Week 25 Summary

Okay, so I'm waaaaay off schedule this week.  The trip to Boston this weekend has my days all messed up.  And I'm still pretty tired from being in a van for about 28 hours over a 3 day stretch.  If I never see the inside of that church van again, it will be soon enough.  :)

But the kids all did great in Bible Quizzing.  We came home with a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal.  Congrats Rachel, Keira, and Lexi!

Anyway, here's what last week looked like ... in pictures ...

19 - A milkweed beetle - taken with the help of my 10X macro filter.

20 - Muddy-faced kids.  I told them I'd let them get all muddy if they'd let me photograph them all together.  :)

21 - Keira and I went on a little photo shooot.

22 - A juvenile Robin that the kids caught then set free.

23 - Honey had her first visit to the groomer's.  She came home so pretty and fuzzy.  :)

24 - The hills/mountains of Pennsylvania ... taken out the van window on our way to Boston.

25 - Quincy Bay, Massachusetts.  We had time before our girls started quizzing and the beach was only a few blocks from the college where the quiz was taking place, so we walked over to put our toes in the sand/ocean.

2011-06-25

ISO 400, f/11, 1/250s, 18-105mm lens

Once we got to the college where the Bible Quizzing was taking place, the girls had some time to kill before quizzing started for their level.  (The younger kids quizzed in the morning - the older kids in the afternoon).  So we decided to walk a few blocks over to the beach at Quincy Bay.  It was a gray, overcast day and a bit chilly, but we all still enjoyed sticking our feet in the ocean and finding a few seashells.

2011-06-21

ISO 400, f/8, 1/100s, 18-105mm lens

Keira and I went on a little fun photo shoot and took along a couple props to play with.  She loved this umbrella I bought at Five Below for five bucks.  This is one of her favorite photos that we took.  Mine too.

2011-06-20

ISO 1600, f/8.0, 1/60s, 18-105mm lens

Sometimes the only way to get the three of them together for a photo is to let them get muddy first.

Just for fun, I'm entering this in the I {heart} Faces "For the boys" challenge.

2011-06-14

ISO 200, f/11, 1/500s, 18-105mm lens

The kids and I went on a picnic then did a little fishing afterward at a different lake than normal.  I thought a change of scenery might do us all some good.  Once we were all done we stopped at a different part of the lake so we could watch the sunset.  I'm so glad we did because it was gorgeous.

2011-06-03

ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/160s - Nick; ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/320s - Keira; 18-105mm lens

Nick and Keira on their last day of school.  This was Keira's last day at this school as she will be moving on to the Jr. High in the fall.  *sniff sniff*  And Nick will be moving up to 3rd grade.  I'm so proud of both of them!

(Keira's shirt is blurred because it has her school's name on it.)

2011-06-02

ISO Hi2, f/8.0, 1/160s, 18-105mm lens

Keira's class had their 6th grade awards ceremony this morning.  This is a photo of Keira with her teacher, Miss Nea, whom she will miss terribly.  (Forgive the noise ... and the horrible lighting ... I never get good photos in the school's gym.  I had to have such a high ISO, although I probably could have lowered it before I took this photo.  Or asked them to step outside.  Oh well.)  :)

Keira got more awards than I could possibly name, but the ones I am most proud of her for are the school district's Gold award (for a GPA of 3.5-4.0) and the Presidential Gold Award (also for GPA of 3.5-4.0 AND scoring advanced on PSSA's in both math and reading).  The fun award that she received was the "Payday Award" (as in Payday candy bar) for "always being determined and dedicated to being the best that she can be."

Tomorrow at noon (when school lets out), she will officially be a 7th grader.  *sniff sniff*

2011-05-24

ISO 400, f/8.0, 1/160s, 55-200mm lens

Having a little fun with bubbles this evening.

2011-05-20

ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/125s, 18-105mm lens

Keira had her 6th grade dance this evening.  She looked so pretty (and grown up!) in her pretty purple dress.  She said she had a really good time and received the "book worm" award.  :)
Oh, and since I'm supposed to take her picture on the 21st (her birthday anniversary), I'm counting this one since it is close enough.  :)

2011-04-21

ISO 3200, f/4.5, 1/30s, D3100 w/18-105mm lens

In keeping with my challenge to photograph each of my children every month on the anniversary of their birthday, I present Keira.  I'm technically cheating on this because it was taking on 4/22 at the Creation Museum.  She was at school all day and then we left right after school and spent way too many hours in a vehicle heading to Kentucky that I didn't get a photo of her on the 21st.

Having said all that, she's just chilling on the rock wall.  (Yes, I realize that I cut her one foot off - oops!)  :)  I'm not sure what we were doing at this point.  Waiting for the rest of the group so we could go outside to the Botanical Gardens maybe.  More museum photos to be posted soon on My Perspective.

2011-04-09

ISO 200, f/9.0, 1/200s, D3100 w/55-200mm lens

Nicholas and Keira participated in the Bible Quizzing District Finals this morning.  Nicholas got a bronze medal and Keira got a gold.  She also qualified to move on to the Regionals in Boston in June!

I realize you can't quite see Keira's trophy in this photo, but I absolutely love the way they are looking at each other.  I always have a difficult time getting a picture of the kids when they are all looking at me and not making some goofy face, so I'll take what I can get.  :)
I forgot to mention that Nicholas is not, in fact, taller than Keira.  He is standing on our water well thingy that sticks up about 18 inches out of the ground.  :)

2011-03-26

ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/80s, white balance manual, D3100 w/18-55mm lens

Keira won a 4th place trophy in last night's Wood-U-Race (aka pine derby race) at our church.  Her lipstick car was surprisingly fast!  Yay, Keira!


Linking up with Live Every Moment's Different View/Perspective challenge.