I Love Pictures

I love pictures.  I love pictures of people.  People that I know and love.  I love beautiful pictures of them.  I have taken many pictures in my day.  Most of them mediocre.  For Mother's Day this year, I got a new camera.  It is a Nikon 3100.  It isn't the best camera, but it is so much better than what I had.  I have been dreaming about taking amazing pictures of my kids.  I know I really need a good class to teach me all the ins and outs of my camera and what it can do.  But this Monday I decided to see what it can do on automatic. 

I have been eyeing a grain field on my street all summer long knowing what a great spot it would be for pictures.  I knew it was about ready to cut so I decided for FHE we would take pictures (The boys weren't too thrilled but the girls liked it.  Suprised?)  Sure enough today the field was cut.  Glad I didn't wait any longer.  The picture below and the ones in the header are samples of what I came up with.  I have a lot to improve on and I need to learn some editing skills but I was very happy with how they turned out.  Can't wait to take a class and get better.

(I wanted a view from above the kids so I was sitting on Brian's shoulders to take this picture)

18 Years and Jenny Lake

This weekend Brian and I celebrated our 18 year anniversay. It has been a bumpy but great 18 years. I am so grateful for Brian and the great friend and husband he is. My life is better because of him.

 

 

Brian also celebrated his 40th birthday three weeks ago. He made me promise I wouldn't give him a suprise party or make him the center of attention at all (He hates the spotlight) so instead I decided to take him on a trip. We had never been to Jackson Hole so I checked into hotels. Wow. Hotels in the summer are outrageous. I knew if I combined his birthday with our anniversary I could feel o.k. about spending that much. Turns out that we had some friends who own a condo up there and they let us stay in it for free. Wahoo. I was thrilled.

 

 

Friday night we drove to Jackson and walked the main street. It is a beautiful place and has lots of fun shops. The best part of the trip was our short drive to Jenny Lake on Saturday. We hiked around the lake and up to inspiration point and then a beautiful waterfall. Gorgeous. We had a great time. Brian ate wild berries (he is still alive so they weren't poisonous), took lots of pictures, saw a moose, looked for bears but didn't find any (Brian was very disappointed), and met new friends. I would recommend this hike to anyone. We would like to take the kids next year and bring our canoe to paddle around the lake. The pictures below don't do the scenery justice but it will give you an idea of how beautiful it was.