Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Day 246: May 8, 2012
Ethan dragged his tee ball stuff out to the backyard to play ball for awhile yesterday afternoon. I watched from the patio chairs under the umbrella where it was nice and cool. I also treated myself to an iced Dutch Brothers drink...why not?
Day 245: May 7, 2012
The scotch broom is blooming which means I'm itching to get out to the field to get some pretty photos with the yellow blossoms in the background!
Day 244: May 6, 2012
I hopped on the merry go round with Grace at the park to try and get some fun photos. Unfortunately it was the middle of the day with terrible lighting, and going around in circles meant the lighting changes were drastic and quick so I'll have to try it again another day. Still fun!
Day 243: May 5, 2012
The azalea bushes were buzzing with bees, so I spent a few minutes trying to catch one semi-still and got this:
Day 242: May 4, 2012
Not my best photo ever, but captures our every day. Grace loves playing with the super heroes just as much as Ethan, as evidenced by this photo taken during Ethan's nap time!
Day 241: May 3, 2012
Grace and I were having fun taking macro photos together. She was having fun looking at herself in my camera lens and I was having fun photographing her facial features. Since she was in a rare cooperative mood for such an activity I took advantage! I had her look down for a few shots since I rarely get to photograph her pretty eyelashes :)
Day 239: May 1, 2012
Grace has been really needing a haircut for awhile now, and Angela did a fabulous job trimming her hair to be less of a mess without taking too much off since Grace is trying to grow it out a little. The smile says it all!
Day 238: April 30, 2012
Quick shot from our front yard looking down our street early in the morning.
Day 237: April 29, 2012
Can you guess what this is right off the bat? It's a macro shot of a glittery snowflake Ethan made me in preschool. Yes it's still hanging in my kitchen.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Day 236: April 28, 2012
The Momtographers photography group I participate in had a maternity session at the local park for a friend of mine who is pregnant with baby #4. We had a great time and I got completely soaked and in the end this is my favorite of the morning.
Day 235: April 27, 2012
I was trying to see how my 135L handles sun flare but the sun was a little too high in the sky so instead I got this photo of the pretty bush in my neighbor's front yard. Love the little bit of orange leaves up top!
Day 234: April 26, 2012
Macro of the wildflowers Grace picked for me when we last visited the field a couple days ago.
Day 233: April 25, 2012
Awards night at Awanas, this was taken during the ceremony and after Ethan managed to smear half the ketchup from his hot dog all over his face.
Day 232: April 24, 2012
I took this as I walked in the room to wake Ethan up from his nap. The room was dark so the photo came out grainy but I still love it because it's so him!
Day 231: April 23, 2012
Took a trip down to the field with the intention of getting a shot of Ethan I like for a canvas. I got a lot I like but haven't convinced David on any of them yet! This is one of the first I took once we got there.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Day 229: April 21, 2012
The weather was absolutely fabulous today so the kids and I spent nearly two hours playing at the city park this afternoon to celebrate! Grace was super busy but I managed to get a few of her sliding down the pole and going across the monkey bars.
Day 228: April 20, 2012
Just a quick pic of the head scratcher David got for Christmas that lives in the office. The thing is surprisingly handy.
Day 227: April 19, 2012
My 50mm stopped focusing a few weeks ago and got sent into Canon for repair. I was a little lost without my favorite lens, so I was ecstatic when it was delivered fixed and good as new! Of course the only person home at the time was David and he was glued to the Xbox...
Day 226: April 18, 2012
Dexter hanging out on the couch with us watching late night television. Used my iPhone for fill light!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Day 225: April 17, 2012
I hate it when I forget to take a photo for the day until late at night. Believe it or not the bathrooms have the best lighting in our house at night so I was perusing the bathroom with my camera and thought this little tin Dutch row house collection would make an interesting subject. It's been hanging out in our bathroom for the past ten years and lived on David's dorm desk before that. I can't remember if he picked it up on his trip to the Netherlands in high school or if his Oma brought it back for him on one of her trips. Regardless, I still think they're pretty cool!
Day 224: April 16, 2012
The backyard tree is finally blossomed out, I took this at sunset while standing in a large (empty) flower planter to get tall enough!
Day 223: April 15, 2012
I met with the Momtographers group this afternoon for a photo walk at the cherry blossoms next to the capitol. We were a little too late for cherry blossoms (glad I went two weeks ago when I had the chance with the kids!) but we found plenty to photograph around the capitol grounds and on Willamette University campus right across the street. I found this little ladybug in the daffodil beds just before we really got going.
