Taylee and Ryker

I had a ton of pictures turn out...These kids are so cute.....These are just some of my favorites!!

Preview: Taylee and Ryker

I had the opportunity to take pics tonight of my niece Taylee and nephew Ryker.... It was soooo fun and was great for me to practice my Photography... I took a lot of pics... Here is a small preview for their Momma Ade.. Thanks guys, there will be many more to come!!

Future Astronaut?

Last night Killian and I took a trip to the gas station for some milk and of course a treat... It was quite late, but lil Killa' was wide awake jabbering my ear off. I thoroughly enjoy listening to my little 4 Year Old when he is rambling about all kinds of crazy information that his little brain has accumulated over the short 4 years he has lived...

Last night, Killian's lesson for Mom, "Space!" He informed me all about Gravity, told me what it was and how it worked. Now I am pretty sure his definition was not exactly as scientific as it should be, but Holy Cow I was amazed. His lesson went something like this, "Gravity is on the Earth, but not on the Moon. It is why when we play outside we don't fall off Earth. The Earth goes around and around and we never fall off because of Gravity. If we were on the Moon and we jumped we would float and fall off because there is no Gravity on the Moon, someday Mom I will travel to the Moon and tell you all about it."

He went on to tell me about the "Planets in our Solar System," (and yes those were the exact words he used.) He told me all about Jupiter, Mars, Earth and Pluto. "Earth is in the perfect place because it isn't too far from the sun so it stays a good temperature, but Pluto is far far away from the Sun so it is very cold."

I didn't want our little adventure to end....there are days when it seems nothing goes right, but then there are the little moments like these that make everything so worth it. I love you little Killa and I hope one day you will travel to the Moon so you can tell Mom all about it.

Jodie's Wedding{part 2}

These are some of my favorite shots of Jodie's Wedding, the Cathedral they were married in was amazing.... My pictures just don't do it justice.. but I tried....

Summer Babies

I have a MAJOR soft spot for all creatures… This spring we had three nests around our house. Blake was nice enough to leave all the nests alone (he hates that they poo all over!) We had two in the front yard and one in the back. The back nest was inside our pavilion. In early spring the sparrow babies fell out of the nest :(, There were three babies and it was so sad, I found them on the ground under their nest. I didn’t think the sparrows would lay more eggs, but they did!! I was able to watch the little birds grow.

Unfortunately, While Blake was outside he noticed one of the babies had fallen out of the nest. I climbed my ladder that I had put out there so I could check on the babies and I put the little bird back in the nest. I searched the Internet to see what the likelihood that the baby would survive. According to my research if the baby was healthy the mom wouldn’t reject it. I checked on the little baby the next day and it didn’t make it. It died, but there were still two healthy babies. I was worried because the nest was so shallow, so I took a dishtowel and wrapped it around the nest so the others wouldn’t fall out.

About two weeks later, the Momma and Dad bird started teaching the little ones how to fly. It was crazy to watch them, the little birds were down on the ground and the parents would squawk at them and come down and peck at them until they would fly. It took a whole day from them to finally catch on to flying. Then for three days the little birds hung out in the backyard with their parents. They would fly around but stay really close to the nest.

Everyday when I let the dogs out I look to see if the little birds are still flying around the backyard, but they have left. ☹ It makes me sad that they are gone, but happy they survived and are now out on there own. It was a really neat experience to watch them grow and learn to fly, I never realized how much work goes into raising little wild birds. I wonder if they will come back next year and visit!!!

Manual Mode

I am taking a new photo class....this one is "Mastering Manual Mode." I think finally the whole settings thing is finally coming together in my head. It has taken a long time, and a ton of reading but finally I see how all the camera settings work together...

I took the boys outside the other night to try out Manual Mode on my camera. This really is a huge step for me. I usually shoot in Aperture priority mode, so going totally Manual was a bit scary. Some of the pics didn't turn out to well, but some of them did. Here are some of my favorite ones.

The boys were such good sports too. Sometimes they get sick of me following them around with the camera all the time, but I caught them on a good day!! :)

Fishin'

When I was born my father was a little disappointed...I came out a little girl, after the doctor had told my parents I was a boy. After a little while he did get over the fact that I was a girl, but that didn't stop him from trying to get me to like "boy things." Lucky for me, Dad took me a lot of fun, cool places that most girls might not enjoy to much. Lucky for Dad, I was a "tom-boy," that really enjoyed all those places..He never did get a girl but he did get a girl that enjoys to do boy things....

Now years later, I am dreaming of having a little girl....buying cute girl clothes, taking her shopping...all the fun little girl things we could do!!!

Then I have days like yesterday where I get to go fishin' with MY BOYS!!!!

Some days can be crazy living with 2 little and 1 big boy...but I never would want it any other way!! I love my BOYS!!!

We took one of Killian's best friends on our fishing trip. His name is Ben and I love taking pictures of him because he has the most beautiful eyes. It's weird that Killian is old enough to have little friends knocking on our door to "play." I love it, but it also makes me sad that he is growing up soooo fast.

Killian's first catch

Ben's first catch, he was sooo excited!!!

Ben holding up his catch!

Killian holding up his catch!!

I love this pic of all the little boys hanging out fishing!!

Ben and Killian, so cute!!

Look at those eyes!!!

Killian being brave, holding the snake that Blake caught!!

I love Ben's face in these two pictures!!

The boys found water to play in while we were waiting for our fish to be filleted..

Liam was so curious of the fish, but he wouldn't touch them..