A trip to the beach

Well, I think I've been away for long enough. Been out taking more pic.'s. These were taken a while ago, but never got onto the blog. Thought I would post them before I took them off my computer. This was an outing to the local "beach" along the river. There were a lot of ducks that day and we brought some bread to feed them. You'll notice that Sarah feeds herself instead of the ducks. It was pretty cute. We went with some friends had had a great time. Enjoy!


I call this Amanda's fake say cheese smile.

Here's my little Sarah. Her hair is now just about long enough for two full ponytails.

I love the sky in this picture. The way the clouds crisscross. Oh, that's Amanda, of course, and her little friend Ty.

This is Ty's little sister Charli. I love her red coat. She's so cute!

Such an intense look. Wonder what she's thinking.

Ty looks very concerned in this photo....again, I'm wondering what he was thinking. Prob. just trying to decide which rock to throw in next.

After many, many, many tries, I got this pic. of a duck. I love how it looks like he's looking right at me as I take the picture.

I loved the green in this duck. So glad it was in focus.

See, here's Sarah feeding herself. I don't think she gets the whole idea of feeding the ducks. Thank goodness the bread wasn't all moldy.

I like how the kids are both looking out to the water. I think they are watching the ducks fighting over bread crumbs.

Love this pic. of Charli! I like how her red coat seems to jump out of the pic.

I don't know why I like to take pic's of toddler feet. I just think their shoes are sooo cute!

Yay, I finally got a shot of one of the ducks taking off. You can even see the bread in it's beak.

After feeding the ducks we headed over to the play structure. Time for some FUN!

I like how the sun seems to bounce off Sarah's head.

Well, hope you enjoyed the pic's. I'll try to get over to the other blogs and leave some comments and catch up on what you all have been up to. Thanks for visiting.

Trying to be creative...

Been playing with my camera again. Tried taking some pic's that I normally don't take pic's of and some old tried and trues. Here's just a few that I liked. Enjoy....

I like this one because of the color contrast. I was trying to capture the droplet on the flower. I just wish this flower grew on the sunny side of the house. It would have been very cool to get a glint from the sun off the drop.

I like this one because I like the sun coming thru her hair. Makes her look like she has a halo around her head. My little angel. :0)

I love how the sun shines thru the petals.

Aren't Amanda's shoes cute. Had to get a pic of that!

This pic make me think she's trying to fly. So carefree. It's great to be a kid!

Conversations with the little's....

Yesterday Sarah had me in a fit of giggles....I was in the kitchen doing dishes when I heard a loud thump and then screaming from Sarah. So, I rushed in and scooped her right up. At which time Amanda states, "I didn't do ANYthing!" After a few min.'s Sarah calms down enough to talk. She keeps saying "Owie Mommy, Owie." I ask her where it hurts but she just keeps repeating "Owie." and squirming like her leg is bothering her. So, I let her down and the next thing I know she's running up the stairs. When she comes back down, she's carrying a sheet from under her bed. She brings it to me, touches my leg and says, "Owie Mommy, owie!" Then she hands me the sheet to put on, I realize, my stubbly legs. Then she's more than happy to sit on my lap and be soothed. Guess I need to start shaving more often. :0)

Today Amanda has been very needy. She has been constantly asking to play with me...even when we just got done playing a game. I don't get anything done when she's in moods like this. So, I suggested that she take her babies outside and play house in the play structure. I even gave her a towel from the garage (a clean one :p ) to use as a blanket or what ever she decided to use it as. Well, she kept coming in to get things for her house that she "just had to have." After about her 6th trip she asked for another towel. I asked her what she needed another towel for and she informed me that she needed a "rug" for her upstairs. I asked, "Can't you just have wood floors?" Amanda: "No, that's just for kitchens."

Learning to Wink

I love it when I wink at Sarah and she tries to wink back. She has the cutest expressions and I actually got some of them caught in pic's.

I love how she squeezes her eyes really tight.

Is that not the most carefree looking little girl? You can almost hear the giggle, can't you?

That's my little beauty. Can't believe I actually got this pic. and she didn't turn away before I snapped it. Yay!

Another wink attempt. So cute!

I can almost imagine she's about to say, "This is my better side." :0)

Easter Pictures, Finally!

So, here are a BUNCH of Easter pic's. We started the day before by coloring the eggs. Amanda had a lot of fun doing that. Sarah was taking a nap thru most of that, but liked looking at the eggs when they were all done.

Easter morning we went to church with my Mother and Grandmother. They really enjoyed the music. The girls did very well as well. Usually we don't make it thru a whole service, especially holiday services as they tend to run WAY over. But, the girls surprised us and we were able to sit thru the whole thing. Yipee!

When we got home, it was egg hunting time. The girls had a very good time. And, we had fun watching them. Enjoy the pic's. Hope you all had a Happy Easter as well.