So we had a little bit of fun today! Went to Uncle Pat's pool! And even though I stayed very dry (really for me to hit the water it must be at least 90+ degrees), I got some fun photos! Linds loves the water and was in it for the 3+ hours we were there. Lots of flips off the diving board and a few trips down the slide.

Carter however caught one look at Pat dumping water on the slide with this coffee container and thought hey that looks like something I could do. Really I do think he was trying to empty the pool one bucket at a time!

Wednesday when the weather was BEAUTIFUL (still wondering what went wrong in the weather area???) we headed to Marshall WI and Little Amerricka

There were only a couple rides that Carter didn't get to try, I totally recomend this place for anyone with the toddler to pre-teen age - tons of fun for everyone!

And of course after a few hours of rides and hot sun we needed slushies! Gotta love the blue tongues. Now if I only had some time to scrap some of these fun shots...

RACERS, START YOUR ENGINES!

So we also hit Riverview for a little go-cart fun, bummer for Linds and K they were too little to drive, but Jeff had a blast doing the Grand Prix and the kids seemed fine just riding along. I think in total they did like 10 laps and Jeff was only 3 tenths of a second off the record for the year.

And he managed to win each kid a prize on their games midway! Gotta love HUGE stuffed animals for all...

We were on a family "stay"cation this week!

Headed off to the Dells for a day, did the Kalahari thing, of course I didn't want to take the big camera anywhere near the water. Pulled out the old point and shoot, boy is that wierd trying to take shots with... got some that I think will be decent enough to scrap. Both "big" kids did the surf blaster thing and loved it. I thought about trying and then after I was dressed and ready to hit the road I remembered I hadn't done it yet, next year.

RECITAL TIME!!!


So we made it through our first day of "prep" for the big recital on Friday and Saturday! The girls are all so cute! Can you believe that I already have scrap paper picked out for this lovely purple costume of Linds'... yeah I am sure some of you can! LOL!!!

Anyway these photos totally suck, was playing with my flash unit and well got lots of wickedly bad photos. I will try much harder for better shots tomorrow. It's the full dress rehearsal tomorrow, what that means is we have a really long, long, long, long day. And I really should be getting ready but wanted to do a little update on the blog and show of my little princess.

What a cold and rainy day for summer vaca to start on... what to do??? Stay warm inside and play!!!

So what better time to spend on the laptop, learning and testing new things. The first photo is one from Kaleb's spring concert, in third grade they get their first taste of musical insturments, the recorder! Kaleb actually liked it. I used a free action that made the picture look all wacky, but it's fun.

The next couple shot I just took about an hour or so ago, Carter has a wild habit of finding places to fall asleep in. Not sure why he decided the laundry basket was the best today, but he was so cute. It started out as an empty basket and he brought out three of his favorite blankies to make it just right. Wonder if he will be there all night or if he will find his way to our bed like normal???

Fourwheelin', watersliding, roaming in caves... it's been a busy few weeks around here.

I am keeping myself busy with a number of photo shoots lately, so much fun! And well it seems that the photo business is going well enough that it is finally time to make myself legit! I am getting ready to register for a tax ID and am working on a full blown web page. We did a little thinking with my "silly" name and well turns out it really is just a little too silly. So we have been having the great re-naming conversation and yesterday we settled on one! Drum roll please... more info coming soon about Reflection Road Photography! I'll let you know when the website goes up, it's crazy to me how cheap it really is to have a site, but then there is the building of it. Gotta do some learning here, but I figure if I concurred my fear of Photoshop I should be able to design and update a simple website, right??? But if any of you have tips or a friend that might like to help me out I would love any help.

Other big news, after six long months on the market our house finally has an offer. Don't know the details yet, hoping for the best, but trying not to get my hopes up. We don't have anywhere to go! Anyone got room for a family of five with two home businesses???

Sometimes you come across something on the internet that just has to be shared with all that you know...

I found this link on the TwoPeas message board (and TwoPeas really is a great place for anyone into crafting so check that out if you haven't, link at the right).

Awkward Family Photos

there are some of the craziest photos that I have ever seen, made me laugh out loud, make sure you peak into the older posts too, then come back and tell me what made you laugh...

We went to the rainforest! For third grade they do this wonderful rainforest project each year, they turn the hallway in to a fabulous lush green paradise, wish I could have gotten a little better shot. Left my 50mm lens on and well just couldn't find the spot to get a good wide angle view. I think the second photo gives a little bit of insight to what it was like. Each student gets to pick an animal and do a report, then makes some handdrawn animals for the rainforest. The first photo is Kaleb's animal the Red Eyes Tree Frog, it has three eyelids, did anyone know that! Then they also make dioramas (so not spelled right???) boy were these interesting to see. I held back on "helping" Kaleb and I am proud of what he did all on his own. Although i did get a couple ideas to share with Lind next year... They host a potluck dinner for families so everyone can come and check it out. The kids love it!

Playing with some Black and White conversions (yep it's Photoshop speak again), anyway...
I had the pleasure of attending my Cousin Allison's bridal shower on Sunday. the first pic is of Alli and her big sis Stacy, Alli has the long hair. Aren't they both just beautiful girls. When I was younger these two were my first real babysitting jobs, gosh how time flies. Of course brought the camera along and nominated myself offical picture taker for the day. Had some fun doing artsy shots of the tables and food and such. And of course got a couple shots in of Carter, he is so funny when i try to just take his picture at home or where ever he just runs the opposite direction, but give me a few willing subjects and he jumps in front of the camera shouting "picture me, mommy" crazy boy!