Last Saturday

I woke up early.  As usual.
I decided to get up and study. 
No, I'm not taking any classes, but I should be.
I got my coffee and got online and went straight to
Digital Photography website and started in reading about
aperture, depth of field and shutter priority.
I mean, I've had my camera nearly 9 months
and hardly gotten off of AUTO {grin}

So, more coffee, and I began to make myself some notes
Cuz that's how I roll.
Reading, writing, reading, reading, reading
and hope that I finally get it!
I decided to take my camera with me to do chores.
So I could practice. Practice. practice
I took lots of pictures, some good, some not so good
I am certainly not Great with my camera out of auto mode
but I'm learning...and I ended up with a few shots I liked.

This particular picture I liked
Why you say???
Well, because I wanted the blurred effect.
And I got it.  On purpose! {smile}

I am fairly certain I have forgotten most of what I wrote down
and supposedly learned last Saturday.  But.  I will go again
and keep practicing. 

For Your Friday

whatever you are doing and read this.











Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with Thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love
endures forever
his faithfulness continues through
all generations.
Psalm 100





May you be Blessed this day and be Joyful!

More favorites

It took several shots to get just

the right one. :)

This was almost a year ago...which means this little
sweetie will be 2 very soon.






And last but not least, Nelson, the cutest darn pup
we had seen in awhile.
He is no longer a part of the family. 
Nelson turned out to be a traveling sort of fellow.

I love this picture

Happy Birthday!

Today, My youngest boy, C*J*B is 11.  I can hardly believe it.  I have no idea where those years have gone.  I would love to have a post showing him from birth till now, but...


**I no longer have a scanner
**I did not have a digital camera then
**My baby is no longer a baby
**My computer crashed and I could not retrieve my pics I DID have scanned in

So...I will share some of my favorites that I do have available.

The boy is almost ALWAYS wearing a hat

of some kind

Hates having his picture taken and thinks I'll quit taking

it if he looks goofy!

Waiting his turn for showing sheep.  Holding his plaque for

Jr Reserve Sheep Showmanship

One of many proud moments

Just flat "tired" at the fair!  Our fair is the end of July

first of August and it's always right around

100 degrees!

Jumping H*I*G*H on his trampoline.  He almost

scares me just watching! 

Talkin to the mutt dog, Angel.  She's so sweet, 

she looks like she's listening!

My faithful helper in the kitchen when it's time to put

up apples. 

He looks pretty intense here.  God Bless whoever

invented the apple peeler/corer/slicer.  It's the BOMB!

My basketball star this weekend.

Mr Snow/Man/Goggle/Guy

I love you much CB

Happy Birthday!

Basketball and Stuff

First Snow

Yes, he is wearing his army helmet, face mask,, ski goggles

and a carhartt coat.  He does not, repeat, DOES NOT

care what anyone else thinks.  He loves all that

stuff and wears it all together. LOL

Game face.  Shooting free throws.

Tryin his best to block that shot, the kid was easily

4-6 inches taller than CB.

Trying to block another shot off a big kid.

 I thought my boy was tall, but we've been

playing some teams that have GIANTS!

Going up for the rebound. 

Backyard snow. 

All the snow is gone now.  Warm temperatures melted it all away(most of it) and artic temps are on their way back to us tonite.  Not a fan of teens or below.  So Thankful for the moisture. 

We head back north to play basketball in the morning.  Then to my mother-in-laws for supper to celebrate

CB's birthday.  My baby will be 11 on Monday.  I'm sad and glad all in one! 

Have a wonderful Sunday. 

Attention Scrapbookers

For all of you scrapbookers in my neck of the woods~here is a crop for you to attend!

We would love to have ya!  Let me know if you need/want more information.  We are planning on serving breakfast and dinner, supper on your own.