Aunt Pauline and Aunt Lee's B-Day Bash

OK, I know you all are thinking I'm getting a little carried away with 3 posts in the last hour but Knothead is asleep and I'm really RUSHING to get some posts up. LOL!

Below are some photos I shot a couple weeks ago at Aunt Lee and Aunt Pauline's suprise B-day Party at Stonebridge in Mineral Springs. It was a lot like a family reunion b/c there were a lot of Kenny's relatives there that I've only seen once or twice.

Unfortunately, I don't have any shots after the sun went down b/c I haven't started learning the flash aspect yet on the new camera. Going from a point and shoot to a nice SLR has a little bit of a learning curve attached. I also tried working with some frames and borders in one or two of these shots so I hope you like.

And I always welcome any comments you may have at the bottom of each post.

Take care and I hope you like the photos.

Meet Mr. Uncle Cool

And the cousins have arrived....

Doesn't every child have to do this once????

Subscribing to the blog???

In an earlier post, I mentioned I would post a some "directions", if you will, about subscribing to the blog. Mainly b/c I myself didn't know what I was doing when I first started blogging and reading blogs of others.

WHY WOULD YOU SUBSCRIBE TO A BLOG???
There are two main reasons I've found in my own blogging experience. They are to save time and to keep updated.
For instance, I love reading Millie Holloman's blog at http://www.millieholloman.com/ (which you shoudl most definately check out if you're at all interested in photography) but to keep me from signing on each day, I subscribed to her blog via email. (This is the sort of subscription I offer-you can also subscribe to blogs via RSS feeds-discussed in a moment) So rather than check her blog each and every day like I was previously doing, I get an email each time she posts a new blog and BAM, it all done. You can either read/see the new post in your email of click the link in the email and go to the blog itself.
You can also subscribe to blogs via an RSS feed which a lot of bloggers offer. I do not. And it's only b/c I personally like subscribing via email for myself. To subsc. with an RSS feed, you also need an RSS reader, which isn't hard but it just seems like a couple extra steps that I really don't have time for.

So, if you want to subscribe and be emailed each time a new post comes on, just click on the subscribe link over to the right. It'll ask for you to enter your email and rewrite the distorted letters and you're done.

Love you all,

Amanda

Papa Billy

Wow, it's been a while since I've been able to sit down and post, but I was determined to get some done this week. So all my posts may be short and sweet b/c I have quite a few pics I want to get posted.

Bryan and I spent some time with my father a couple weeks ago and I was able to catch a couple good shots of Bryan and his papa Billy.

This is actually one of the best shots I have of the two of them.

Couldn't Resist

Just an update, I have all Sunday's shots edited and ready to post, but it's taking a while to upload them all. I'm hoping to have them complete on Friday night.

But today, since it was cloudy and overcast, Bryan and I went around Waxhaw just taking pictures. Well there was one I've been wanting to get for a while and some of you may know where it's at. It's the Saddle maker place right there by the fire station in town that has the 'ol rustic paint on it. Well I got Bryan to stand by it this afternoon and I got one great shot out of it. He's got his "baseball stance" going on, he's been doing that a lot here lately b/c we've been trying to show him how to stand when he got his ball glove on. But anyway, I got quite a few good shots today but this one HAD to go up today. And yes, it's edited. Have a great weekend!

A Day at Papa Jacks

On Sunday we visited my Grandfather in Mt. Gileod which we don't get to do that often. He just loves Bryan and Bryan just loves his Papa Jack! For some reason, Papa has nicknamed him "Hard Rock". I don't remember him ever nicknaming any of us grandkids. But he sure has Bryan spoiled!

I snapped some pics of all of us around his house when we went up. I've always been trigger happy when it comes to the camera but I haven't always approach taking pictures as I have here recently. To some, pictures are just pictures, and to others, pictures are memories. There are certain things around he and grandmas home that are just staples to me. When I'm a grandparent looking back, I'll always remember a few things always looking the same, like they never changed. These are my memories of my grandparents house that will never go away. Like the tree where we used to have a tire swing hanging or the peach trees or the grape vine. And that 'ol mailbox that seems like it's been rusted for years. Recently, I've been taking shots of things around here so Bryan always has it to look back on after we moved on.

I snapped a shot of the street sign in the corner of our yard the other day and I think Kenny thought I was a little crazy for doing that- LOL! But I know there are those of you out there that can remember certain things about fond memories of your past and I not only have a memory but I also have the image. Forever. The camera can be a contagious thing!

I hope you enjoy some of the shots-

Bryan and his Papa Jack

I think Mimi must've thought if she helped him fill up the water gun, that he wouldn't try to shoot her- Ha!

Bryan and Daddy getting ready to race around the house.

On your mark...get set...

Papa Jack's peach tree

Sharing a peach with Papa"Wite"

I don't think I can remember a time when Papa didn't have some of his yard tools under this big tree.

Lastly, the big shade tree...

And the only thing missing: Mama Hazel's green and white metal swing. (Or green and rust depending on when your memory captured that image-LOL!)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Saturday with my Boys!

This past weekend was the one weekend I'm taking off this month and we had a big weekend planned. We were going to take in Carowinds on Saturday, that evening was our company outing to the Knights game which Bryan loves. And Sunday we planned to go see my grandfather in Mt. Gilead as it's been a while since we visited.

So Saturday, we get up and we ready to go when Kenny doesn't feel so hot. Now those of you that know Kenny, know that he's not going to cancel what he's planned just b/c he's not feeling well. "Wait a minute, that not Kenny, that's men!" But anyway we trucked on and unfortunately, about lunch time it really started to hit him hard. So we had packed things up and headed home at lunch. I managed to get a few shots in before we left so I hope you enjoy. Needless to say we didn't make it to the baseball game, but that was OK, we had QT at home.

Here they are watching the "big kid" roller coaster. I love shots like this!




















Bryan riding the plane...
































My baby not feeling so well...












































Bryan on the carosel- is that spelled right?













































A serious close up- I wonder what he was thinking??? And it was so hoooot that day!

















On Sunday, we went to visit Papa Jack- stay tuned for those pictures. I want to get some editing done with those, so it'll be a day at least.
Take care-