN breaking newsflashes about the missing airplane (an… Read more

I have so much to share, and luckily am on Spring Break to share it. Over the weekend, Rhys and I flew to Charlotte to celebrate two very special birthday boys. My Godson (and great nephew) Henry turned ONE on 3/8 and Rhys (Henry's mama's Godson) turns ONE tomorrow (3/18)! In the interest of saving money and practicing my photography, we tried to do our own cake smash pictures. With an audience of grandmas and dads, we all decided that the video outtakes would have been much m… Read more

I got my DSLR five years ago. At the time, I was amazed with its 12 megapixels and Aperture priority mode. It gets the job done in outdoor light, but indoors, I have been pulling my hair out trying to get crisp pictures of the kids. Because they never stop moving, it is quite a challenge. So, I have been trying to dig deeper than the various modes and I refuse to use the flash (if I ever do, I turn the photo black and white!) I have been experimenting with Manual mode and plan for a 5… Read more