Monday, May 24, 2010

A fun girls' day!

Recently, Nina and Hailey joined Keeley and me on an outing to Grapevine Main Street Outdoor Adventure, which is a street fair. Admission is free on Friday before 5pm!

The first thing we did was watch a neat trampoline act!
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Then, we strolled down the street, and spotted this guy!
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When we found the kids' area, Hailey first wanted a Sno-Cone, but Keeley wanted to go straight to the carousel!
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She loooooooooooooooooooved it!! Grandma, you need to carousel with Keeley!! :)

Then, Keeley requested a Sno-Cone, though she didn't really eat much of it. Truthfully, it was the worst one I've ever had - totally tasteless! :( But still nice and cold, and the air was sure heating up by now!
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While we finished our cold treats, the girls goofed off in the shade. :D
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Hailey took a quick second to pose sweetly for me!! <3
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Next, we discovered the petting zoo! Awesome!!
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Keeley LOVES chickens, and she was chasing this one around for quite a while!
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She finally found a sedentary one to pet!
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After that, we spent a long while in the kids' area, where there were stages and puppet shows, as well as a sand box, tricycles, tables with activities, and lots of shade. It was a really nice little section of the fair!
Here are the girls, watching a show on fire safety.
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A little later, there was a cute puppet show, and all the kids got to play some fun games. First up was the limbo!! :)
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Then there was a relay race where the kids had to pick up a ball with a toy and hop to the end!
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Handing off...
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Hailey bouncing!!
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Then they did a freeze dance.
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At the end, every kid got a medal!
Here is Keeley, waiting for hers.
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After that, we took a break for lunch and ice cream, and then headed to the face-painting tent. The girls loved this!
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We asked the girls to pose together on the porch of a little wooden building. They were so cute!!!!
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There was music nearby, and Hailey initiated some more dancing!
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My beauty! <3
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Sweet, gorgeous girls!!
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

A few playing-with-the-new-lens shots!

Well, just two shots, but one done three ways. ;)

Indoor, with light from the front-door-window.
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Black and white.
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A sort of yellowey black and white.
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Which do you prefer??

And...... some silliness!!
Indoor, available light, next to a window. Octopus on head was all Keeley's doing! :D
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

More baseball. And some gorgeousness!!

I have a new lens friend. :)
I got to play right away at one of Luken's games. Me likey. You likey??

Warming up.
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Got his attention because we were yelling for him to hustle! But it made for a nice pic! :D
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Playing 3rd base.
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Incoming!!!
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On the bounce...
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Friendly competition. :)
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Up to bat!
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Off the tee this round.
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Back on defense!! (Remember, I am shooting through the fence on most of these, so don't be appalled by the haziness. The fence that protects me also impedes my view. Sigh.
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Ooh, heavy hitter!!
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Running after that ball!
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More friendly competition. These boys have some learning to do, still. :P But I admire their gusto!!
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Luken comes up victorious!! Can you see the pride? :D
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I loooooooove this one! Right as he released the ball!
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Well, this must have been the 7th inning stretch, or something. Here's our entertainment!!
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Isn't she beautiful??????????!!!!!!!!!

Daddy as base coach. <3
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A hit off a coach pitch!!! Woohoo!!!
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My other faaaaaaaaavorite photo from this game. The tongue! I can't get over that silly stuck-out tongue, and here it is in perfect profile! You may even see it curled up a bit! <3 :D
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Game over!! Heading over to high-five the other team!
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So, whatdya think?