Wordless Wednesday

First day of Kindergarten

more WW at 5 minutes for mom, Extraordinary Mother's, and 7 Clown Circus

iHeart Faces -Pouting and Pets

This is my SON hence the reason he's about to burst into tears. He was not happy about mommy putting a bow on his head, lol. Poor guy. He did get a lot of offers to do bow modeling from this pic though...

Check out more sweet pouts at iHeart Faces!

So I decided this morning to go ahead and submit a Pet entry also. This is "Troubles" my husband's grandparnets dog. Many people think she's ugly, lol. She is teh sweetest dog ever though. She LOVE my daughter and my daughter LOVES her. She's a really great dog.

Giveaways ending soon!

See Kai Run ends 4/1
Wallsy Tales ends 4/8
Jack and Lily ends 4/9

Check my sidebar for the direct links.
Be sure to take advantage of extra entries.

Wordless Wednesday- Silly faces

Wow I'm way behind today! More WW can be see over at 5 Minutes for Mom, and Extraordinary Mothers and 7 Clowns Circus.

iHeart Faces- No Flash

This week's theme is No Flash. I LOVE this theme. Pictures taken with no flash are always my favorites and something I've worked hard to achieve. I look forward to improving as I learn more about photography. This is Owen enjoying a fall day at the creek.


I'm really enjoying the I love Faces weekly themes and hope to enter every week, they're are some really fantastic pictures that inspire me to be a better "photographer".
Be sure to go check out all the entries at iHeart Faces. And check out this week's judge HERE.

Giveaway for the Ultimate Blog Redesign!!

As much as I love my colorful blog page I would LOVE a colorful custom blog page!
Mama Makes Money and Subjective Beauty are doing a giveaway for a free one... Better hurry and enter it ends 4/5!

Ultimate Blog Party 2009

I'm super excited for the 5 Minutes For Moms Ultimate Blog Party 2009! On top of having great prizes I hope to meet lots of new blog friends!

For those stopping by for the first time, please stay awhile read a few post enter a few post. I have 3 contests running now the links are in my upper right hand corner. I hope you decided you want to come back and visit again! You can follow me in my left hand side bar.

My name is Tonya. I've been with my husband for nearly 7 1/2 years. I remember when that seemed like a lifetime! God has blessed us with two beautiful children, Lindsey who is 6 and Owen who is 19 months old. I enjoy photography and they are my muses. I post lots of pictures each week. I also really love doing reviews and hosting giveaways. I also enjoy entering them!

Some of the prizes I'm excited about during UBP are
125 — A neato mommy & toddler gift basket!
Provided By: Seven Dogs and a Baby
INTL 1 — Available to English speaking bloggers. Custom Basic Blog Design
Provided by: Sweet ‘n Simple Design
USC 47 — $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com by Shoshana of Just Say these Words
USC 45 — Pair of shoes from Eleven Collection Spring/Summer 09′
Provided by: Wishing Penny
USC 26 — 10 $50.00 Gift Vouchers to Hatley
Provided by: Hatley
INTL 61 — $30 Gift Credit to Amazon.com
Provided by: Robynn’s Ravings
1 — $100 gift certificate to either Pedal Cars and Retro or A Rocking Horse To Love
58 – Kitchen Aid Artisan Stand Mixer
Provided by: Moms Who Think

Great right?!? There are sooo many more to chose from so be sure to head over and join the party!

A Thousand Word Thursday

My boy loves to "work" on his trike, his dump truck, his stroller, anything with wheels. Everything ends up on it's side for a good wheel spinning then when he's done he ALWAYS puts them back right side up! He's spent a good 20 minutes during this session, flipping it on both sides checking out all the wheels.



See more ATWT at Cheaper than Therapy.

Jack and Lily Review and Giveaway!

Jack and Lily are the maker of some really cute shoes for girls and boys. I have had a really hard time find cute shoes for my little man and Jack and lily had him covered. On top of carrying TONS of really cute designs I surprised and how soft and comfortable the shoes were.
I love their Originals line and that they carry to size 3-4 as oppose to the My Shoes. I wish I would've remembered that when I was selecting a pair! They have tons of cute styles in both collections but I really love their Originals boy styles.


The shoes are extremely comfortable and Owen didn't mind wearing them. In fact he wore them all afternoon! I wish they had styles big enough for my daughter who loves shoes but complains about sore feet.

Jack and Lily is inspired by a baby's sense of touch therefore and are made from "Lamb Touch" leather and are the softess shoes on the market!

Buy it: Jack and Lily have a worldwide market and sell through their website with prices around 26-30 dollars!

Win it: One lucky A Family Completed reader will win a pair of shoes of their choice!

To enter, visit Jack and Lily look around and tell me what style you'd choose if you won. This is required for an entry into the giveaway and must be done before the extra entries count. It must be obvious you visited the site!

Don't you love...EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do, otherwise they won't count!

