True turns Three

Happiest 3rd birthday to sweet little True.  She's a bundle of energy and made the shoot so much fun.

 True really wanted to sit on the blue chair. These are 4 old chairs that have been hanging in  my mom and dad's basement since I was True's age. My cousins and I use to sit around the old coffee table on holidays seated on these chairs.  I painted them up, and I think they turned out really cute.

 This is the third year we've been able to do the "pumpkin' pictures for True on her birthday.  Though we had to move indoors this year.

 This is a lovely old chair that True's mommy had, and we've taken a shot every year with her sitting in it.  A true princess chair.

 I asked Tracie to bring True's TuTu along, and I'm so glad I did. These TuTu pictures turned out so cute.

 She got up on her toes to her mom and my surprise.  I barely got the shot, cause I wasn't ready for it. But I love it!

 Oh yah! Princess True!

 Dancin' a princess dance.

Somehow I want to say, "Step through the wardrobe..."  I know it's not Narnia, but stepping into play land of a child is just as magical.

Have a very Happy Birthday True!!

October Sunrise

Lately I've really been enjoying seeing some pictures that an acquaintance of mine has been posting of his beautiful scenery in the Bitterroot Valley in Montana.  I know we don't have any gorgeous mountains here in North Dakota (our faith already removed them :-), but there's something so beautiful about a North Dakota Sunrise or Sunset that just outshines many other things.

So good morning North Dakota!!

Pretty awesome to step out on your deck and see this!

Swim Meet at MHS

Tonight I attended my first ever swim meet to watch my cousin Rachel Ford swim.  Her mom and I are 1st cousins so I guess that makes us 1st cousins once removed. Right Trissa?  It was really interesting watching and learning a little about the sport of swimming.  Rachel is an awesome swimmer!!  Tonight she took 1st place in the IM and 2nd in the freestyle, missing the 1st by like a hundredth of second or something like that. It was really close anyway. 

I've never tried to shoot pictures of swimming before, so they're not super great. 

I think next time, I'll try a little faster shutter speed. But it still was a lot of fun to watch.

 Rachel is in lane 4 in the above picture. This is the IM which she took 1st in.

 Checking her score. She won by a lot!

 Rachel has a really fast start. She's mid air and the other girls haven't even left the block yet.

 She hits the water before everyone else.

 In Lane 5 here.

 You can really see how much she is ahead at the start here.

 She spots us in the crowd.  Next to  Rachel is her mom, my cousin Trissa.

Huntington Book Store

Kristi and I have discovered the Huntington Book Store in Mandan. Today we spent some time there, drooling over books, spending way too much money and just having fun. I had my camera a long and took some pictures of my favorite book worm. 

 Always should read a little bit to make sure it's good enough to buy. :-)

 Surrounded by Zane Grey Westerns, and other westerns. (But I think she was reading a Star Trek book! LOL)

 Books, books and more books.

 They have a large Christian section too.

 Checking out the antique books

So if you love books, check out Huntington's Book Store on Main Street in Mandan.

It's a great store!! And who knows you may find that book you've been looking for.

There's 1000's of books!!!