Monday, June 09, 2008

Fireworks







Here are some pics from our window last Saturday night. I love that we can see this from our place. And this year I took these with a tripod, but it was tricky because the street light is right infront of the window. I was still pleasantly surprised with the way the 50mm lens rendered some of the light as stars.

And Some...





And I took these on her real bday.

A's Bday










For those who view this and aren't on facebook, here are the pics from the birthday party weeks ago. I kept forgetting to post them up here.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Saturday, May 24, 2008

More From Oregon

A family shot on a beach on the Oregon Dunes. It was funny, because i was doing the set the timer, run and try to look natural thing. Plus D. thought it was a good idea to sat hockey. I thought maybe we should say igloo, and toque too.

The bridge in Newport. D and I are taking a picture of ourselves in front of this in a shot coming up later in this post.

This pay per minute binocular was at the sea lion caves. I just thought it would make a neat black and white.

The beach about 2 hrs. before sunset. The fog was rolling in. I wanted to try some stuff with exposure and lighting. I added a texture in PS to grunge it up a bit. I liked this moment.


A sign. We seen as we were leaving this beach at the Oregon Dunes.



Same foggy beach. Kids a little chilly. They may have been the only ones in the water at this time, but hey, we're Canadian . We are used to cold.

The view B's shoes enjoyed while we drove away and left them behind all alone on the wall. Luckily we stopped at a lookout only 2 minutes from where we left them, and so we quickly turned around and picked them up.

The for mentioned bridge. And the lovely handheld self portrait. (I had to prove I was actually there somehow)

Enjoying some freshly purchased homemade candy.


The foggy beach. 3 of my boys. The other one was crying on our blanket. After all, he had gotten scared of sand and water earlier in the day.

A on the beach at the Dunes. It was really the only day with cool weather. And I made the poor thing take of her hoodie so I could get some nice shots of her on the beach. Unfortunately she was cold, and was jumping around to try to stay warm, and not complying with my creative wishes.

Hmm, i think she looks a tad blue. *smiles*

Sunday, May 18, 2008

From Oregon

We are here in Oregon, and I've got to say, I could move here. The sand, the waves, everything. Here's a little peak at what we've been up to.


There were huge ant like buds on the beach, and A was terrified to walk on the beach. She was clinging on to her Dad for dear life. This was Cannon beach with Oregon's most photographed rock. O fcoarse I didn't photograph it. Only because tide was in and I don't have a telephoto lens.
We weren't in the big waves, but still some of the waves were strong enough to tumble the kids. E was not very happy about getting soaked in cold salt water. Don't worry mom, we were very watchful of the kids and waves!
Some fresh, hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts on our very long drive down in slow slow bumper to bumper traffic near Seattle.
My attempt at Dave Hill style.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Fun in the City


Boys & girls.




Saturday, May 03, 2008

A Hair Cut






Well, he needed one anyway, but when he poured some of my Mod Podge Glue in his hair, he got a bigger haircut than we were planning. He was kind of reminding me of Miss Lippy from Billy Madison when I found him rubbing glue on his hair. At least he didn't eat any, but this boy is trouble, and can't be out of sight.

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Beppe

Some pictures from our walk on B's birthday. The kids sure love their Beppe, and have been crying for her since she left yesterday. She is such a special person and we had a great time with her here.





J's telling me to write this: "J. misses you a lot. He wishes you will come again, or we will come to your house. He loves you. You're very special Beppe. I love you a lot."

Oops