TN Trip

It's been way too long since the last time we visited "the farm"  I will admit, I was a little nervous about a 5hr drive with the kids.  We've never driven that far with both of them before.  We were packed to the gills and left Friday evening.  Ally was not fond of the drive down but maybe it was Benjamin's choices of Frozen and the Lego movie that upset her :) She's more of an Elmo fan these days.  

I had grand plans of taking all sorts of pictures outside for practice but

the weather definitely didn't work in our favor the majority of the weekend.  Thankfully there were a few rain free pockets that allowed us to get outside for just a little bit.

 

It was pretty awesome to look outside and see the horses against the fog Saturday morning.   Here are some of my favorite horse shots.

Dad brought out some peppermint treats and the kids got to check out the horses up close and personal.  I think Ally was more interested than Benjamin.  And apparently Ally now refers to all animals by the name "Maddie" :)

It was a fun weekend, but went by way too fast :(

The Start of Something Fun

With a lot of support from David, I have decided to try out a little photography :) I definitely have a ton to learn, in the meantime I'm going to practice my little heart out.  David bought us a DSLR Nikon D3200 along with a 35mm lens and so far I'm pretty impressed in it's ability.
The first assignment of the photo club I'm in is food related so I made up a batch of cookies this weekend and played around the with the camera settings. 

Hungry yet?

And then on to moving subjects :)

Favorite shot of the day

Ally Girl with a single lonely tear

Don't be surprised if I hit you up for some practice sessions too - especially once the weather starts cooling down :)

Ally Girl

She's got some serious moves

Happyt 4th Ya'll

So much fun this year.

I know I said it last year but I still can't believe the level of fireworks the regular public can buy these days.  It's crazy how big the fire works were in the neighborhoods last night.  We loved it :)

Ally's 1st Birthday Slideshow

School Carnival

TeddyBear Academy put together a school carnival for the kids last weekend.  We stopped by just before the rain.
I didn't get too many pictures of Benjamin.  He was super tense the whole time we were there because Spider Man made an appearance (I'm talkin full body suit costume) and Benjamin was TERRIFIED.

But at least we got him to sit down for a few minutes for a sno-cone, we can get him to do just about anything for food :) Although he was looking over his shoulder the whole time making sure the scary spider man didn't sneak up on him.

Ally started off in a much better mood - she loved the animals

But she was not happy about Anna and Elsa

Target does it again

This is not the first time I've googled a Target commercial to find out who sings the song for it.  Whoever is in charge of the music for their commercials is awesome! I love this song - it's been all over TV lately for Targets new Style commercial


Just in case any of you love it as much as I do - it's called Forever by HAIM...you're welcome :) This song makes me want to drive around in this awesome 70 degree weather with the sun roof down.  I am beyond excited that it's going to be 75 tomorrow but don't even get me started on Wednesday's high of 37! C'mon Mother Nature - give us a break.  We've been thru enough this year.  I'm ready or flip flops and maxi dresses!