Cheryl and I spent the day today shopping our hearts out with our Christmas money. We decided before Christmas even arrived that any money we received for Christmas was going straight into our clothing allowance.

We joined the throngs out shopping today (honestly, it really wasn’t that bad) and headed to Nordstrom Rack and the Camarillo Outlets to find some fun new outfits.

On top of money, we also received some sweet passes to Edwards Cinema (which just so happens to be right next-door to the outlets) so we ended the evening with a little date to the movies.

Both of us have wanted to see “I am Legend” and were excited to finally sit down and find out what it is all about. The trailers were intriguing enough.

I think we both came out super captivate by the ideas and images of the movie, but the ending… well, I think both of us would have much rather seen the movie go on for another hour or just some other ending.

We were both on edge the entire movie. Honestly, this is the first time I’ve ever watched a movie that I was so worked up as to what was going to happen next that as soon as the movie was over I could actually begin to feel myself breathing deeper again and my body begin to relax. It was surely suspenseful, and lots of fun action, and an interesting story line. But, I’ve NEVER seen a movie come to such a climax, and then just end… poof… done… no room for a continued story line, everything wrapped up, action comes to an end, you can go home now. No real possibility for a sequel. That’s still tripping me out a little bit.

I don’t know if I would recommend seeing this movie or not. It was an AWESOME movie, but the ending just killed it for me. If anyone reading this has seen this movie, or if you go watch it, please come back here and leave a comment with your thoughts, cause I’d like to know what others thought about the ending.

Oh, and by the way it still trips me out a bit to watch the Fresh Prince of BelAire acting in seriously roles and doing a darn good job of it. I wonder if Will Smith would have thought of himself doing this kind of acting back in the day.

We were killing time the other day and took a stroll through a Walmart down in Torrance, CA. As we entered the store we walked by the checkout stands and I saw this sign and just had to take a picture.

If Walmart ever offers a spelling class, or an English language class, I would personally avoid it. (or send someone you don’t like to attend)

So… did you catch one mistake or two?

Wow… what can I say, growing your family is just a fun fun thing to do, especially when that family consists of Apple Computers!!!

With the addition of these two brand spanking new screaming little iMacs our family has grown from 5 to 7!!!! I’m soooo proud.

edit: since first publishing this post I have been informed that these pictures were not just random photos in an email, rather these are the work of Peter Menzel Photography for a piece published in Time Magazine. There has been quite a stir from what I understand because many many people have been stealing these pictures from different websites and selling them as their own work.

My uncle sent out this email (probably a forward?) and I thought it was super interesting. In each picture you get to see the weekly food intake for an average family of the country they represent.

Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98

Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

Pretty interesting?

It’s December, and it’s time to spread the holiday spirit of love, joy and thanksgiving! With this in mind Tim and I have decided to donate 10% of all portrait and wedding bookings for the month of December to the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation!

I love this Santa Barbara based charity! Nikki Katz the founder has such a huge heart! She makes it her goal to ensure that children with cancer receive the undivided comfort of their parents during the treatment and recovery process. They achieve this by providing middle-to-low-income families with financial aid for rent, mortgage, utilities, and car payments, as well as other supportive services so that the families can focus on what is truly important – their children.

To find out more about the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation visit their website by clicking here. To book your session to support the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation please visit our website, email us at info@halbergphotographers.com or give us a call at 805.275.2275

Thanks! We are so excited to be supporting this awesome charity!