Field Trip

I took the kids to the Aquarium today. Not something I usually do on my own, but we were due for one. I am always, always amazed at the creatures there. They are so amazing. I also always love snapping a photo or two of the jelly fish, and men of war. Today, I thought I'd pop on my macro lens. Now, moving subjects don't often make for the best macro work, but I wanted to get in little closer, and capture what I thought was particularly beautiful about these things.

Sometimes You Just Can't Resist

I am a sucker for animals. I know I can't even go look at them. It's dangerous. I may come home with an extra pet. Or two. This time, though, we'd been considering getting another dog. A smaller dog. A dog the kids can handle easier than our giant bear. It needed to be small, non shedding, and female. And we found her. Don't feel sorry for her, she loves every minute of this. Her breeder had a 2 year old and a 3 year old in the house. No wonder she showed a particular attraction to our 2 (almost 3) year old. Needless to say, she fits in quite nicely. She's a shi-poo. So cute and smart. She's already learned to fake 'doing her business' so she can get back inside.
So meet Emerson. Emerson the shi-poo. Or shi-tzpoo - either way.

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Thankfully, I haven't convinced David that we need a hamster, and a bunny rabbit, and a love bird, and a turtle.... You get the point.

Celebrating a Birthday.

The other day someone very special had their birthday, and I'm blessed to get to share in his life, and ten years of birthdays, with him. Birthdays always make me contemplate life. The first 18+ years are spend wishing for time to pass, now I just wish time would slow down a bit. Are we really in our 30s now? How did that happen? Have we made the most of the time we've had? Will we live out our big dreams in the time we have left? Birthdays make me think about this stuff. And it's good to sit back and count our days. And it's good to be thankful for the birthdays we get to share it.

And our children were more than happy to share in D's birthday, and make party hats for everyone, and were those party hats.

Hello Spring, Um, You're Late!

For Fun

Just a few shots from some lighting practice I was engaging in. Please note the Harley Davidson tattoo on A's hand.

My Own Narnia

Today we got walk through the wardrobe. We took a little hike down to a small lake a little way from our place. I love hiking in snow. I love how peaceful it is. It was great to just get out and enjoy nature. A little strange when it started to snow though. I thought we just might see a lamppost somewhere. It has been pretty Spring like here. On our drive home, it was sunny. Sunny and snowing at the same time.

Oops

It's March. I've been busy. I don't like been as busy as I am right now, but sometimes life just gets busy. Busy. Too busy. I HAD to pull out my camera and snap a few today though. My camera and I have been missing each other.