C.A.P.T.U.R.E Workshop 2011

The country gal's: a.k.a. Laura and I have landed in Texas for our 2 week vacation/visit's with friends/photography workshop. 

The photo class went AWESOME, and the two wonderful instructors made those 4 days absolutely wonderful. 

Thanks Allie and Laura, and we all can't wait for class numero dos! 

For those who want more details, here's the C.A.P.T.U.R.E blog filled with info and class pictures. 

Signing off,

~~Lizzy

Updates!!!

Well I just updated my photography blog with images from 4 of my photo shoots in Colorado!
Come on over to www.imagesbylauraelizabeth.blogspot.com and take a look! ;-)

~~Laura

The Last Of Santa Fe

Here is the last of the Santa Fe posts. When we go to Santa Fe, we always go hiking--A must!

It's free and fun--this last time everyone but me was freezing --43 degrees at noon. That's not that cold, but when we left home it was in the mid to high 80's. I loved the weather but I'm warm natured.

45 minutes into our hike, we came to a stopping point. There was a fence and a box. You were to leave emergency contact information on a paper in the box in case of trouble. Since our rations consisted of only a couple of bottled waters and lara bars, we turned back -quick. We had none of the emergency items they suggested. And since we didn't wish to get caught falling off a cliff in the cold, we decided to call it quits.

I took all of the pictures below -- including this first one.

~~Laura

Isn't he cute?

Bandelier National Park - Part II

Here's the second part of the Bandelier pictures. These are from the nature trail in the park.
It was just breathtaking.

(still working on computer/photography--can't seem to get all the pictures upright)

~~ Laura

Bandelier National Park

Back to Santa Fe memories.

This was such a fun part of our trip--Bandelier National Park. It had cave dwellings that were so beautiful and interesting. We won't bore you with ALL of the pictures, just some highlights. Elizabeth and I were the only ones who were brave enough to actually go all the way into the high caves. We walked around in them--dark and small, but pretty neat. What history!

~~ Laura

Farmers Market Again!

Our second trip to the farmers market in Santa Fe in 2007. Only this time it was coooollldddd! What can we say, we're from south Texas.

We filled our ice chest and all sorts of corners of the van as usual with treasures from the market. Aahh! The smells and colors. We love it!

~~ Sisters

Horses, Horses, Horses

"She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong."

Proverbs 31:17

We took this verse literally while taking a 3 hour ride through the mountains. It was absolutely gorgeous and so isolated. When we were at the highest points, we couldn't see any of civilization including electric lines. Aahhh! Beautiful!

~~ Sisters

Picking up where we left off

We haven't posted for awhile so thought we'd start from where we left off. We've been busy little beavers at work and at play. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas fellowship. We're starting with our trip to Santa Fe in November and will work our way through our last market. There's plenty of in between to share! Hang on for a bumpy ride!

Yee Hawww!

~~ Sisters

We Are Back From Santa Fe ~~ Here We Go

Blackberry Cobbler

While in Seattle (one of our favorite places on our vacation), we went frequently to a really great seafood restaurant. One day at lunch, we decided to try their wild blackberry cobbler for dessert. It tasted DELICIOUS! My dad especially liked it! So seeing the outrageous uproar that it caused, Elizabeth, Laura and Muddy, decided to make a Blackberry Cobbler for dessert on Father's day.
Elizabeth and Muddy gathered the berries and Laura made the cobbler. The first picture below is of our own blackberries from our garden! YUMMY!!
(Just to mention, our dad was really surprised, and ate every bite!! )
~~ Sisters

Our Vacation Gallery Part 1

It's A Big One!

Take a look at this 'HUGE' fish that I caught up in Seattle!
I was the only person (out of 5) who caught anything.
And I caught 2 of them. Both whoppers?
I don't think that I need to mention that
we had to go out to dinner that night! giggles

We stayed at a friend's home right on Puget Sound.
Here's a picture of Mt. Ranier, taken from the beach below her backyard.

Here's another view from her backyard.
Click on the pictures for a better view. Breathtaking!

We couldn't help but take off our shoes and dance!

~Laura

High Tea at the Empress

Our whole family and friend had High Tea at the Empress Hotel on Victoria Island. The food and tea were sooo delicious and the atmosphere was sooo English. Our father bought us the same tea cups that were used at the tea. (We also got their recipe book! Yummy)


Even though the food was great, we still ended up eating dinner an hour afterward. Tea sandwiches and scones weren't our dad's idea of a dinner!

~Sisters

We're Back!

We just finished a trip that took us through~New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Canada, back to Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico again, and finally home. We would like to share some of the highlights for those who have never been to these places, but would like to. We'll try not to bore you or ramble on. We know how interesting home movies are to other people. ~~  Giggles ~~ We'll try to follow our original purpose for this blogsite pertaining to homemaking and the Proverbs 31 woman. (With a little bit of this and a little bit of that added in for extra flavor.)

We'll start with one of our favorites~~

THE SANTA FE FARMER'S MARKET!!!!

We're Almost Home!

We've been on an exciting trip for the last two weeks. We'll share some of our adventures with you when we get back home (we're on the last leg of the trip and on our way home). We've had limited access to computers, so there haven't been many posts lately. Hope we don't swamp you with too many when we get back. :-)
~Sisters