Senior Picture

Brody is just practicing his poses for his senior pictures.

Fall Pictures

Yesterday.  5:30 PM.  Eating Supper.  Gorgeous Day. Mid 70's.  No Wind.  Leaves starting to turn.  Knowing it will be cool today.  And Windy.  Windy=Leaves blowing off.  Leaves blowing off=blah looking trees.  Panic.  We have family pictures the end of the month, but the weather is too perfect.  Light bulb goes off.  You can do just the boys today.  Hurry!  Eat supper.  Pick out their outfits.  Line it up.  Clean off the boys.  Give Hunter his clothes to get dressed.  Race Brody down to his room to change the diaper and get new clothes on.  Wipe Brody's face.  Unfortunately he has a nasty cold with a runny nose.  Face clean.  Boys dressed.  Grab the camera.  Get boys in car.  Drive.  But where?  Train tracks.  Take pictures.  Chase boys.  Watch for trains.  No trains in sight.  Not enough fall color.  Hop in car.  Pit stop at home.  Grab washcloth.  Wipe grease off Brody's hands from train tracks.  Drive.  Go to Spruce Hill.  Go to the tunnel.  Did ok, but lighting was getting away from us.  Drive to a spot with more light.  See Deer.  Take more pictures.  Play in the leaves.  Run around.  Enjoy the gorgeous evening as the sun is beginning to set.  And here are the results of my impromptu photo shoot.  Enjoy!

Pictures are my passion.  I carry my camera with me everywhere I go.  I know sometimes the boys get annoyed with me wanting to take their pictures, but I hope one day they are able to cherish their pictures.  I know one thing is for sure, I will never have to hear them complain that there are no pictures of them.

Winter Wonderland!

This morning as I pulled open the blinds, I was greeted by a wonderful surprise-frost on the trees! I know, it's little, but I absolutely love the look. To me it is as if God has spent the entire night placing crystals all over every single tree for a special event. In my opinion, it makes living in Minnesota during the winter worthwhile.

Hunter and I headed into town for an appointment and some errands and the drive was simply gorgeous. Not going to lie, I was a little distracted because I kept looking at the trees and was wishing I had time to stop to take some pictures. (I made sure to throw the camera into my purse before I left home. You never know when there is going to be a photo op!)

Well, the appointment and errands went longer than I intended (typical) and the frost was disappearing off of the trees slowly. It wasn't as amazing on the drive home. But, as we were passing by my dad's house, I noticed the trees there still had a fair amount of frost. So, after passing his house, I turned around in the next driveway and headed back his way. I trekked through the snow in my tennis shoes to get a few shots. Hopefully I have some more opportunities later this winter. :)