Bear and Arrows

Back in October Oscar got his bear and Tyler got his Arrow of light and passed on to scouts. I found the pictures and had to post. These boys are so awesome. Oscar was so funny. He had to hunt the bear and conquer to get his award. (Dad behind the curtain)

He Got the Bear Pelt. Way to go Oscar.

Our Tyler walked along this bridge to cross over to scouting. We are so grateful to his leaders for all their help and encouragement. Tyler is a hard working boy and wants to climb high in scouts. Always looking to the next merit badge and class. Great job T.

Father's Day

The boys call it Daddy in the bed. (Breakfast in bed) I hate to correct those funny sayings. It is pretty cute. Look at all those darling boys. Nate is a great dad and we are so glad he is ours.

Early Morning Date with a sunrise

Yes I made it. I had a little help. My parents needed a ride to the airport, otherwise. I would have been unconscious. Super happy that I got to spend a little early morning time with my parents, and the added bonus of making it to Tempe Town Lake before sunrise.

Only regret is there weren't any clouds. That makes a big difference. Well to me it does. So once again these are taken with HDR. This means that there are 3 pictures combined together with a program.Photomatix So an over exposed, Under and correct exposure. The program can combine the best parts of the pictures.
100 ISO f/29 and of course 3 different shutter speeds. I love how still the water is. Seriously exciting stuff.




ok This was cool because I thought that the original shot was better than the HDR. Less saturation is better sometimes.
Original on top and HDR on the bottom.
How cool is that.? Look at the difference. HDR is pretty big right now with landscape photography. I see it everywhere.

Late Mother's Day post

Mother's Day was so nice at our house this year. The boys worked hard with Nate to make me a breakfast. Wow what a breakfast. Thanks guys. Potatoes, eggs, toast, whole jar of jam. Whole stick of butter. And a whole bunch of cards and coupons and letters and poems. Loved it all. And I LOVE being a mom. It is the best.

Nathan gave me the best gift, he took pictures. Thanks Hon. They were so great. It really meant alot to me that you thought of it.

Tyler got published

The yearbook for the school had a contest to find art work for the cover. Tyler drew a picture. It was done entirely at school, I didn't see it until after it was chosen. I think that means that he is growing up.
The yearbooks came out today and Tyler got one for free. So fun. Great job Tyler.

Utah Trip

This was a really fun place called Gateway Discovery. The boys had a blast. 2 levels on non stop exploring and puzzling and fun. YY and Burton were quite the builders at this construction site.

Wesley could have a future in broadcasting. He was very natural. It was a hoot watching him deliver the news.
Then we were off to the Hogle Zoo. Misha and her kids, and cousin Bennett came with us.
This is the top of Snowbird in June. Snow fight in June, what a treat. Cold and windy at the top. We rode the tram, got out and played for about 15 min and got back on. Not much at the top unless you have some skis on.

Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point was the next destination. How did we do all this and why? Well we got the Utah connect passes and it had all these attractions to go and visit, so we did. So glad we got em. Thanks to groupon they were even cheaper than usual.

I love me some dinosaur displays. These are really cool. I love the mammoth hunt display.
Tyler and all the boys, were sweet to show the babies the sites.
Emmett was just amazed at the dinosaurs. It was hilarious watching the faces that he would pull.
Favorite picture of the trip. Can you believe that.? What a doll.

The 2011 Spring season

What a busy spring. Baseball, sure. Flag football, sure. Karate, Sure, Why not. Lets just pile it on. Yes I know it will only get busier. We did it though. Made it to almost every practice and game. The boys loved their sports and had a good time. Oscar just got his yellow belt.
Can you believe how grown up he looks. Going to be 12 next month. Ridiculous.
The boys, playing with the moon after Tyler's game. Oh. I found this wonderful computer app Stellarium it is for tracking the moon and stars. Real time. It can go forward and backwards in time fast or slow. You can chose your position on the globe and it will show you where the moon and stars are. It is really fascinating.




Some day we will time it right so it is bigger and at the horizon.