Fun with OCF!

I'm loving the effect of off-camera flash. I have tons to learn though...it's harder than it seems. I had some REALLY bad shot happen, but I also got some pretty cool ones. Here are some of my favs.






























Watching these two try to jump up and smack hands at the same time was hilarious. Never did get it down!

Camping at Vega

We went camping for the first time in our trailer. We really did have a great time. Late nights, early mornings, walks, marshmallows, eating junk, fishing...fun times.








BayLea wrote about the first day.



And of course, I had to take pictures...








We toasted marshmallows...




The next day, Mimi and Pa and the dogs came up. They brought yummy steak!





Mimi read on the dock.

And my book got wet and I went to shake off the excess water and the cover fell off and fell in the lake.

(it's a great book, by the way!)








Here we had some bodily noises made at this exact moment that got the kids laughing for the picture. Nothing like using a 4 year olds humor to get a picture!

Every morning we walked around the lake to Vega Lodge to get me some coffee (we weren't camping at a place with electricity). While there we visited with the owner a bit, and eventually he took us up to see his horses. That made BayLea's day...






Our reservations at Oak Point were only for Wednesday and Thursday night. On Friday, we decided to stay another night and thought we'd try Pioneer Campground where they had hookups. They were full, so we headed over to Aspen Grove for the last night. It was a nice place too, but our spot wasn't close to the lake, but more tucked into the trees.






This kid is all boy. We'd wipe him off and 10 minutes later he was covered in dirt again.


We played Spoons that evening, and Bay perfected her spoon balancing technique.

Before we left on Saturday, we took a walk up a trail through the Aspen trees. It was a beautiful walk...











We had a great time. Our next camping adventure will be to Paonia Reservoir, and then from there to Mancos! Yay!

Josh and Girls video

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Off Camera Flash practice

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Mom's Wicked Good Baked Beans

BayLea calls these Sugar Beans.

2 lbs pork and beans
3/4 C brown sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 C ketchup
6 slices bacon, cut in pieces

Stir together ingredient and top with sliced, uncooked bacon. Bake at 350 for at least one hour.

Seriously yummy!

I Have a Vision for this shot...

I have a vision of how I want these pictures to look. I'm not there yet. Stay tuned for more of this same type of shot!











My favorite...


And these are some that Breccan shot. He was adamant (sp?) that he get in for "his shot". It was hilarious. At one point he even tried to meter his hand like I do when I am making a shot!



And here he decided since I'd kicked him out of the front that he would take one from the side. I am actually glad he did! (IGNORE all the CRAP in the background, please. A housekeeper I AM NOT!)

He also wanted one of us, with me wearing "that scarf" and BayLea wearing "this scarf". And then he set his timer and joined the picture. I think we have a photographer in the making!