Late Breaking News!!!!

Our chickens that we mail-ordered back in February, just laid their first eggs today! That's right, we have eggs!!! Only three today, but three on the first day isn't bad. We have 26 chickens and I'm sure within the next week or two they'll all be producing. Yippee. I'm so excited. Quentin (my nephew) is here this week on vacation - he came running in, "Auntie Aub, look, the chickens laid an egg and I went in and got it!" I had to snap his picture. He was just as excited as I was. Here's some photos...

We're back to having fresh eggs - they really are the very best. Oh, and since there's only 3 of us - and we'll be getting 26 EGGS A DAY - if you save your egg cartons and come by I'll fill them for free!

Have a blessed day!

Aubrey

Catch Up

Well not too much going on...(Do all my posts start off that way?). There's always plenty of stuff going on, I'm almost never home, or have time to loaf, but it's just run of the mill stuff that folks do everyday and no one would have any interest in reading...you know...yep, thought ya did!

Ok, so I ordered my passport renewal - waiting on that - then we can purchase our flight tickets to Canada. Yippee!!! My girlfriend, Krissie, is coming down from Colorado at the end of August and then we're going to go stay at a fancy resort in Phoenix for a scrapbooking event. Yippee!!!

My last photography class in this session is Saturday - how can it be that time already? I need to ask the guy if we can buy a year pass (like at Sea World) where he'll just promise to meet up with us every weekend and teach us new stuff. Think he'll go for it? One can dream...

Addison graduated 8th grade Friday. He started high school summer school and football practices Monday. Man - he only had the weekend for a break - how bad does that stink? He doesn't think so though. He's just so excited to be playing high school football. He's such a cool kid. Gotta love him! Here's a shot I took of him at practice yesterday.

I shot this next picture after they finished one of their drills. Addison and this boy, Sager, walked up to one another and put their arms up and hit them.
As soon as they did, all the other boys standing around came and did it too.

I guess that's it for today. I hope everyone is well.
Blessings,
Aubrey

Photo Prompt

I thought I'd share my photo prompt here today. This is my dear friend, Chief Forest Eagle. Chief walks two-miles every Tuesday morning to come volunteer at the church. He vacuums and cleans. He said the Lord told him to do it as a labor of love. He's so faithful to be here every Tuesday. He'll be 60 years old next month. When I asked if I could take his picture he said he wasn't really tired, but he had worked hard. That's probably the best "tired" I know of. Bless the Chief.

Short Post

I just thought I'd play a little catch up. Not too much has been going on. Addison had his 8th grade graduation dance - the Harbor Cruise. He and his friend Tyler had so much fun! They were all excited - shirts and ties - they both shaved! Here's a couple of quick shots of them.A close up of those clean, close shaves!
How cute are these two? Gotta love them both! They both graduate 8th grade on Friday morning at 8:30 AM. So proud of them!

Photography class this week was all about Depth of Field. We did a couple of trick pictures.

Sorry, it's a bit blurry!

These were fun - I better get out there and practice this week! Just thought I'd say a quick "Hi" to everyone.

Hugs,

Aubrey

New York, Photography Class & Scrapbooking

Hi guys!

It occurred to me today that I haven't updated this blog in forever (well, close to a month anyway). A lot has happened since then. I went to New York May 17 - 19th. It was a lot of fun - more than I thought it would be honestly. It was so neat to go see all the different things. The Statue of Liberty was inspiring, Ground Zero was moving, Times Square was bustling...and the view from the top of the Empire State Building was amazing!

Those cab drivers are SERIOUSLY scary! I just knew we were going to be in an accident every time we got in a cab. We made it home though, no injuries. Thank you every one who prayed for our safe return. We had a terrific trip.

Our friends Eric & Mikkie came down for Memorial Day weekend. This is their 7th annual Memorial Weekend trip. It's exciting because we know they're coming - and it's something to look forward to. They went on an overnight fishing trip, we had Sushi, spent a day at Julian - we had a wonderful visit.

I also started a follow up photography class this past Saturday. It's with the same instructor. I really learn a lot from him. We got out in the field, he's there with us, instructing us - looking at our pictures on the spot and helping us if we need it. It's really a great class. Here's a shot I took Saturday.Now here's the same thing - but I changed the white balance in my camera to add more blue - here's how it turned out.

Cool huh! Who needs Photoshop?! I'm hoping to learn LOTS and LOTS in this class - I'm so excited about homework - who would've thought it?!

Ok...not too much more going on other than that - I've been updating my daily photo blog and I've actually scrapbooked 5 or 6 new LOs. I've posted them to my 2Ps gallery.

Other than that - everyone is well. Sorry for the long post - but now you're all caught up.

Blessings to you,

Aubrey