Day 222: April 14, 2012
Grace really wanted to participate in the Dallas Dragon Run this year so we registered her and made it to the starting line with only a minute or two to spare. She ran her little heart out for half a mile and was ecstatic to earn a medal and blue gatorade at the finish line. So glad the weather was nice and it didn't rain!
Day 221: April 13, 2012
Took the kids with me location scouting for a session this weekend. We checked out a few of our favorite spots in the city park to see what they look like at the moment and found lots of promising spots. Grace remembered this fence from last summer and insisted I take her photo next to it.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Day 220: April 12, 2012
I went outside this afternoon for 15 minutes after helping Grace finish her homework and had some fun with my macro while the lighting was decent. Love the cherry blossoms on our tree!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Day 219: April 11, 2012
The cherry blossom trees are finally in bloom, a little late but better late then never!
Day 218: April 10, 2012
We took a few photos before we left for Ethan's preschool spring program. Grace brought her camera along and Ethan insisted on looking at her camera before he'd look at mine so I snapped a few to get my exposure correct and happened to like how this one turned out!
And here's what I wound up with when he finally looked my direction:
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Day 217: April 9, 2012
Grace started her dance class a week ago and is loving it! She pays very close attention and while she's squirmy she seems to be keeping up with it. You can see her look of concentration in this shot!
Day 216: April 8, 2012
I chased after Grace during the egg hunt at church Easter morning and had a tough time keeping up with her and all the changing light levels! I probably should have switched to AP mode since it was too fast to really keep up with, but I did get this photo I rather like of her in the choir room.
Day 215: April 7, 2012
The kids and I went to a friend's baby's first birthday party and she made the cutest cupcakes! They were tasty to boot :)
Day 214: April 6: 2012
I had a few hours to spare this afternoon so I loaded the kids in the van and threw their Easter outfits in to change into when we got to town (wasn't chancing them getting them dirty since Easter was 2 days away!). We spent about an hour in front of the capitol building enjoying the cherry blossom trees and spring flowers. We ran into a friend and her daughters which made the trip extra fun!
Day 213: April 5, 2012
Ethan started pee wee soccer through the YMCA last week with two friends and is loving it! He's doing a fabulous job participating and following directions which is what we have been stressing. So much better than basketball, plus it's nice to have friends to chat with while hanging out in the gym for 45 minutes twice a week!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Day 212: April 4, 2012
I brought my camera to Indoor Park this morning to get a few photos of Ethan playing. I've been coming to Indoor Park at least once a week since 2006 and won't be back next year since Ethan will be in preschool during park times. It's an end of an era, one I will sorely miss and feel compelled to document.
Day 211: April 3, 2012
Back to homework after a few weeks off. Grace always saves her spelling words for last.
Day 210: April 2, 2012
I took Ethan out for a quick impromptu photo session with the goal of getting a photo of him to put on a canvas. He was already wearing this shirt and the sunlight was begging us to enjoy it so we left dinner warming in the oven and scooted to our field for ten minutes. I like this outtake of him playing with his buttons.
Day 209: April 1, 2012
My boys being silly together. I was testing out my 135L in the house and my little photographer buddy was taking photos with his camera too.
Day 208: March 31, 2012
Our cherry trees are finally starting to blossom. Spring may be late but at least it's coming!
Day 207: March 30, 2012
Watching Netflix in Mommy and Daddy's bedroom again...this time it's Grace in the afternoon.
Day 205: March 28, 2012
Grace won this jar of Skittles at a rainbow birthday party by being the closest to guess how many candies were in the jar. Tasty prize!
Day 203: March 26, 2012
We waited a day for the plaster to finish drying before painting the volcano with the paints included in the kit. Originally Grace was going to paint it in rainbow colors before finally settling on black with red lava. She was nice enough to let her little brother help paint a little bit.
Day 202: March 25, 2012
Grace is really into volcanoes and bought a volcano making kit with some birthday money. Here she is mixing the plaster to pour into the mold to form her volcano.
Day 201: March 24, 2012
Dexter all curled up and enjoying the bed pillows and the afternoon sun. Sometimes I wish I could trade places with my cats.
Day 199: March 22, 2012
It snowed. Again. Is spring ever going to get here? I didn't get outside to take a photo until late afternoon when only a few patches of ice were left in my drowned back yard.
Day 198: March 21, 2012
I took this photo of Grace's last ride in her Britax Marathon. She's been in a convertible car seat for over six years and is sooooo excited to finally be over 40lbs and riding in a booster seat.
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