Lens Giveaway!

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Win a Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD Lens for Nikon, Canon or Sony dSLR Cameras

The Prize:

The New Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD Lens for Nikon, Canon or Sony dSLR Cameras (Tamron 28-300VC for Nikon or Canon may be substituted if you have a full frame camera)

Details about the lens:

The World’s Lightest, Smallest 15x Zoom: Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD is 24% Smaller than Previous Model!

The acclaimed Tamron 18-270mm VC all-in-one zoom for APS-C format DSLRs has reached an astonishing new level of compactness, performance, and speed with the addition of PZD (PIEZO Drive), an innovative ultrasonic autofocus motor based on an advanced piezoelectric design. The result is a lens that’s considerably lighter, noticeably shorter, with a much slimmer profile than any previous lens in its class, and that provides faster, quieter auto-focusing.

Signature features that have made this amazingly versatile lens the world standard in its class have been retained. They include a 28-419mm equivalent (15X) zoom range, an improved, lightweight, compact Vibration Compensation (VC) system, macro focusing to 19.3 inches throughout, and, of course, superlative imaging performance.

Contest Rules:

As Tamron USA Inc, the sponsor of this contest, is responsible for sales and marketing in the USA only, no shipment to winner can be made outside of the USA. If you reside outside the United States, the Lens will ship to MCP Actions, and we will ship it to you, but you will be responsible for the shipping costs as well as any duties, taxes, or tariffs.

Winner will be picked via random drawing on Monday, February 28th and announced on the MCP Blog.

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Surprise!

Angel and Ken Grove are super important people in our lives.
#1- Ken was my middle school science teacher
#2- They were our neighbors (until we moved)
#3- They are our friends
#4- I was their daughters, Kenlyn's, first full-time sitter! Such a sweet girl!
#5- Kenlyn was thought to be Ken and Angel's only child, and they were okay with that!
#6- Even with a 4 year age gap, Kenlyn and Abby are best of buds!
#7- They took Mel under their wing, they are like a second family to us!
#8- Surprise! Angel's ENT (ears, nose, & throat) Doctor surprised Angel with forever changing news...she is PREGNANT! Funny huh!?

So for a surprise baby, we thought a surprise shower was necessary!

The goods!
Thanks Mom for all your crafty help and tasty snacks!!!!!

Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited to add a picture of Big Sis Kenlyn and surprise baby Dyson!

August- CocoKeys, Zoo, Yankees!

We did a bunch of fun things in August! First we went to CocoKeys water resort. It was a blast! To bad my waterproof disposable camera is still waiting to be developed or I would have the water resort pictures up! But Abby loved the arcade just as much! (7/31/10)

The next day we headed to the Omaha Zoo! Such a fabulous zoo for the Midwest! Abby Ooo'd and Awww'd at all the animals! The giraffes were her favorite, thanks Meme! Such a fun age! (8/1/10)


Brent. is. a. Yankees. fan. So when Kansas City hosted the Yankees Brent made sure it was a family event. Hot. But fun! We love hanging out with Aunt Winny, Uncle Steve, Gaga, Hal and Landon! Such a fun afternoon! But funny that I don't even remember who won! (8/14/10)

June & July

Oh summer! How we love you! Our summer days are spent outside, from morning until bedtime. The pool with Kenlyn, BBQs, festivals and so much more!
My little fish! It's only February and Abby is already starting to ask when we can go to the pool! Silly girl.
Oh sweet Marley! We are so happy to have you in our life! She is growing to fast and her little personality isn't so little anymore!

This man, Uncle Dave, truly has is own special place in Abby's heart! They are always so silly together and Abby gets to giddy when Uncle Dave is around!

Oh the Albany festival, I loved attending when I was little-er, and Abby has just loved every minute you are in town. She loved bumping into Rylee, who I use to babysit when the girls were about a year old. They had a blast riding all the rides and jumping in the bounce house. Such sweet little girls!

More from May!

First pool trip of the summer with Kenlyn!

Sweet Abby is 2!!

Oh how we love this sweet little girl! For Abby's party, we did a Watermelon Picnic theme! Everything was watermelons! The invites, the party ware, the cake, the balloons and of course Abby's attire, all watermelon! We so love having all our family and friends together for food, fun and of course to party!


Abby's big gift! Her very own kitchen! She was so surprised and loved it!

May 2010

Gahh, I am so so far behind! I don't know why I do this to myself and too the blogging world!

Anyway May is a super special month as my sweet sweet Abby celebrates her birthday!
Here is a quick wrap up of our month of May and Abby's birthday bash!

#1- Mel graduates!!!

#2- More grad cakes!

Cake Pops by Mom and Jamie!

#3-Abby's 2 year photo shoot
#4- Abby's 2nd Birthday!
(see next post above!)