Photography Journal #1

I have always liked loved taking pictures for as long as I can remember. It did not matter what I was trying to take a picture of, as long as I was able to get the perfect shot. Now, I realize there really is no *perfect* shot as each frame is unique and each picture has its own story to tell. I have decided to start a photography journal and will post a few pictures each time I update our blog. When you look at the pictures, what story will you hear?

Christmas Crafts

Wow...the Holiday Season is here already and with no time to spare my girls have been busy with Christmas crafts. They have already made over a dozen cinnamon ornaments (which REALLY makes the basement smell good), they have made pine cone ornaments and pine cone Christmas trees. We have salt dough ornaments in the works and will hopefully have them painted by weeks end....HOPEFULLY.

The San Antonio Children's Museum



Another outing we took on our journey from Alaska to Kansas was a stop at the San Antonio Children's Museum in Texas, while we visited  family. I love.love.love this museum! Allison and Madison *really* had a great time and I am pretty sure Sage even found a few things interesting, even though the museum is really geared toward the younger bunch. I tried to get him to shop in the grocery area and push a little basket with the girls but, that was a no go for sure!

 Ever wonder how you measure up?

 Fiiishh

 Gran and Allie at the bank!

 Like father like daughter...

 Ummm, yeah...not sure on this one!!

A little help from Gran!!

Texas Oh Texas

Okay, so a little history here. Since Jerry is in the military and it has been *years* since we have been stationed close to home, when we get the opportunity to visit family we REALLY VISIT family. We always have many places to go and a ton of people to see, not to mention squeezing in lunch or dinner or well...both at Don Pedro's! Anyway, we always spend time at Lake LBJ with Jerry's parents and family and then in Floresville with my parents and family. So with that said there is always a plethora of pictures and way to many to post. The pictures that I have chosen are a few of my favorite that were taken at the lake and in Floresville. I will do a couple of individual posts following this one of a few activities we were able to accomplish during our stay. I hope you enjoy and just as a reminder you can click on individual photos to enlarge them!

                                   Jerry's mom (Terry) coloring with Madison.

Jerry's dad (Jim) blowing bubbles with Madison.

                     

                  The above three pictures were taken at the lake on
                  Father's Day and they are of Joshua, Madison and
                  Jessica. Joshua and Jessica are my nephew and niece
                  whos parents are Jacob(brother) and Shelby(sister in law).
                  Out of the entire day, these are the only pictures I took......hmmm?

          

                           The above four pictures are of my dad (Charlie) and
                           of my other mom (Joyce) and the kids of course...

                          My grandfather with Madie (my favorite photo).

                          My mom (Marty) with Madie and a baby bird.

*A little signature difficulty.....I think it has been fixed*

A Long Time Coming...

Wow!!! This post has been a long time coming. When we left Alaska, the end of May, my intentions were to record our travels on a day by day basis and to post them in the same manner. That was until.... I saw how many pictures we had actually taken. So, I changed the plan a little and decided to post a few pictures of this and that, a few of a couple of special places we stopped along the way and a few of my favorite views! I hope you enjoy all that you see and are able to get into our 13 DAY journey with us!

This picture blew my mind when I first saw it.  Then I realized where we were and that it was actually kilometers and not miles per hour!

This turned out to be one of our luxury stops. We decided to stay in Edmonton over night, went to look for a place to eat and discovered the West Edmonton Mall. Needless to say we added an extra day to our trip and most of it was spent at the mall. West Edmonton Mall is in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is the largest mall in North America and the fifth largest in the world. It has OVER 800 stores and services. A few being several theme parks, a couple of amusement parks and over 100 eateries!!! We spent in the upwards of 8'ish hours there and did not complete a tour of the entire mall! Granted most of our time was spent at Galaxy Land, Water World, touring the Santa Maria and watching the sea lion show! It was a great time and a well deserved break from the RV.

This turned out to be a great stop also. We all enjoyed the museum and being able to see how everything was preserved in time. It was a great history lesson for the kids, and for us as well, to see how things (technology) has changed from the early 1900's to now. Sage and Allison both made a comment about not wanting to go to "that" doctors office! I cannot say I blame them.

Thanks for sharing in our travels from Alaska to Texas!!