Monday, June 21, 2010

Father's Day in Flagstaff




As many of you know we spend Father's Day weekend in Flagstaff. Larry was supposed to do a bike race but due to the Eagle Rock fire outside of Flag it was postponed till Fall. We still had a great family weekend. We drove up Friday and stayed in a house just outside of town. It had a great front porch and thanks to the owners, who have two small kids, was totally kid friendly! Easton just loved playing on the front patio in the cool weather. Friday night we went and walked around downtown Flagstaff and ate dinner at an the amazing Big Foot BBQ. After an awful night sleep by all of us......just think.......me snoring with no earplugs for Larry, EAston in bed with me which I'm not used to, Larry moving to the couch and waking up at 4:45. Let's just say a well needed nap occurred on Saturday afternoon after visiting Walnut Canyon. We took a little hike down the canyon and looked at the Indian ruins on the sides of the canyon walls. Really amazing. Saturday evening we headed back into town for dinner only to have it look like the entire town of Flagstaff was burning. Another fire had started just outside of town evacuating 4 communities. We had a nice dinner outside at Altitudes and Easton was so excited about the trains that came through right by the restaurant. We then headed up to Lowell Observatory which was a waste of money because duhhhh.......nothing really happens at an observatory before dark. OH well, lesson learned at least Easton got his energy out by running around all over the place. We got up Sunday morning, after a much better night sleep, packed up and headed to town for Biff's Bagels and a jont around the Farmer's Market. It was a pleasant ride home with lots of book reading and singing to try to keep Easton awake. Sleep won.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Boost of Photography Confidence


I follow a great blog/facebook page for MCP Actions. It is a lot of actions used in Photoshop which I don't use for my photography but I pick up a lot of inspiration from the photos I see and articles posted. The creator of the blog was doing a Memorial Day tribute post and asked facebook followers to send in patriotic photographs. I wishfully thinking sent in a photograph of a newborn (Keegan Scott) that I took a few weeks back. Personally this is my favorite photo I've ever taken so sent it her way. Out of hundreds of photos entered mine was one of 19 chosen and posted. It gives me a little boost of confidence knowing that my photo is up there with seasoned photographers all over the country.

Here is the link