Scavenger Hunt Sunday 07.27.14

Hello!  It's time for another Scavenger Hunt Sunday!  We had a beautiful week here.  Lots of sunshine and comfortable temps.  And finished the week out with a thunderstorm or two Saturday night.  Just about perfect.

I didn't play along with the hunt last week, but I managed to get all the prompts this week.  Kind of.  Almost.  Well, you'll see.  :)

{eyes}

Nick can't open his eyes under water without his goggles, which he forgot to take.  I love this picture anyway.  :)  (Taken with a Fuji FinePix XP60 waterproof camera - because someone will probably ask).  :)

{upside down}

When a Monarch caterpillar is getting ready to form its chrysalis, it hangs upside down in a J form for about a day.  We currently have 19 in chrysalis as I type this.  We also have 22 caterpillars and 2 eggs.  I love raising Monarchs!

{from behind}

I crept up behind this butterfly in order to get this shot.  And this is the only one he let me get before flying off.

{sunshine}

Alex and I took our dog, Honey, for a walk on the bike trail.  When I saw the way the sunshine was hitting on this particular spot, I asked him if he would cooperate for a few photos.  As you can see, he did.  :)

{cup}

Cup, frog, whatever.  :)

That's it from me.  Be sure to visit Ashley for more great Scavenger Hunt finds!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 07.06.14

Hello!  I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day!  We got to see fireworks right from our backyard on July 4th, which was good because I didn't feel like going to see the local fireworks and fighting traffic.  :)  Then last night a family in our neighborhood - who hosts a fireworks display every year - hosted their display.  A friend invited us to their house which gave us front row seats.  It was pretty cool!  And we didn't have to fight traffic.  :)  (Knowing that we were going to see fireworks on Saturday night also contributed to my decision to stay home on Friday).  Our poor dog was so scared though.  Both Friday night and Saturday night.  She even followed me into the bathroom once on Friday night - that's how scared she was.  She didn't want to let me out of her sight.

Anyway, here are this week's Scavenger Hunt finds ...

{red}

One of the prompts for the Photo a Day challenge I am participating in was "red + white" so Keira helped me out with it.  She doesn't usually wear red lipstick.  And she's not really this pale.  I lightened her face up a bit in PSE.  I did not, however, do anything to her eyes but sharpen them a bit.  I may be a bit biased, but I think she's gorgeous.  :)

{white}

Okay, so it isn't pure white, but it is whitish.  I was so excited to find a Monarch egg the other day during a walk!  We try to raise Monarch butterflies every summer so I'm hoping this is the first of many butterflies to be joining us this year!

{blue}

I took the boys swimming at a friend's house again this week and took along Doug's little underwater camera.  Lauryn, my friend's daughter, was excited to pose for me under the blue water.  :)

{play}

My kids love to play with glow sticks.  We found these multi-colored ones at the dollar store.  Keira and Alex were sitting by our camp fire during the neighbor's fireworks on Friday night and were waving them around - making their own fireworks.

{sparkle}

We bought a HUGE package of sparklers at Sam's Club this week, so I expect we'll be doing a lot of this with them this summer.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go visit Ashley, the host of SHS, and say hello!

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Our 26th Week ~ 2014

Twenty sixth week?!  That means we are half way through the year!  Yikes!  Time to look over that list of goals and see if I have met any or if I need to recommit.  :)  Anyone with me?

Last week was a tough one.  I think the week after vacation is normally that way, right?  Trying to get caught up on sleep while getting back to some sort of normalcy.  But there isn't much "normal" about life these days.  Boring sometimes, maybe.  But not normal.  :)

We did some exploring, hiking, swimming, and biking last week.  Doug and I had an impromptu date on Saturday afternoon.  After a morning bike ride, we went out to lunch (and took in all those calories we just burned off - and probably then some) and did a little shopping.  It was a much-needed fun break.

Continuing with Fat Mum Slim's Photo a Day challenge for June, here are last week's photos ...

{June 22: Growing}

These lilies are growing on our hillside like they do every summer.

{June 23: In this moment}

Watching Alex reaching his toes toward the sky with not a care in the world.  Except to swing higher than his brother.  :)  That's what I was doing in this moment.

{June 24: What June looks like}

We didn't spend a lot of time in the pool this month, but we are planning for more pool time this summer.  The kids loved swimming in the pool at the condo where we stayed in Virginia, which is where I took this picture of Nick thanks to my husband's handy little waterproof camera.

{June 25: Sun flare}

I originally shared this photo of Keira on the beach since on June 25 it was quite rainy and I didn't think there was any chance of seeing the sun in order to take a new picture.  (Wow, that was a really long sentence!)  :)  However, just before sunset, the sun decided to show itself and I hurried out to capture some sun flare photos.  This is what I came back with ...

{June 26: Dreaming}

A cute little fox at the Virginia Zoo.

{June 27: Loving}

There is none more loving than our Heavenly Father.

{June 28: Bed}

Inspired by a photo I saw on Flickr, Keira helped me with this "bed of roses" photo.

Linking with Tamar.


Before you go, I have a giveaway happening over on my Facebook page, Kimberly Vensel Photography.  Perhaps you'd like to go check it out.

Have a great week!

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