Happy Memorial Day

Remembering those who..........

'GAVE ALL'



Thank you!

And the Winner is........

...Reba!!!...of The Cloud Chronicles . She guessed, correctly, that we were at a Tractor Pull this past Saturday afternoon. (Sorry Reba, the only prize is the pride of winning!)

Our local community hosts one of these at least once, maybe twice, each year. We, however, had never been to one. Each time it rolls around it seems like we always have something else going on. And for Craig, this time was no exception. Unfortunately, he had to work. He encouraged me to take the boys anyway because we knew they would enjoy it. We talked Grandma and Grandpa into joining us.





I can picture Josh as this young man a few years from now.





Have you ever wondered just WHAT they "pull" at a Tractor Pull?

Here you have it...."The Equalizer."



Just a sidenote: The driver of the tractor in the last picture is a distant cousin. :)

Can You Guess....

.....what we've been doing today?

Spring Photos

What a lovely Spring we've had! Despite the devastating storms from last night, and the potential for more this week, it has been a relatively calm and quiet one with fabulous weather.

I have been wanting to get some outdoor family pictures for some time. I spend quite a bit of time looking at the photography of others, and have enjoyed coming up with different poses and editing techniques to enhance our everyday snapshots.

One thing I have come to conclude is, it will just be awhile before we get a perfectly "posed" shot. And really, why would I want that anyway? Photos are for memories and the memories I want to keep are of lives. Lives full of motion and emotion.

So that's what our goal was....not to have a perfectly posed shot, nor to get uptight about the cooperation or lack thereof of the boys. Just go with the flow....

And you know what?

I think that worked out pretty well. :)

Thanks to my Momma for taking these pictures for us.