Photography and An Early Birthday Celebration

Emily has expressed an interest in photography recently. The good thing is we already have a nice camera. Of course, I can't help her with learning to use it. I put it in auto mode and take photos. That's as far as I've ever learned. She watched some you tube videos and learned what the settings do.  Luckily, she has some perfect subjects to practice on.

Sweet Rocko's face is getting all white.  He's almost 11, which is an old man in golden retriever years.

This may be my favorite.

Ben's birthday is Thursday.  We decided to head out today and do a few of Ben's favorite things.  So, we headed off to his favorite spot to hike.

This should be a picture of Ben, but he was off crossing a creek.  Emily took the camera and took some of these pictures too.  Some are my cell phone photos.

 

David and Ben headed off 'sploring.

 

Why is Noah the only kid that holds still for a picture. He'll be a male model one day. Lord knows he has the abs for it. 

 

This rock looks like a fish or whale, doesn't it? 

 

He's me and my three dwarfs. 

 

 More 'sploring... 

 

 

Poor Em wasn't feeling great, but she hung in there. She just needed more breaks than usual. 

 

Eek...I hate when he gets so far in front of me. 

 

These rocks make me nervous. I know it's probably been nestled like that for thousands of years, but eeek!  My kid is under there!

 

Then, we went to Olive Garden.  Ben loves Olive Garden.  Well, he only eats breadsticks and salad and gets chicken fingers, but whatever.  He likes it and that's all that matters. 

 

Em loves their mac n cheese.

  

 

Ben got his free birthday dessert and chowed down on some strawberry cheesecake.  YUM! 

 

Then, we went through the drive thru car wash. The kids had never been. David usually always washes our car, but I realized for $5, it's a total time saver. Then, we use the free vacuums and clean the inside well.  It's worth it.  Anyway, they thought it was so cool. Who would've thought?