A Weekend in Pictures

My camera got a goooooooood workout this past weekend!  Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook may have already seen these, but I just wanted to share in a Blog post as well.  I had a lot of fun practicing and playing with edits… It helps when there are so many cute subjects around!! ;)

I went to the ball field Friday evening where the Quyon Flyers ladies team was playing in their finals, determined to get my “photo of the day” for my Project 365.  The ball pictures weren’t possible due to my flash, unfortunately, so I scrambled trying to find something else to take a picture of.  Suddenly, I saw St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the distance, with its steeple beautifully lit up (I think this is new?  If it isn’t, I’d never noticed it before.)  Capturing the beauty of it proved to be a challenge.  Brenda and I played with many different settings, but nothing was working the way I wanted it to. I need a LOT more practice and tips if I hope to become an accomplished night-time photographer!  This didn’t come across at all as lovely as it was in person, but I did like the way the clouds showed up as blue in behind it, and I tried cropping out the fence but preferred the look of it in.

I had mentioned to my friend Caryl several weeks ago how hard it was to find something new to photograph each day for Project 365, and she immediately invited me to her daughter Abby’s birthday party so that I would have some “subject matter” for that day.  It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon with yummy snacks and relaxing around her parents’ pool…and of course, taking 8 billion pictures!!

 

Happy 3rd Birthday Abby!!

Big Sister Leah jumping in the pool  (“Watch me, Jill!  Watch me!”)

Lovin’ the goggles!!

Cameron on a tricycle

Great-Grandma Jean with the birthday girl

Abby loved posing for the camera :)

On Sunday afternoon, we had a family gathering at my aunt & uncle’s place on the Ottawa River, as we had relatives visiting from out of town.  We had a blast catching up with one another, playing in the water, enjoyed a delicious meal, and when my mom said the next morning, “I just want to do it all over again”, I couldn’t have agreed more!!

My niece Neve on the beach :)

Little cousin Dillon

A cousin photo – Kara, Erin, me, Paula, David & Luke

  Neve playing in the water

The Next Generation!  There are 9 little cousins now, the same number of cousins that I grew up with on this side of the family!  Caden holding Noah, Danica holding Madison, Dillon, Ryla holding Brody, Neve (holding a doll lol), and Grace :)

My niece Danica

My SIL Amanda snapped this one of me chilling with the little girls in the water.

Love these monkeys – Caden, Danica & Neve

Silly siblings!  I think we all had a turn wearing Ryla’s “faux pigtails” lol

Handsome boy :)

The newest member of our family tree – Baby Brody

This is one of my fave pics of the day… Noah getting lots of love from Grandma and Great-Aunt Marion

My nephew Noah

Maddie’s turn with the pigtails! hee hee!!

Sweet little Grace playing on the beach

Beautiful Danica :)

I giggle when I look at this pic – Grace was getting her dress wet, so I stripped her down, then she insisted I put her sweater back on her… so cute!!

Proudly displaying his Sens pride, despite the chiding from the Leaf fans!!

 

Brudders… Chris & Luke

Mom with Noah

Uncle Elson hanging out with Noah

Neve & Ryla’s Beauty Salon – Uncle Paul seemed to be relaxing and enjoying! haha!

I haven’t had my camera a whole month yet, so there’s still a lot of practicing and learning to do, but after this past weekend, I’ve decided my favourite subjects are adorable little kids.  I’m so lucky to be surrounded by them, and have so many cuties in my life!!