grateful

camping

A couple of weekends ago we did something we hadn't done since we were first married. We went camping. (tenting at that!)

I think there were 9 families (friends, cousins, and some of John's family) that went up to White Lake in the Whiteshell area.

It took us 4 hours to get there! Apparently we took the long way around?? On the way, I realized we'd forgotten all of Jonas' stuff..clothes, pull ups, swimmers. It was sitting in his room at home. So we had along what he was wearing and a pair of swimming trunks that I had put into our bag. We ended up finding pull ups at a store in Falcon Lake, and other than that he borrowed a couple of things from his (older) cousins.

The weather was HOT! Not so great for sleeping in a tent, but perfect for the beach!!

Jonas did a lot of playing in the sand. He preferred that over the water.

These ducks came right to shore!

Here's some of our people..the little guys in the little boat, and the big guys in the big boat behind them.

Just a kilometer or two away was this little place called Rainbow Falls. Everything was stone....there was no sand or dirt on the shore...all stone.

At the campsite...

Our friends John & Susanne.

Jonas learning to play Chess.

And we did a lot of this!!

My favorite part probably..volleyball on the beach.

So I think we're good for another 5 years or so now! Ha!

It was good...being with friends and stuff...but home was SO comfortable afterwards!! I don't think we're really that great at roughing it. ;)

We are off for the weekend again! John and his band are playing at the Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival, and I'm joining them! (on the trip..not on stage!) We fly out tomorrow morning.

Have a great long weekend!!

Dan & Melissa

 This past Monday I did an engagement shoot for this very fun, cool couple!

They will be getting married in October, and I'll be shooting their wedding, along with my very talented friend Marcy, who helped me out with their engagement shoot as well. Thank-you Marcy!!! (these photos were also taken on her yard...I think I need to convince her to move some of her old buildings onto my yard! hehe) 

So, here's a mix of our faves from the shoot...

Love the light on the next few...

Marcy brought out this love sign..I'm so glad she did!

    

 

 

 

Dan & Melissa, you guys were great!! (I hope the mosquitoes were worth it for you!) Really looking forward to your big day!! :)

Well, have a great weekend everyone!

P.S. Regular blog readers, in case you've forgotten how my family looks and wondering what we're up to, I'll be blogging about us again next week. I've just had lots of other photos to get through this week.

P.P.S. If you care to, check out Karen Russell's blog post from today. There's some pictures of a little book one of my classmates from Karen's online photography class put together for her as a thank-you, and one of the pics Karen posted on her blog is of a photo I took...look for Jonas with his wagon. (I hope that made sense!)

Landon

 Another baby!

This is my friend Anna and her 2 month old Landon. I took these yesterday and wanted to post some for Anna before we leave for the weekend.

We started off in their bedroom. (they have a gorgeous house!!)

 

Then on to the living room. The "S" is for their last name in case you're wondering. :)

He's wrapped in a blanket Anna sewed.

A peek into Landon's room, which looks like it's from the pages of a magazine!

And a couple in this little basket from their living room.

Is he adorable or what?!?

Jonas saw these and said, "baby Wandon...he can't pway yet?" He loves Landon but we've told him Landon is too small to play with him right now. :)

Well, we leave for camping in a few hours. Our first time with Jonas..we'll be tenting it. Should be fun. :)

Have a great weekend!!

sneak peak

I spent some time with my friend Melissa a few days ago.

I got to take some photos of her new little Logan! 

First on the black.

Then the couch which was a little cold for him. :)

And some loving from mommy and big brother Joshua.

    

Hope you like them, Melissa! :)

festival highlights

We spent a good part of our weekend at the Harvest Festival. Despite Jonas feeling a little under the weather, it was still good.

Friday we just checked it out and promised Jonas he could go on rides the next day.

And we bought him one of these light ring thingees.  

The parade on Saturday.

A little funny..Ronald McDonald tried to high five Jonas...Jonas called him the French Fry Man. :)

Putting money in the fireman's boot.

(I didn't come prepared so our contribution was exactly 3 pennies. LOL. )

Collecting candy..for which I'd forgotten to take a bag. So we stored it in the cup holders of his lawn chair.

Then we did some rides early Saturday afternoon and later in the evening.

Jonas loved the rides with the exception of the swings.

He said the ladybugs were his favourite and he said one of them was named "Spots."

( He is enjoying it..really!!)

The ferris wheel..the only ride I tried. (and that was because Jonas wanted to.)

And Sunday BD performed twice. :)

          

We didn't stay for fireworks because Jonas was just ready to go home. He threw up shortly after we got home, but then we watched the fireworks through our patio door.

So that was that.

John is back at work this week so it's back to regular life around here now. :)

Our mini holiday

Well, first of all, our gathering here last weekend was wonderful! The weather cleared up just before everyone arrived, so we were able to spend the whole time outside. We hardly noticed Jonas..he played and played. The adults played volleyball and bocce ball. We barbequed and visited. I took a total of 3 photos with my camera...I know, shocking! Kind of nice to just enjoy the day along with everyone else once in a while.

On to the next couple of days.

We went to Grand Forks for 2 nights. Here's a couple of pics. (funny how most of them involve food! hee hee.)

The Cold Stone. SO good. The absolute creamiest ice cream ever!!! I've been craving it ever since.

 

It was John and Jonas' first time there.

I chose chocolate cake batter and I forget what the other flavor was.

We stayed at the Canad Inns. It was good again...Jonas loved the waterpark of course. (I told myself I would take my camera to the pool ONE time..and when I did, my battery died almost right away! lol)

Watching Bob the Builder in our room.

Smiley faces for breakfast. :)

And, some of my favorite purchases.

Hand soap from Bath and Body.

And a "couple" pairs of shoes. ;)

(Believe it or not, there were more pairs that I loved but didn't buy!)

        

We also ate at Texas Roadhouse for the first time. We'd heard good things about it and it was delicious! Kind of like Montanna's, but I liked the food a little better. Fresh baked bread first thing when you sit down...mmmm.

We're still in holiday mode here for the most part.

Looking forward to Harvest Festival this weekend! (BTW, if you're a BD fan, they'll be performing at the festival on Sunday!) 

Jonas is excited

because his cousins are coming tomorrow!

We are having John's family down and he can't wait.

One more sleep (plus a nap) and they'll be here. :)

After that, we're on holidays!! John is taking the week off..we are sooo looking forward to that. We're planning on going away for a couple of nights, and other than that just hanging out at home.

Have a great long weekend!!