Camping trip

I was finally able to take the family camping. We have been trying to plan a small trip up the mountain, all summer, but have not been able to make it work. So this time we packed up, and we went. We have a great place that I just love going to that is only about 30 minutes from our house. I Thinks it is just beautiful, and pretty easy for family style camping. Okay, the truth is, there are bathrooms, and benches, and a nice fire pit. Little things like that make the wife a bit more happy. The boys love the spot that we go to, and had a blast. Of course it always helps when the aunties are with us. Here are just a few pictures of the lake just about a mile from where we spent the night. I believe it was while I was taking these pictures that some random bug decided to fly right into Mandy's ear, where it chose to stay, and buzz around. More pictures of that to come.

Some recent fun photo shoots.

I have been having quite a bit of fun this summer taking as many pictures as I can. I am going to be trying to update some more here in the next little bit. We have had a good time traveling around a bit. This last little bit are some pictures from around Cedar Breaks, and up around a great place called Yankee Meadow. There are some beautiful wildflowers all around the Cedar Breaks area.

More from Yellowstone trip

Just in case someone might have been worried, and I know you weren't, I did take some pictures of the family, and not just the mountains and bison. We did get to see a bunch of animals which I was pretty excited about. I had told my sister that this was the first time I had actually seen any animals. I know that sounds strange, but honestly, each of my trips there came up empty for the most part. This time was much better. The only bad part of the whole trip was my increased levels of lens envy. I am way overdue for an upgrade on my camera and equipment. Too bad for me, my lack of funds dictate that rather then desire. Overall the trip was great. Bringing Aunt Boo was tons of fun. The kids loved having her there. I think she had a good time too. I am not sure if the trip could have been any better except for maybe one more day to spend it Yellowstone. But ending it at Big Jud's was a perfect ending. I must admit, there was quite a few cool things about the trip. My son could not have been more excited about staying in a town with his same name. I wanted to take a picture of him in a hole just for the fun of it, but did not have the time to find a hole. I am hoping to make a repeat of the trip someday. AND YES, that is just a chipmunk that my kids are all excited about.

Been a while, did you miss me?

So that was an open question to good old blogosphere. I am really not sure just where to start. Blogging used to be my way of voicing frustration and sharing photos. To be honest. I have too many frustrations to vent here. But I do miss writing about them. So I start at the most recent, and then I will work my way backwards. I promised myself that I would take a couple of trips this summer while I had some time off. I planned a great trip up north to Idaho to visit an old college friend and his family. From there we headed up to Jackson Hole, then to Yellowstone. The Trip as a whole was great. Even though my wife does not like being in the car that long, she did great as did the kids. I had bought a pass to the national parks last year with the hope of getting my money's worth. So far that has happened. Just a few more trips to take down to Zions Park and maybe even one to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon will make me feel much better about the 80 bucks the pass cost. Overall this summer has been pretty good. the kids are getting bigger and bigger, and more and more little pains in the butt. Each of the has such a unique personality. But, more of that later.

Even more Sports

To go along with your theme of getting our oldest boy in as many sports as we can, not to see if he is some future super star, because obviously he still has some of my genetics, but to try and find something that he can be good at, and enjoy, and make friends doing.... we have signed him up for T-Ball. So far so good, with one game down, and the first practice rained out. he said that he really enjoyed the hitting part. To be honest so did I. The outfield part was a bit chaotic, which I guess is to be expected with a bunch of 5 and 6 year old kids. I think he did great, and really seemed to enjoy himself. He is already asking about the next game, so that is a good sign.

More Senior Pictures.

I am still trying to work on putting together some kind of website. I am hoping someday it will get there. Until then, I keep editing in "spare" time. Here is my latest Senior picture shoot. She was a great kid to work with.

Finished Senior announcement

After working on this announcment for a few days, I decided not to change it up too much. I liked how it looked and just reworked a few things. So here is the final one that I sent to the family. I think it turned out pretty good. I love doing things for the first time, and having them work out like I was envisioning.

For my wife.

I recently did another Senior photo shoot. I took this one for my wife, then played with it just a bit. She said, can't you just do this and this, and I said, well, why not. So here it is..... The Red shoes.

Senior Pictures

I have been working on another new thing. Senior Pictures. Last weekend while up north, I took pictures for Mandy's brother. I think they turned out pretty good. Still working on the announcement though.

Some time titles are hard to come up with.

I am trying really hard to put together some sort of website. It is not as easy as I first thought it might be. I am a bit picky, and under-learned on the topic. Though I have been working on some new toppers for the pages. Here is one of them. Just practice mind you.