It's Back! Photo of the Day, Day 1 - "Horse"

I had completely forgotten all about this blog! I am guessing by the date of my last entry, my sons had just started school. That being said, things really picked up and got busy for me at that point. Not to mention, I have since gone back to school and finished my teaching degree and am now in my fifth year of teaching. Teaching in itself keeps me pretty busy, but I am ready to get back to my first love, photography. I want to do it for me, not for anyone else. When I made it my job, it became just that. Now, I have found the photo blog I started and am ready to revive it! 

This has been Spring Break week. The picture I choose for today is one from the excitement my boys have been up to this week. Today ended their horseback riding camp. When I say these boys have had the time of their lives, I'm not kidding. Today, my husband and I stayed to watch. These boys are naturals!! They kept telling us all week, but we didn't believe it until we saw it with our own eyes. For two boys who have never been on a horse, much less near a horse, they owned it! They were out there riding without anyone leading them or walking beside them. They trotted and even got up to a good canter at times. Pretty awesome for beginners. I am beyond proud of and impressed by what these boys can do!! 

I chose the following picture because it stands for what this week was all about. It's God's beautiful outdoors and one of His most magnificent creatures, the horse.

Lucas gave this horse a name, Sugar, because he was sweet like sugar. 

Photo of the Day, Day 61 - "The Cross of Love"

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Today, I decided to take a picture of a cross given to my husband and me as a wedding gift.  I love this cross.  I have it hanging in our room above some wedding pictures.  Imprinted on this cross is 1st Corinthians 13:4-8, the love verses from The Bible.

Photo of the Day, Day 61 - "The Cross of Love"

Photo of the Day, Day 60 - Shadow in the Curtain

Saturday, August 31, 2013

I walked in my sons' room and this is what I saw:

Photo of the Day, Day 60 - "Shadow in the Curtain"

My boys' love to play in the curtains.  I couldn't get a very good one of both their shadows, and Luc was done quicker then I could press the shutter button on the camera.  Owen, however, put on a show for me. :)

Photo of the Day, Day 59 - Circles, The Color Red, and Stop Signs

Friday, August 30, 2013

Who else has a wall like this in their house?  As I've said before, this is my boys' "Art Wall."  Every week it gets filled with new things they've done in Preschool.  This week they learned about circles, the color red, and STOP signs.  They also had their school pictures taken, I believe their teacher did practice pictures with them before having the real school picture done. :)  I love seeing what my boys' bring home day after day.  I get a little sad when they don't bring anything home.  I'm so proud of my sweet boys and the work they're doing in school.

Photo of the Day, Day 59 - "Circles, The Color Red, and Stop Signs"

Photo of the Day, Day 58 - "Ike the Spider"

Thursday, August 29, 2013

No, I do not normally give spiders names.  However, while I was editing this picture, one of my sons was saying something to me that I could not understand.  I was showing him the spider and thought he was saying, "Ike. Ike. Ike."  I asked him if the spider's name was Ike and he said, "Nope. Iank"  I then asked him if he was trying to say "Bike." "Nope. Ank."  It ended up that he was trying to say "Bank."  I don't know why, but he was trying to talk about the bank. Haha  Well, I liked the name Ike and since I don't know what kind of spider this is, it worked for naming the photo.  If anyone knows what kind of spider this is, please tell me. :)  

This time of year, it has come to our attention (in our new house), we end up getting a lot of spider webs outside.  I have seriously never noticed this many spider webs in any place we lived before.  There's always a down side and an up side to spider webs.  

• Down side: if there are spider webs, there are spiders.  If there are spider webs, I will walk through them. 
• Up side: if there are spider webs, they will catch flying insect. :)  I'm not sure which I do not like more: flying insects or spiders (probably flying insects, to tell you the truth).  Now, if there was a flying spider, that would definitely take the cake.

As I looked out our back door, while eating breakfast, I noticed this web with a spider on it stretched across the steps leading down to our deck.  I quickly jumped up and ran to grab my camera and spray bottle of water and I was out the door.  The web was in pretty bad shape, I guess she had a good night of catching insects.  I sprayed some water on it and as I did Ike came to life.  She quickly started taking the web down.  I took a little video, but as I was taking the video she became fairly still, of course.  So, I didn't get any good video of her actually taking it down.  However, I got two GREAT pictures of her.  It was REALLY hard to choose between the two, but I chose this one.  I just love this shot, it really makes me think of spiders in a whole new light.  I've always thought spiders were interesting, but never wanted to get up close to them.  Since having twin boys, all that has changed.  I don't want my boys to be scared of things, but aware of things that could harm them.  This requires me to get a little too close for comfort to point things out to them.  Therefore, I can't jump and scream every time I see a spider or a wasp or bee gets to close.  I have to keep calm.  Now, roaches are a WHOLE different story.  I demand the right to jump and scream if I see one. ;)  

I hope you enjoy this picture because I'm very proud of it.

By the way, I dedicate this picture to my loving husband and lovely sister, who both HATE spiders. ;) Ha.

Photo of the Day, Day 58 - "Ike the Spider"

Photo of the Day, Day 57 - Behind the Lens

Tuesday, August 28, 2013

A thirty-four day hiatus from my Photo of the Day Blogs. Wow! That's over a month! I sure have missed it. So, let's see, July 25th - August 28th was my hiatus, although I'm sure I could go back and find images from most of those days to share. ;) However, I will just pick up with day 57, I believe that's where I would be (I've never had much patience for math). For day 57 I chose to update my profile picture with a picture of me behind the lens. I'm loving this shot! :)

You'd never guess how hard it is to focus on two different places at once.  My left eye had to focus on the reflection of the lens in the mirror and my right eye had to focus through the lens at the shot I was capturing.  Not an easy task.

Photo of the Day - Day 57, "Behind the Lens"

Photo of the Day - Day 22, Arms Full

Wednesday, July 24, 2013:

My husband had his arms full last night when these little guys decided they both wanted daddy to carry them back to get ready for bed.  They sure do miss their daddy when he's at work.  They just about trample him when he gets home at the end of the day.

Photo of the Day - Day 22, Arms Full