Luke's Birthday weekend

We went home for the weekend and I had fun snapping photos of the babes of the family. Enjoy.

pictorial proof the twins are taller than me

Self-described saviors. I think there were bears.

Helpful cousin

Fuzzy, but I love that laugh

immediately followed by a snarl, a scratch and a crying 4YO

Moscow Mountain

I went hiking with some people from school.  This is the view from the top of Moscow Mountain looking northward.

first real dinner party at our new house

Maria setting tables for our dinner.

We got 12 people around our table.  That made me happy.

using a fun camera

Luke and Theresa asked me to take their wedding-day photos in October.  (YIKES!) Matt and Maylene have been kind enough to lend their camera to the poor-sister-without-a-good-camera fund and I've been practicing every time they come out.  It is a Nikon D3100 and quite fun. Here are some of the shots I've turned out.

Lydia and Devon

Evelyn

Hailey (she actually smiled for pictures, which made me happy.)

Handsome boy, that Abel

And Seth is just plain good-looking here.

Seth and Natalie. And Yes, she is normal.

Daniel.  The car on his head was a good prop and actually
turned out a smile on his adorable face.

And I did take some other pictures beside these portrait-type pictures.  Close-ups and detailed shots follow.

I love the detailed scales on this little guy.

pool ball shadows

I was trying to focus on the fly, but it ended up being focused
on the cue-stick, which looks okay anyway.

Painting trip (in which there are no pictures of me painting)

Abel, Seth and their cousins, Maddalyn and Meredith, playing at Grandma's.

Seth and Abel with the huckleberries they picked.

Seth, sitting on Grandma's couch.

Abel

The delicious huckleberry cheesecake Grandma made. It was probably the best I'd ever had.

Showing the progress. We rented a man-lift to paint the top of it. (And yes, Silas and I took it as high as it would go- super fun and a bit scary)

Abel and Seth found a tree-fort in the woods.They fought several goblin-wars while we worked.

Abel, Silas and Seth along Pend Orielle River.

The boys and I on the side of the river.

Abel

Seth

Abel

Seth

Sunset as we came through the fields on the way home.