Monthly Archives: July 2011

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The Start of July 4th Weekend!

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We started July 4th Weekend by going to the Chatfield Botanical Gardens on Friday the 1st. It was a free day at the Gardens! The kids enjoyed it, however it was a bit warm to really enjoy it. Emmett slept the whole time we were there walking around. There is a tree house for the kids to play in, but since it was warm I just took a picture of Barrett and Kyla inside and called it good. Afterwards we went to Chick-fil-a! Amber and I then headed to Clement Park and found a spot to park our vehicles where we could enjoy the fireworks later that evening. Zane ended up meeting us where we parked and we walked over to Hops for dinner, where Brian joined us! We walked back to the vehicles, which by that time many others had joined us in the parking lot. We laid blankets on the grass in front of the vehicles and enjoyed the fireworks!

I wasn’t completely prepared with everything I wanted to take firework pictures. But I thought we were going back to the house after dropping off a vehicle by Clement Park. Brian brought me a tripod, so that was good.
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43 Weeks

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Well I keep finding blankets or material in my stashes to use for my backgrounds for these pictures.  In honor of my parents moving to Maui, I decided to use some fabric that my mom got for me when they lived on Oahu years ago.  I know he could use a haircut, but I love the way his hair curls behind his ears.

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42 Weeks

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I usually take these pictures in my room, but I use my speedlight to help with the lighting!  On this picture I didn’t give the speedlight enough time to be ready, so it was a bit dark.  I lightened it up to use it (which makes it very grainy), because his expression just cracks me up.

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40 Weeks

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When I first started taking these pictures it was pretty simple.  Lay Emmett on a blanket take 30 pictures and pick one.  Now it’s hard to keep Emmett on the blanket just for one picture!  So, this will have to do for this week.  I try and give him something to keep him distracted as well, which usually ends up in his mouth! The blanket in this picture was knitted by my Grandma Anne!