I have truly enjoyed the past 8 months since i received my Fujifilm X100s, and as mentioned I recently purchased the Fujifilm X-E2.  In 2012 completed a 365 Project (http://everydayafoto.pavephotography.com/2012/01/my-project.html), and I have decided that in 2014 I will be doing a 52 Project.  I will be utilizing only my Fuji cameras for this and will primarily be working in Black and White.  I will be posting these images on this blog and will tag them as 52 Project images, since I will be posting other content as well.

Here are a few shots from Christmas at my mom's house and I utilized both the X100s and the X-E2.

This weekend we made sugar cookies, which is turning out to be an annual event now that the kids can help in the process.  They helped throughout the process, rolling, making shapes, waiting for the baking, waiting for the cooling, and then finally icing them.  Jonah really didn't enjoying waiting for the icing that his sister was using.  Next we will eat them of course, hopefully in a controlled fashion.

Around this time when it is super cold and snowy, I like to think about when it was warm.  I was cruising through some of my images from this summer and stopped at this one.  Camp applications should be coming out soon.

Today the kids decided to write letters to Santa, and since it was snowing out we decided to get all geared up and walk to Santa's special mailbox to deliver the letters.  After the walk we stayed in the back yard and played in the snow until it was time for some hot chocolate.

I shouldn't be blogging about this, since it is one of the best kept secrets in Pittsburgh.  Santa visits Phipps each year, and if you are a member you can have your kids pay a visit to have a discussion.  I say discussion, since this is not a rush job.  The line is short and you bring your own camera (which is the part I like most).  After the visit with Santa, you can check out the flowers, trains, and café.  It is a great time for the family.  Here are a few shots from the day.

This past weekend was the Dirty Dozen.  If you aren't familiar with this event, you should head over to Youtube and search for some of videos.  In short, it is where cyclists race up 13 of Pittsburgh's steepest hills, including the steepest hill in the world Canton Ave. with an incline of 36%.  Oh and it is cobblestones too.  I went to 7 of the 13 hills this year to photograph the cyclist, including Canton Ave. Feel free to grab a drink and click through the 1700 or so images from the day located here.