Ok, so I've committed to doing this! It's been on my 'to do' list for months and I have such a ridiculous need to check it off, it's starting TODAY! It's probably a good day too since I have something interesting to post! I won a photo contest! Not a giant thing but it does make one smile.

A few weeks ago, we took a short family vacation to a water park for some warmth and water. Winters in Wisconsin are on average tiresome come February/March, but this year has been horrendous!!

During the trip I obviously dragged my camera along to capture a few shots of the kids having fun and I submitted my favorite to a weekly photo contest put on by Colorvale® Photoshop Actions. The contest theme was 'Lucky' and this shot of the kids was perfect! This was Josh's 2nd jackpot win of the day and Mason was less than pleased.

So, this way they both WIN...well, maybe not - I guess I just win - some free goodies from Colorvale®! The kids actually got to split all 6,500 tickets they won during vacation and got to pick out a bunch cool stuff too.

If you're interested in seeing some of the other great photogs and their images that have been featured on the weekly theme contests, click here!

Thanks again to the team at Colorvale® for giving me a darn good reason to post my first actual blog so I can check it off my list. Maybe I'll even make a habit of this....

[Ali | 03.20.14]