Hitting the roller coasters!

Today we went to Busch Gardens with the White family! I had never been before so it was a blast trying out all the new rides!! We stood in line more than i would have liked to....but it was worth it and at least we were with friends :)

Sheikra had the best thrill with the highest drop anywhere in florida! But with all the fun we've had i much say i'm exhausted!

I didn't even want to get on the computer but i figured i wouldn't get around to posting later if i didn't. Also i'm going to a conference in Orlando all weekend so i will be without internet for that time therefore my blog will be down...:-/ I'll be sure to post pictures of all the fun i had when i get home tho! Goodnight!

babysitting evening

Well tonight i had all my brothers so we decided to go bowling at the place right by our house!! Even tho i'm really bad at it i still enjoy the game. The first game everyone beat me, but the second round i did a lot better :) It was nice to get out and do something as a family! I wanted to take a picture while we were playing but it's bad lighting in there and i ended up forgetting to even try. So i snapped this one just for representation! Not very creative but i'm not in the mood anyways....

buttons!

I bought a collection of blue buttons at a garage sale a while back and have kept them in this jar on my shelf hoping that one day i will get around to doing something creative with them! Well so far the closest i've gotten is taking a few pictures of them! they do make interesting still life subjects...and i love how every one is different! Let me know if you have any cool button project ideas!

Blazing sunset

I snapped this picture thru my car window stopped at a stop sign driving around town tonight! I helped out at a NTC 5k run event taking pictures, then went to dinner with a friend, and ended up at the Claerbouts and hung out the rest of the evening. The sun was so big and colorful in the sky i was amazed! Photography is about taking the time to appreciate the kind of beauty we take for granted every single day!!! Thank you God for another amazing day to enjoy Your creation!

Riding horses on a summer evening

My, is it getting warm! Our cold snap is gone and the mugginess has returned. We were out in the heat all afternoon down on the dock while Keenan fished for a big bass! I definitely got some rays and now i'm applying lots of lotion!

We waited until the sun was less intense before we got out the horses. Keenan is becoming quite the horseman! :) He had a lot of fun riding across the fields back and forth, looking like a real cowboy! It was getting dark so i wasn't pleased with the quality and clarity of the pictures i took, and they really didn't represent the glow of the fading sun, but this picture is still cute because it shows how much fun he was having!

Blue Eyes

This little girl has the most amazing eyes ever!!! We spent the evening up at the White's house and i had so much fun playing with the kids and watching them try to make me laugh... I was loving their facial expressions so much i started snapping pictures of them. Amber was quite the photogenic thing, and her eyes couldn't help but stand out......

Rays of moonlight

Well it got dark before i could take my picture so i decided to play with night shots...

This one is up thru the trees with the moonlight coming thru, and i got the streaking effect by zooming in and opening the shutter and then zooming out before the shutter closed. A little blurry still but i thought it was kinda cool :)