So these are the shots I really love but they all seemed not the right choice for a baptism invitation. I love the third picture the best but something about his face just doesn't convey the feeling of reverence, does it? I'm beginning to wonder about my taste in photos...is it wrong that I like the shots of my kids pulling faces instead of the sweet, angelic shots? These pictures just seem to capture Nate better then the others.
I think we will use one of these for the invites although I'm still not sure. I actually have some other shots that I love but thought it would be best not use them since this is a baptism invitation after all. Check out the next post to see my favorites.
The pictures above and below are of my friend Rona. She and I are taking the photo class together. The foot picture is probably my favorite of the whole shoot.
I found it funny that this sign was on the beach serving no purpose. I think I would have liked this shot better if the sign had kids climbing on it. That is one of the things I learned from this field trip - I am not a landscape photographer - I like people in my shots.
This was my first attempt at night/motion photography together. I think the results are kinda cool but the shot is still not pulling any emotion from me. 
Even though I don't love any of the shots, I enjoyed messing around with some new techniques and am anxious to head back down to Laguna (with family this time) to try out more shots.
Derek is back from his work trip to Las Vegas - yippee! We all hate when he is away but we try to make the most of it. The kids and I had a weekend long slumber party in the family room. We watched movies and ate pizza and candy. We spent some time in San Diego (already mentioned the piano recital), we visited Uncle Jeff in San Clemente. We did some laundry - that always makes for a fun weekend. Of course there is still more laundry to be done today - why is it never ending?
I'm thinking that pony tails are a sure sign that it's time for the boys to get their hair cut. I wanted the boys to get a haircut this weekend but with Derek out of town it wasn't going to happen. This picture was my insurance shot...I knew when Derek got home and saw this picture he would pull out the scissors immediately. Luckily, I didn't have to use it...Derek got home yesterday afternoon and before the day was through he had the boys looking cleaned up and sporting nice new do's. There was no denying it, both boys looked like little rag-a-muffins. On that note...what is a rag-a-muffin? My grandparents used to call me that.
After the recital I took the kids to lunch at Chevy's and we had a great time. The kids were really good and well behaved so we laughed when the hostess sat a couple next to us and we could see the lady "discreetly" pointing to us asking to be moved. I chalked it up to some adults not really enjoying kids and let it go. However, a few minutes later a family of 4 was seated in the same spot - before they even sat down they moved themselves to another table. What is going on?!? I really mean this when I say the kids were not being loud or obnoxious - I'm not even wearing my rose colored glasses right now. I would have sat by us - a nice, quiet family enjoying a meal together. 
He drew this himself. Now be honest - isn't it the most amazing lion drawing you've ever seen from a 5 year old? You know it is! Derek and I were both rather surprised by his artistic ability. He used the cover of a lion book to copy and I think he did great. He added torn paper for the mane and the final project was amazing. We have our fourth genius! Man, Derek and I are good parents! :)
Derek watching the kids play frisbee
Luke loves this park because of all the rocks. We have already determined in previous posts that I tend to be a bit paranoid so I spend a lot of my time at this park trying to keep Luke from falling in to the duck and turtle infested waters.
Last week, or was it the week before (?) we had some way HOT weather. We were pushing close to 100 degrees for a few days. The kids spent an afternoon cooling off in the sprinklers and had a blast. The community pool would have been their first choice but with too much needing done at home the best I could pull off was the sprinklers.
When Luke and I walk to school he likes to look for treasures. His "treasures" usually consist of various rocks and flowers which I always end up holding so his hands can be free to find even more treasures.
This shot is of Luke before leaving on the campout. See how excited he is to be going camping?
This is the after! Nothing like coming home after playing in the dirt for hours and getting no sleep. Luke came home so dirty and so tired. It made for a fun Saturday. 
While out grocery shopping today I had to pull out my camera and take a few pictures of just a few of the hundreds of ribbons that are tied on trees, posts, bushes, bridges, etc throughout the area. Wherever you look you see 2 pink ribbons and 1 blue ribbon tied together. Whenever I drive through town and see these ribbons I cry. I just can't imagine. It is nice though to see the outpouring of love and I hope that it brings at least a little bit of comfort to the Coble family. 
One of our birthday traditions is the birthday boy or girl gets to pick the meal for dinner. Nate picks the same gourmet meal every year - frozen chicken nuggets & tater tots - is your mouth watering just thinking about it? The afternoon ended up being a bit overbooked and the grocery store quickly ended up at the bottom of the long to do list. Nate was easily swayed to go out to dinner at a restaurant of his choosing so we ended up at Chili's and enjoyed a nice dinner complete with birthday serenade by the talented wait staff.
After the party we did a quick change into church clothes and then went to our Stake baptisms. Our friends the Wrights baptized their youngest son. After the baptism the Wrights invited family and friends over to their home for a meal. Amazing doesn't even begin to describe it. Max (the mom) is an amazing cook. She does catering on the side. She prepared an amazing feast of Chinese food that was enjoyed by all.
We have had a busy weekend. Friday night was Emily's Daddy Daughter Dance. Her date for the evening was very good looking and a perfect gentleman. I had to help at the event so I took my camera planning on getting a ton of great shots but only got his one. The self timer had been set on my camera and I could not figure out how to turn it off. Whenever I took a picture we had to wait a very long minute for it to shoot and then the flash would go off - the shots did not turn out well so I gave up.Emily looked really cute in her new dress. She and I went on a shopping spree and she loved finding the polka dot dress. She looked very grown up to me which made me feel a little sad. My kids are getting so big.
Emily has her yearly daddy-daughter activity days date with Derek tonight. She is so excited to go out with her daddy. She has informed me that she needs to go and get a suitable dress today after school. She actually really does need some new church dresses so this is a good excuse to go out and find something. I'll post pictures after the big date.
I have probably said this before but I love labels. They are quick and easy to make and add a great personal touch. I know that there are a few of you out there that make labels too - the fonts I used are walkway bold (thinking of, on your special day) Jane Austen (all cursive) and the "YOU" I can't remember but it was a basic font - arial, maybe. The label is pink and brown, although in the picture it looks black.
This would be a great little gift when neighbors need a little pick me up, for teachers, for visiting teaching or to remember someones birthday. I just plan to change the wording to fit the occasion when I use this idea again.
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