Scavenger Hunt Sunday 08.26.12

Time for another Scavenger Hunt!  This is the last one before school starts for my kiddos on Wednesday.  {insert happy dance}  I have to admit that I am not one of those moms who cries when the kids go back to school.  :)  Especially after these last few weeks ... I'd say they are ready to go back too as much fighting as they have done.  Yikes!

We did squeeze in lots of fun these past couple weeks though.  In between all the fighting.  :)  Since July wasn't all that fun (with Alex and I stuck in Children's Hospital), we're trying to make up for it in August.  Today's hunt gives you a little glimpse into our week of fun stuff.

{school}

We had a family trip to Presque Isle, Erie, on Saturday so the kids could play on the beach/in the lake.  I asked Doug if he could take a picture of me to show that I was there too.  :)  (Keira was too busy playing in the lake with the boys to take pictures).  You can see the kids out playing in the water.  They had a blast.

{rule of thirds}

A frog at the Erie Zoo.  Another place we stopped on Saturday.

{side profile}

The kids and I went to the Pittsburgh Zoo on Monday (getting our money's worth of that membership).  We did the zoo backwards and went through the Water's Edge first.  As reward for our switching things up, we got to see the polar bear in the water again.  And we had the tunnel all to ourselves since everyone else was doing the zoo the "right" way and hadn't gotten this far yet.  :)

{small}

Hiccup looked pretty small next to Toothless during the How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular show we went to on Friday.  It. was. awesome.  The kids had no idea we were going until we got there.  I love surprising them!  (Please ignore all the noise - my ISO was set at 12,800!)

{motion}

Nick was enjoying the waterfall outside the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.  Another place we visited on Friday while in Pittsburgh.  We got free passes while Alex was in the hospital so we decided to use them while we were already in Pittsburgh.

So that's it for me this week.  Be sure to stop over at Ashley's to see more great Scavenger Hunt photos and to find out what to search for this week!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 9.11.11

Time, once again, for another Scavenger Hunt Sunday.  This week's items are Bokeh, Process of Elimination, Remember, Statues, and Flying High.  I have to admit that all of my photos are from the archives.  We've had so much rain this past week (it is raining again as I type this) and I have had no inspiration whatsoever to go out and take photos.  But I think I found some photos that fit this week's categories.  Let's see if you agree ...

{bokeh}

Alex on his first day of Kindergarten.  When I finally got a decent smile out of him (by telling him not to smile - it works every time), I also got some pretty bokeh from the trees in the background.

{process of elimination}

Okay, so this one might be a stretch but in order to get a decent photo of the alligator (or is it a crocodile?), I had to put my lens almost inside the fence in order to eliminate the fence from appearing in the photo.  

{remember}

This is how small our sweet golden retriever, Honey, was when we first brought her home back in January 2009.  A mere 13 pounds of squishy, huggable puppyness.  Seeing this really makes me want another puppy.  She's needs a playmate, right?  :)

{statues}

From the last time my husband and I got away for a weekend, a statue in the Erie Zoo. 

{flying high}

Keira on the 1,001 Nights ride at the Farm Show.  We watched from safety on the ground.  I'm getting too old for rides like this.  :)

Next week's items are:

1. Street Photography
2. From a Distance (Paper Heart Camera prompt)
3. Sunday (Danielle's suggestion)
4. Liquid (Danielle's suggestion)
5. Behind (Shay's suggestion)    

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I Clicked it Up a Notch - May's Best Photo/LEM Vibrant Colors

Courtney over at click it up a notch is hosting a photography contest where we are to pick our best photo taken in May.  Wow!  That is harder than you might think!  Not that I'm bragging about all the fabulous photos I have taken :) ... not at all.  But picking just one photo?  Yikes!  So I narrowed it down to five, then chose one of them.  Here's my pick ...

A lovely parrot from the Erie Zoo.  This was actually taken on May 1, go figure.  But I absolutely love everything about it.  And I can't wait to go back to Erie Zoo so I can spend more time in the bird cage!  :)

What's your favorite photo from May?  I can't wait to see!

  Also linking up with Live Every Moment's vibrant colors challenge.  This is pretty vibrant, wouldn't you say? :)   
EDIT May 31:  I just saw that my parrot photo got picked in the Top 3!  Woo hoo!  I am truly surprised as there were so many wonderful photos!  You can head over to Live Every Moment and vote for your favorite.

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 5.8.11

After missing last week due to my lovely kid-free weekend away with my husband, it is time for another Scavenger Hunt.



{sooc}

One of the many rainbow photos I took at Niagara Falls State Park last weekend.


{sprouting}

We picked up some vegetable plants at our neighbor's greenhouse on Friday.  I think these are peppers.


{isn't it ironic?}

Isn't it ironic that while in our church's nursery this morning, I can allow the floor to look like this while other people's kids are playing, but if this were my floor, it would drive me crazy.  (Actually it was sort of driving me crazy, but I knew it would only be for a short time.)  :)


{lazy}

A Sand Cat at the Erie Zoo.  It wasn't very happy about someone tapping on the glass and waking it up.  (It wasn't me!)  :)


{smells like spring}

We can't actually smell them yet, but we will be able to soon.  The lilac bushes that are all around our neighbor's property.


If you'd like to play along next week, the items are:

1. Give Me Flowers
2. Visual Contrast (Exploring with a Camera theme - check out post here)
3. Friendship (Quotography prompt)
4. Before and After (Dina's suggestion)
5. Dark (Dina's suggestion)

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!  I hope you are having a fabulous day!

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