Love

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business.
What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.

Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
Showing posts with label fireworks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fireworks. Show all posts

Monday, July 4, 2011

Fourth of July Fireworks

Some Japanese lanters were released before the sun was completely gone, but none of those shots turned out.  Boo hiss.  The fireworks started once it was completely dark.


 Love the big star fireworks!



I tried experimenting and holding my shutter open longer to see if the fireworks would illuminate the barn and people sitting in the field in front of me.  The people are a bit blurry because I didn't hold the camera completely still.

 This one looks like it was taken closer to sunset, but this was taken after 10pm and my shutter was open for 10 seconds.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Fireworks from Northern Minnesota!

Before the fireworks started, the kids had fun running around with sparklers.
Chloe wore her headphones to block out the noise from the fireworks like in years past, but this year she wasn't scared.  Owen screamed and laughed with every boom.  The fireworks started close to 10pm and lasted for about thirty minutes.  The fireworks were wonderful and we heard Owen saying several times "This is the best 4th of July and fireworks ever!"

We made smores after the fireworks were over.  It was a late night for the kids.  Owen was able to handle staying up so late, but Chloe had problems with listening and being overly grumpy.  It's hard being up three hours past bedtime for the Bean!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Lazy Afternoon

Snack time after a nap involved a sandwich and milk.

And fruit snacks that Grandma picked up.  Chloe liked how they all stuck together.

She had to keep showing me.

After snack time, we went outside to play.  She nabbed Owen's shark socks to wear with her cute top and soccer shorts. 

Then it was time to play in my rollerblades.

She liked being in the grass on her back more than skating around this afternoon.

Our boy, ever dedicated to his sport, was kicking around his soccer ball.  We had fun kicking it back and forth!

There might have been some attempted bike riding (attempted because the training wheels were removed, but there is still balance to be acquired) before breaking out the sparklers.

Owen got all tricky with his sparklers with fancy arm moves and Kung Fu shouts.

Once the sparklers were used up, Chloe was back to playing in the dirt.  Scooping up piles of sand and dirt and then watching it fall into a pile as she turned her hand.  This can fascinate my girl for lengthy periods of time.  Better than any high dollar toy any day!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Trip to Stone Mountain

The kids got their faces painted at the Yellow Daisy Festival going on at Stone Mountain.

Owen was transformed into one happy cat.

And Chloe opted for the very feminine skull with fire coming out of the top.

This was a chalk drawing pumping a new Buick as we walked up to the Festival. Pretty cool seeing such a big chalk drawing in person.

Our friends Daniel and Christal met us at the Festival and stayed for fireworks with us. First time we have seen them in probably close to a year. Daniel and I had fun taking pics of each other and of the fireworks. Christal is pregnant and due to have a baby boy on November 8th. She looked great! :)

Fireworks in front of the mountain

A tribute to 9/11

I love that my camera can take pics at night that will leave the shutter open long enough to catch fireworks like this!

The three Civil War heroes of the South. General Robert E. Lee is front and center.


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