30 Day Photography Challenge

I am really looking forward to this photography challenge.  Thanks Wendy.


Day 1 is A photo of yourself.  Not a good way to start, me thinks. As the resident photographer in our house there are not many photos of me.  After church today I got Kyle to take a few.

Sickness

Oh dear, we have lots of sick people at home right now.  I took Jesse to the doctor this week because he wasn't doing very well.  Antibiotics were prescribed and I have to nebulise him before he goes to bed.  He is doing much better now.

My Handsome Brother

Since getting my new camera I have been snapping away and have over 3000 clicks in one month.  The thing is....I am getting tired of using  the same people to take photos of, ie. my poor children.

So on Sunday I grabbed the opportunity to take some photos of my visiting family.

I just love my brother.  He is fourteen years younger than me and has been subjected to a fair amount of mothering by me.  I admire his ability to stay neutral in a situation and his physical capabilities.  He is super fit. And he has beautiful eyes.

Some more holiday pictures

Back from our holiday

We have had a wonderful 9 days at the South Coast.  Glad to be home although it is a little too cold for my liking.  While we were on holiday we had tshirts and shorts on everyday.

The day we arrived.

Everyone is excited.

Swimming in the pool.

Day Two:  Visiting Ushaka Marine World.

 Jesse adored the dolphins

Just a few pictures.  I will post more as I get the time.

Cooler weather on the way

We are heading for cold weather me thinks. In the meantime we are having fun in the garden.

Pinterest

Have any of you heard about Pinterest?  I have had such fun this past month searching.   You have your own personal space to post anything and everything you love.  Instead of using bookmarks to try and remember things of interest you can pin that webpage to a board.  You can choose your own catergories.  You request an invite and it takes a week or two to get an invitation.  Or if you are interested you can ask someone to invite you that is already using Pinterest.  (You can ask me anytime)

These are just two of the boards I have.  So any idea or tutorial I find to make or sew things for boys, I can pin directly onto my "Makes for boys" pinboard.

You can follow me at http://pinterest.com/ruby_jayne2006/

Orin's birthday

Our Anniversary

I was sick on our anniversary (and a week beyond that) so we stayed in for the evening.  Logan organised with Christl to have to children. It was Jesse's first overnighter so we got to sleep for 8 solid hours - a gift in itself.  We ordered food from the Gold Nugget and hired a movie.  The food really tasted good even though you wouldn't think so looking at Logan's face :)

Lots of News

I haven't blogged for nearly two weeks and I am missing it.  I have so much news to tell and all of it makes me feel so very grateful.

The sale of our other house finally came through and I was spoilt by Logan for our anniversary last week.  One of my biggest dreams has been to get a DSLR camera and Logan bought me a Nikon D3100 with three lenses.  I have always known that a camera doesn't make a photographer and I realise that I have a lot to learn in this department.

My laptop has been dying a slow death and this week it gave up.  Luckily Logan also organised a new laptop for me - all the way from America.  It is beautiful.

We have had anniversary celebrations, Orin's 4th birthday, planning our first proper holiday in 4 years, Aidan changing schools.  I will try touch on all of these things in later posts.

Here are a few of my photos with the new camera.  I took 671 photos in the first 5 days, practicing to shoot in Manual.  Don't worry I won't post 671 here :)