Month: July 2011

- Oh Happy Daze

Wow, Technology is amazing

This post is brought to you all the way from my iPhone as I lay snuggled in bed. MAGICAL!

It is truly amazing the brain capacity that God has given us ( and by us I mean other people who work in labs or lairs) so that we can be creative to imagine things and create things.

And it is even more amazing that though we have all of this genius brain power we can’t even begin to fathom the complex almighty-ness that is God.

I love that!

Those are all my thoughts right now as I listen to an awesome thunderstorm outside.
My next post will probably be from my lappy again as it is very difficult to type, especially with auto correct trying to put words into my mouth (like ‘pappy’ instead of ‘lappy’, which is my laptop.. K)

And here your Baxter fix. I’m sorry it’s been a while since my last post. July has been insane!

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- Oh Happy Daze

Happy 4th!

Our 4th of July festivities lasted most of the weekend.

We spent Saturday at a friend’s pool with our family.

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My nephews LOVE the water. Thank goodness.

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The lifeguard in me hates that he is on the stairs, but he did have a lot of fun!

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My sister’s birthday is on Independence day so that’s always added fun.

I know she was happy to be back in Virginia this year

(my sister and brother-in-law just moved down from Massachusetts last month)

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Sunday was spent with church family. Chris and I also headed out to a city park off the North Landing River…with Baxter in tow, of course.

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I propped the camera on a frisbee golf ‘hole’ thing (it’s like a metal bucket with chains hanging off it)

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It took me a while to figure out the ‘timing’ with the camera timer…I got a lot of shots of my rear as I sprinted back to the bench.

It takes a lot of skill, really, to get back into the shot and look all ‘natural’.

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On Monday, our beach + fireworks adventure got rained out

(which you already knew if you live anywhere in eastern Virginia/North Carolina…that storm was a doozie).

Plus I forgot my camera – wop wop. There were too many other things to remember as we were heading out the door….but I was disappointed because beach trips always make for good photography.