Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Climbing Jay's Hill on Easter Sunday

 Starting up the first hill.  Thought this was Jay's till I got to the top, and saw it was the next hill over and much steeper. Keep climbing!
 True sign of Spring!! Crocus.  Was so excited to see them. Was wishing I had a macro lens too.
 Oh look a tree!!  The one lone tree, just had to take a picture of it.
 Climbing Jay's Hill. Kristi is the one up on top. Todd was already up there too, but out of view of the camera.  Amanda, Philip, and Wes taking a break mid way. Wes had just had knee surgery 3 weeks ago, so the rest was well warranted.  Trissa is the one closest to the bottom. I of course was WAY behind, but then again, I was lugging 6 pounds of camera with me too. 
 Trissa holding a snail (seashell) shell found on top of the hill. Finding shells on top the hill is always the high point of climbing Jay's Hill. 
 The Shaw Homestead!
 Ya did it Trissa!!! Yahoo!  And I love the crocus tucked behind your ear! Showing off spring, I love it!
 my handsome husband Todd.
 Kristi showing the shells she found.  
 Amanda checking out something in the dirt. Had to watch out, cause bird droppings looked a lot like sea shells. LOL
 My beautiful cousin Trissa and daughter Amanda on top of Jay's Hill
The younger generation on top the hill. You have to watch out where you sit down, lots of prickly pear cactus too.  From left to right: Wes Lowe (Phil's friend from VCSU), Philip, Amanda, and Kristi. What a good looking bunch of kids! 

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

More Easter Sunday Pictures


 Chasing bubbles
 Uh oh! the bubble popped!! Love that surprised look.
 Run True Run! 
 Kristi giving her best pitch
 Cousin Amanda, you must keep your eye on the ball!
 Phil's friend Wes, digging the ball out of the water in the ditch. opps!
 We gave True a dandelion to hold, and like every little kid, it went straight into her mouth. 
 Hello! Anybody home?!
True's two Grandma's. Edie and Honey. Of course Honey is my mom, and Edie my brother's mother-in-law.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Running Free

My sweet little niece True was just delighted to be outside on Easter Sunday and run. Since she had just learned to walk last fall before the snow came, this was her first time to be outside and run around.  Her mom said she hated the snow, and I can't really blame her. I did too.  Well, I chased her around the yard for some time with the camera and got some adorable shots of a very adorable little girl. This is one of my favorites. Her whole expression is saying "I like this. Spring is really fun!!"
I'll post more of our Easter pictures later, but just had to get this one up to share now.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

All that's left of the snowman

Last week a posted a photo of my "Odd Couple" Mr. and Mrs. Snowman. What noone seemed to notice was that it really was only one snow man, redressed twice and photoshopped together to make them look like a nice couple (We were too cold and lazy to make two snowmen). Well, today I post all that is left of the snowman. The racket, 3 rocks, and a carrot.
 Hallelujah!! It's warming up!
 Ok, I know, it's a really stupid picture, but it's so exciting to see all the snow melting after 7 months of solid white and snow. You can even see a little green trying to peak through. It's still not overly warm, but it is improving. :-)