Fall (and rain!) has arrived! Ok, not officially, but it looks like it's on its way!

This bell was put up as a memorial in front of the school where my great-grandfather was principal. Recently the school was remodeled and expanded. They kept the plaque but didn't have a place for the bell. They contacted my dad and today it got a new home in my parent's flower bed.

I just couldn't choose so you get three today! The first two I took at the park while Kya was in dance class. I had so much fun and thought I was done shooting for the day but then on the way home I couldn't stop seeing photo ops! The sun is setting earier and we just happen to be driving home during the magic hour. And today it was even more magical because a storm was coming in; the clouds and lighting were so perfect that I pulled over several times to take pics. Good thing Kya's a good sport about these things. :-)

Played around more with letters today...Z is a hard letter to find and shoot! hopefully I can put them one on top of each other and it will work, I didn't have the time to make them into one side-by-side shot. It's my last name for those that don't already know it!

This evening I downloaded a free trial of an add-on to my Capture NX2 photo editor. I wanted to see what other things were available with editing, Hope & I had been talking about this today. I'm still playing with it, there are lots of fun options, but still not the shiny option I was looking for (I don't think) Here is a shot I took today on the way home and I played around with it a bit but I couldn't tell you what I did, I was trying so many different things! LOL

I had lots of fun with my camera this afternoon! I couldn't decide so you get two shots today. This first is one of my favorite attempts at the alphabet photography Karen posted about yesterday.



And this one is a different perspective of my two favorite subjects. :)

Kitties GROW...

Remember this picture?
Well, the seven kittens have grown, here is the same kitty this morning:
I couldn't help but get a ton of shots and they even climbed a tree, which made for even more interesting shots! Smart kitties! (btw, they all need homes, my client probably will not keep all 7 of them, they are used to being outdoors. I'll be sad if she separates them and gets rid of them, they are a sight to behold all together! Too cute!)

Letters

So this wonderful idea was introduced to me in Hope's Disney Pre-trip report about taking pictures of things that are in the shape of letters to make a word, so I thought I would mess around briefly tonight and see what I came up with. Granted, I was just in my back yard, not Walt Disney World, so I struggled a bit to see letters in the things all around me. I'm not sure if this will be harder or easier in WDW, but I would love to take a bunch of shots that make the word "CHERISH", "VACATION", "FREEDOM", or "DISNEY" when we finally make it back there next fall...

Karen is the coolest mom evah! She had a FABULOUS party for the girls tonight for the premiere of Camp Rock 2. The girls had a blast and we had lots of photo ops. (Though I missed a few of those taking Jace to his sleepover!)

Camp Rock 2!

Tonight we had a Camp Rock2 movie premier party. It was (is...still a few girls here!) fun and the girls seemed to enjoy themselves! I have two pictures. One b/c it's hilarious and I loved all the shots I got when the girls let me take a *Rockin'* picture of them.

The second is the prettiest shot I got tonight when the girls were making collages.

I had a couple good shots I went back and forth on choosing for today! In the end, I picked this one b/c I loved the lines and artistic look.

Not posting tonight, I hurt my knee today and I thought I might pick up the camera and just take a quick shot of something, but the battery is dead...no motivation to charge it tonight. I'll post two tomorrow or something! LOL

I admit it, I did drag Karen down the Disney road... but to be fair she drug me there first! I spent the day finalizing some plans for our upcoming trip- Karen helped in person yesterday and through email today. I don't know how I would have planned this trip without her! <3