Day 146

Strike a pose

Day 145

Great day on the beach!

Day 144

This morning we picked Emma and Jackson up early and headed to the beach!  I did bring my camera, but I did not use it today.  These photos were all taken with my iPhone.

Edited to add...


photo credit to MiMi

Brendan hit his FIRST HOME RUN tonight...scored 3 runs, and we MISSED IT!!!!!!!!!!!  I am so proud of him.  I have been crying like a baby for the past 30 minutes!!!!

Day 143

Jackson finished up his soccer tryouts for the 2013-14 season tonight, and he and I quickly made it to the baseball field to watch Brendan play.

They lost again, but Brendan played well...can't ask for more than that.

Thankfully we were able to finish our game...just minutes after, this is what the sky looked like:

If it was this scary here, I cannot imagine what it must have looked like in OK on Monday!

Day 142

Jackson is on safety patrol this quarter at school.  One of his responsibilities is flag duty.  I finally captured him assisting in lowering the American flag.

Day 141

Day 1 Soccer Tryouts...

ISO 500  f/3.2  SS 1/100

This is post practice...had to promise NO Headshots! 

Day 140

Work...YMCA...Painting the kitchen...Dinner...

Instagram photo

I had no idea about the devastation in Oklahoma until about 45 minutes ago.  I have no words.  Once again there is such tragic loss at an elementary school in the blink of an eye.  This seems to affect me more now...maybe because I am older...maybe because I have a 4th grader and a 6th grader.  I don't know.  I do know that I am beyond devastated tonight for all of the surviving residents of Moore, OK.

Day 139

No eventful photos taken here today.  I have been prepping the kitchen and banquet area to paint, and I also started painting Emma's tree swing.  It rained a lot off and on today...overall just a dreary day.  I am so ready for our warm sunshine. We need a serious spring do-over!

Day 138

I wanted to try some photos through a window today.  What I got was not what I had envisioned.  I didn't really take into account how much would reflect back off of the window I was using.  I do like how pretty Emma looks through the window though!

ISO 320  f/2.8  SS 1/800

ISO 320  f/3.2  SS 1/1000

Day 137

Today was Emma's Pre-K Celebration at school...no real graduation, but there was cake and ice cream and of course, tie-dying T-shirts!

ISO 4000  f/3.5  SS 1/2500

My settings are all off...I should have lowered my ISO at the start.  Emma won't sit still for very long though so I just started snapping.  It's hard to believe that she will start Kindergarten in just three short months!