Shooting the Family!

Umm... with my camera!

A while back I took some pictures of my aunt, her son, and my brother (he is living with them right now). I told her she needed some pictures, so I could order her Christmas cards for her. They still aren't ordered yet, but that's not what this post is about.. Ahem!

We were going to go to the square in downtown, but they were having something there. We went to my aunt's work.. the funeral home. We took these pictures outside by the wall and in their little courtyard. I would have loved for it to be cloudy that day, but it wasn't.

Here they are!!!

my brother D

I love this shot in the field. He's the only one that would get in there!

my cousin D

I really like this one.. He was determined to get a shot in with his Bible!

D, my aunt J, and D

Here they are all together. She looked away, but I still think it came out great!

He is just so photogenic! He's a natural in front of the camera, so it was very easy practice for me!

Looks like he means business!

My beautiful Ju Ju

The Ju Ju again.

I'm not a professional. I do it for family. And I don't charge a penny, but they do buy their own copies which I order off of Shutterfly.

Taking pictures is really something I enjoy. I'm glad its getting to be Autumn  Winter (we are skipping Autumn this year, I think) because its going to be a little cooler and hopefully the light won't be so harsh.

My niece (not this one, her sister) is wanting me to take photos of her also. Either they don't know that they aren't good or I have some potential.. Time will tell!

Thanks for stopping by, and I would love some constructive criticism (and that doesn't mean harsh... it means helpful!!)

Picture Heavy Post..

You have been warned.

This weekend we had quite a few opportunities to take pictures. So, that is exactly what we did.

Saturday morning, the kids were playing outside and A comes running in because he lost his tooth!!!

There is another tooth growing directly behind it. The dentist said that his tongue will naturally push it out to the front. The tooth's brother also has one growing behind so it shouldn't be long before that one is out too.

Oh! And.. its the FIRST TOOTH HE EVER LOST!!!! Very excited about that!

So, we went to the park!!

They had a blast.

L had a friend over from school, and they did what most 11 year old do.... screamed at boys they knew from school!

It was so funny to watch them. L is very shy, but seems to be coming out of her shell.

All in all, it was a great weekend!!

** I really like the collages... even tho they didn't come out perfectly perfect.. Oh well!

My Neice...

I went to my sister-in-law's yesterday to babysit her girls while they went up north to visit a sick family member. She has 5, yes FIVE girls. This is her youngest. She let me take some really sweet pictures of her yesterday!

isn't this cute?

Just precious! Glad I got this one!

I think they are ALL my favorite!

Well, I'm happy to have gotten more practice! It didn't take long at all. It was way to hot to stay long anyway. Glad that Fall is around the corner.. More pictures!



The weekend... almost a week late!

This past weekend our little man Gabriel came over for a visit. We enjoyed him so much. Everytime he comes, I try to take as many pictures as possible of him.



He is such a sweetie, has a great personality and no trouble at all! This week he wasn't even scared of our boxer, Kota. He would tell him no (which came out more like NA), sit (SI), and down (he would touch the floor with one finger and say DOW). Even though he was very authoritive and gave it his best effort, Kota would not listen to someone that was smaller than him! He sure did try though.

These are his shoes that Nana (that would be me) has for him over here. He LOVES them. Last time he was here, we would have to keep putting them on because he hated them. This time he wanted them on every day, all day. He loves shoes now! So I took a pic of his favorite shoes to show him someday!

He also cleans up quite nicely! I was so excited when I tried this little outfit on him. He loves to get dressed for church. He looks so cute in this little suit. He'll wear it to service next time he comes.



In other new, my husband caught this bass out of our pond. Its the biggest one yet!



And yes, he is very proud. How did you know?

**I'm very glad I switched over to the new blogger templates. I can have much larger pictures now....