Hunting

I decided to go. Right in the middle of the day, when it's nice and HOT. We stopped by Wal Mart first and Karly got her first camo shirt. We didn't shoot anything. Didn't even see any dove. We left to go to another location and I remembered I had to get everything ready for the game on Saturday. So Jarrett dropped me and the girls off and we did what we had to do. Jarrett and the boys did end up finding a great spot and got some more dove for our collection. yuck. On to the pics.....

This is what I was sitting by. Comfy.

Karly loved her new shirt. Yes, she's wearing 2 shirts in 100 degree weather.
She was so mad that Jarrett cut the sleeves off.
In black and white, she almost blends in.
Waiting to see some dove.

Waiting to get outta there!

Karly is putting on lip gloss. HAHA!!!

decoys. HA! I think the real birds saw the bar codes.

Really?

Jarrett just called. He wants us ALL to go dove hunting today. Great. I have zero desire to do that. I think he wants me to take pictures. ::sigh:: Do I go? Do I just stay home and clean as planned? Cleaning sounds more fun. Geez. He'll be calling back in a little bit for my answer. :/

Connor loves Karly

He's such a loving big brother. I don't know what I'd do without his help. Ok, yeah I do. But really, it's nice to have his help. He loves Karly so much. And he's her 'boy'. Sweet!

Water bottles, shutter speed & poison ivy

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. We had a nice break from the heat. It was probably about 75 outside. LOVED IT!

My poor kids have a bad case of poison ivy/oak/sumac I dunno, but it's bad. And they've given it to me. Any tips on how to get rid of it at home? I've used all sorts of lotions and sprays, Aveno oatmeal baths, and nothing is working. HELP!

Now to the pictures, I thought since we have our firts game Saturday I better get to practicing action shots with no blurring. I set my shutter speed really fast and it worked. I'm so excited! Don't mind Karly's clothes. Those were Kyndal's from when she took ballet. It's a few sizes too big for Karly. The kids were jumping over the empty water bottles.

She missed. Completely.

Shutter speed, not quite fast enough.
Better, but I cut off his foot. I was only using a 50mm, so I didn't have any zoom. They were just too close to me.

Looks frozen there huh? YAY!!

This one is just weird. How'd she know (in the middle of a flip) to look right at the camera? Practice.
And this is what happens when you bump up the ISO instead of the shutter speed. OOPS! See the noise/grain? (little dots all over it)
I'm so glad I found this NOISEWARE .

The spots are gone. And it's FREE.

Halloween

This is what Connor wants to be for Halloween.


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