Photography

I love taking photographs. I have not devoted a lot of time to studying techniques, but it's definitely something I'd be interested in doing at some point in the future. In my Google Reader today, I came across a contest from iheartfaces. The theme was "water" and the photo must include a face (at least one, I would imagine). So, figuring that I had hundreds of beach and pool photos, I started making a mental inventory of ones I really liked. One stood out in my mind, but I had to think back to where it would be located. My photo files are organized by year (and then by month), and I knew the photo in my head was taken in November and that Ben was little, so I went to November 2006, and there it was! This is one of my all-time favorite pictures:

It was taken at Fort DeSoto, and like I said, Ben was just over a year old. We walked out on the North Beach to play a little bit in the sand and on the playground. At the point that this photo was taken, Ben was whipped. I love everything about it. Here are some more from that day:

See, told ya he was tired!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Although we have no major vacation plans for the summer, we try to get out of the house for some fun every once in a while! Here are some of the highlights of our summer so far:

Ben going down head-first at the Dunedin Splash Park

Fun!

Love playdates with Grant (and his parents!)!

Can you get any cuter?

Snacks at Albert Whitted Park - pretty, but no shade

Again, pretty view

Playdate with Michael (face blocked b/c I don't know if his parents would be okay with me posting him on a public blog)

Our favorite beach, Pass-a-Grille

Eva driving the boat at the Glaser Children's Museum

We met Grant and Michael there - they all loved the fire truck!

Eva made a garden

Ben and Greg took the Mustang to the car show and "won" a trophy. Ben didn't put it down for about 24 hours straight.

Swim lessons at Fossil Park

Yup, that's Ben on the high dive! No fear at the Twilight Swim Night!

Some guy offered to take our picture in front of the aquarium

Playing at the Florida Aquarium (weird...didn't get any photos inside the aquarium!)

Lowry Park Zoo - how hard is it to get a good photo of three kids, 5 and under?

Impossible, but at least Eva looks smashing!

Carosel time!

The Flying Banana ride! Eva was running back to me to see the picture here