Out of Neutral & Into Gear!

I have not blogged in so long! Time to find the inspiration, the motivation and anything else that ends in 'ation' to get my hinnie in gear to write more and post more pictures.

I'll get working on that! All thanks to my friend Violet!

Holiday Photo Sensations

After a slight debacle and a great deal of frustration later... we ended up with nothing less than stellar, in my humble opinion, pictures for our cards. A mommy friend and fellow military spouse, Violet, a very talented up and coming photographer took some wonderful shots of the five of us, one not so sunny or warm December Saturday morning here in San Diego. Our setting was Presidio Park, in all its diamond in the rough greatness. Below you will find some of her wonderful work, that didn't make the cut for our cards or you can check out her other works, including her two beautiful daughters. Thank you again Violet! capturedbyviolet.blogspot.com

Yeah Teachers! Yeah Books!

It's back to school time! Everyone up! Robert continued his tradition of making a big breakfast for the first day of school. No one was super excited that I was taking pictures, but 'hey- it's tradition'! Then with butterflies and pancake filled stomachs off we went. Jazmin in her second year of middle school. She may only be a 7th grader, but she's taking 8th grade classes and is as tall as some 8th graders. Audrey in her last year at elementary school. A big 5th grader! We still have a few years before PJ starts school.

Quail Botanical Gardens

The Quail Botanical Gardens opened a Childrens Garden recently, so when the opportunity came to explore the gardens for free, thru out housing community, we jumped on it. The girls did arts and crafts thru out the gardens, climbed on the new playground, stood in the middle of a sundial, and participated in their first drum circle. Lastly came the Bamboo Forest, I knew bamboo got giant but some of their bamboo is GIANT!

Look Ma...!

...I know how to use fancy settings on my camera! Ok- well only a little tiny bit, but I rather enjoyed playing with this particular setting. I am not sure, that I could do it again, or even tell you now, what setting this is. It was a fun day none the less experimenting. Magically I got the camera back to [auto]!

I really love this photo.

I Swimmin!

Hot summer days call for cool afternoons by the pool. Today it was just PJ and I at the Officers pool. We had a picnic lunch and well, PJ played with her towels, and mine for that matter. She does love towels.

Big Winds!

Spending sometime out on the open waters of the San Diego Bay. Robert keeps saying we are going to take a weekend trip to Catalina, I'll believe it when we are well on our way.

This is how I entertain PJ during the sailing trip. She loves it!

Watchout! Audrey does not have a license- Thank Goodness!