new favorite photos ...

Dont you love it when you look at the photos on your camera card & you find an amazing photo when you were just expecting an everyday photo? Last Saturday, we put some new Bronco tattoos on Seth for the pre-season game & naturally I wanted some photos of my crazy Bronoco fan ... I finally downloaded the photos today - man I love these esp. the first two:















So ya think this kid is ready for football or what? LOL! ;)

Back to school ...

Well with everyone else getting into the back to school mode, I thought I'd share my photos of Seth's first days of kindergarten - He started on July 5th because he is in a year around school (so he goes typically 12 weeks on / 3 weeks off). So far he just LOVES it! He loves learning and being in the school environment.

adventuring!

Last Saturday we set out an adventure - less than 5 min. from our home we went down to Plum Creek to look for frogs & crawdads & any other creatures we could find! For Seth an afternoon like is this the ultimate adventure and of course Rick & I had fun! :)

Are you ready for some football??

Well the NFL football season cannot get here soon enough for this little guy! He is all decked out in Bronco attire - incl. socks (and notice the Bronco tattoo on his arm!)

I love his genuine smile, here ~ I am thinkin' maybe I should let him wear something Bronco related to school on Weds for his school pictures ... think Bronco socks will get me this smile ?

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BRONCOS!

My roses

My roses have had a heck of a year ... first they were sooo dry from the lack of spring rain, then they were hit with a lot of wind & hail during this crazy summer of ours - yet they keep me smiling by blooming again & again! :)

Here are some photos I took Weds night (the B&W ones are edited in PS3):

My banner!

YAY added my own banner & I have to say I LOVE that photo! I took this photo up at Rocky Mountain National Park in June ... this is what Colorado is all about - gorgeous landscaping & the sky so blue it takes your breath away (esp. at 12,000 ft. above sea level! LOL!)

I used a tutorial from Lindsey Teague's blog - Thanks Lindsey!! And of course a BIG thanks to Rick, who helped me when I was stuck & frustrated lol!

While I am gushing about our visit to Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park - I will leave you with a few more photos from that day! :)
Photo #1 ~ the growth season is so short up there that things barely have time to bloom before it's frozen again ... but I fell in love with the tiny flowers that did bloom up there ... btw, that is Seth's finger so you can see how tiny they really are!







Photo #2 ~ Tundra! I didnt know we had tundra here in CO! Love that we do and still amazed that parts of CO has the same environment as Northern Canada & Alaska!









Photo #3 ~ Love the wildlife!!

Photo #4 ~ The sign says it all!!

These photos I took back at the end of January ~ played with them a little bit in PS3 last night ... lovin' the black & white ones they just look so classic ... look for these on a layout soon {Thursday} on www.scrapbookeronline.com

"I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject-matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love. It is important to see what is invisible to others – perhaps the look of hope or the look of sadness. Also, it is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph. My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished." -Robert Frank