1- Follow my blog. Go over to my left sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! 1 extra entry

2- Grab My Button and put it on your blog! 1 extra entry

3- Fave me on Technorati! 1 extra entry

4- Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my Blog (http://afamilycompleted.blogspot.com) AND Jack and Lily 5 extra entries

5- For those who couldn't wait I will give your bonus entries for any purchase made through the Jack and Lily website! 5 extra entries

6- Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. You can Tweet once a day for a bonus entry everyday! Be sure to leave me the link for it to count! (ID Mom2LinsNOkie)

Contest ends at 7:00 am PST on April 9th I will then draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile, or make sure to check back here to see if you won. I will notify the winners before April 13thth and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner! Contest open bloggers and non-bloggers within the US and CANADA!

Wordless Wednesday

For More WW check out 5 minutes for mom and Extrodinary moms!

Wallsy Tales Review and Giveaway!

In my search for fun colorful gender nuetral decorations for my children's bathroom, I came across a great company called Wallsy Tales. It meant all my criteria I was looking for and since this was for my kids/hall bathroom I wouldn't have to worry about the wallsy's morphing due to humidity from showers!

I love that these are removeable without me having to worry about them loosing their stick since I can easily by the necessary adhesive tabs! This was important for my since we are renters and someday when we move I want to be able to take them with us and I know they will stay looking fantastic!
Wallsy Tales are designed for nurseries and Jungle nurseries are all the rage nowadays, these look so much better and cover so much area then the typical pictures you'd buy for a nursery. And guess what.... They cost about 1/3 the price and will easily carry over into toddlerhood and childhood since they are so colorful and fun!

Installation was a breeze too. Other than deciding where I want to put each piece it took me only minutes to hang all 8 pieces and completely changed the look of our tiny hall bath. Lindsey was elated and loves the butterfly and bee and ladybugs. Owen's reaction was "oohhhh" and pointing to all the animals. Both of them had smiles ear to ear at their new special bathroom. I plan on buying some colorful towels and accessories to match then viola I'll be done!

Here are some of my before and afters ( These would look great on painted walls but look great on the white also! I love the color they added)


Buy It:
Wallsy Tales are reasonably priced at $99 and they accept PayPal! And offer's free shipping and no sales tax!! They also include EVERYTHING needed to hang them!

Win it: One reader will get a Wallsy Tales Pack! How cool is that?

To enter, visit Wallsy Tales and tell me something you learned.
This is required for an entry into the giveaway and must be done before the extra entries count. Entries saying "count me in" or "pick me" are extremely annoying and WILL NOT COUNT! These companies are very generous and deserve to have their sites visited!

Don't you love...EXTRA ENTRIES!
You can do any of these things for an extra entry. Make sure to leave a separate comment for EACH thing you do, otherwise they won't count!

1- Follow my blog. Go over to my left sidebar and click on Follow This Blog! Current followers count too! 1 entry

2- Grab My Button and put it on your blog! 1 entry

3- Fave me on Technorati! 1 entry

4- Blog about this giveaway and link it back to my Blog (http://afamilycompleted.blogspot.com) AND Wallsy Tales 5 extra entries

5- For those who couldn't wait I will give your bonus entries for any purchase made through the Wallsy Tales website! 5 extra entries

6- Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. You can Tweet once a day for a bonus entry everyday! Be sure to leave me the link for it to count! (ID is Mom2LinzNOkie)

Contest ends at 7:00 am PST on April 8st I will then draw a winner at random. PLEASE leave your email address if it is not visible on your profile, or make sure to check back here to see if you won. I will notify the winners before April 12th and they will have 36 hours to respond before I will choose a new winner! Contest open bloggers and non-bloggers within the US.

Totally Talented Tuesday- Determination

Owen has this little police car from Christmas. I still havent' put batteries in it :/ He still loves it and loves playing with it. He realized the top flips open ( to put in action figure... or barbie if Lindsey get's her hands on it) well he sat there and tried and tried to figure out how to hold it open and sit himself in it. My camera died at the last picture :( I was in such a hurry before my camera died so I apologize for the poor quality)



For more TTT check out Dee at Two of a Kind Working on a Full House!

iHeart Faces- Green

My last few picture posts I feel like I broke open the picture vault. I love this picture of my son in his "Green Peace" shirt looking so mischievious as he went to taste a leaf. It almost looks like he is uncertain if I can see him through the lens and wondering why I haven't stopped him.


I really enjoyed last week's "creative cropping" and hope to enter every week, they're are some really fantastic pictures that inspire me to be a better "photographer".
Be sure to go check out all the entries at iHeart Faces. And check out this week's judge HERE.

Hopping into Spring

Kristen at An Ordinary Life is holding a photo contest for a new Seagate FreeAgent Go! Here are a few of my favorite Spring photo's
Owen last Spring he was so small!

His first time in the grass.

Flying High

Little Lindsey enjoying spring in the park.

Fix It Friday #6

I did a quick edit using CS3.
I started by lightening up the eyes a tad to make them really stand our
I added texture to give the background and the girl a angelic feel. I deleted it solely on her face so she wouldn't be textures. I set it at opacity 66% and Linear Burn.
I finished up with MCP High Definition and Crystal clear.
Think that was it.

Before:

After:

Check out more Fix It Friday at iHeartFaces

A Thousand Word Thurday

Since I posted some of my daughter yesterday here are some of my Owen who turned 19 months on the 10th! Time flies by too fast.

For my ATWT check out Cheaper Than Therapy

Also be sure to check out my See Kai Run Giveaway!