Day Out With Thomas - Cordele, GA

We took the kids to see Thomas the Tank Engine over the weekend. I was a very bad photographer and did not take many pictures. Most that I did take were just snap shots of the kids having fun. I did like how these 2 came out. Thomas himself and then a butterfly (or is it a moth...) on some flowers near the train. If you have little kids and have not taken them to see Thomas I highly recomend it! At least in Cordele they really do it up. There is a ton of free stuff to do with the kids - hay mazes, bubbles, face painting... and then there is Thomas, the highlight of the day.

A few more from yesterday's nature walk.

Here are just a few more from our walk around Kennesaw Battlefield Park. Another daisy and then a few of a tiny little bee on a dandelion. This little bee was flying up to the flower as we came up to it. I took pictures and encouraged the kids to check it out for several minutes. Then we went on our way - the bee still doing its thing at the flower. I wonder how much time a bee spends at any one flower...

The kids thought it was pretty cool; but were not so sure about being this close to a bee. They did ask if we could follow it to see it finish making honey though. :-) I think someone has seen "Bee Movie" one too many times. ;-)

Lots of nature and a cute little girl.

Today I took my kids to do lots of stuff. We went to East Cobb Park to play with some friends. Then I took them to the part of Kennesaw Battlefield Park that is near John Ward and Dallas Hwy. Then we even went to "play tennis" - so cute. Unfortunately all of this was smack in the middle of the day - not a good time to get pictures of the kids! I think they were thrilled though that I wasn't trying to get their pictures today. They all played nicely while I took pictures of flowers, flags and mushrooms. I did get one nice contemplative picture of V though.

A trip to D.C. and a wedding

Last week we went up to D.C. for my cousin's wedding. The weather was wonderful and everyone had a great time. Here are a few (ok, a lot) of pictures from our trip.

Around D.C. - some flowers, the Washington Monument and two of my kids walking with my dad and step mom (my oldest daughter was back with me).











And some from the wedding... the dogwood tree outside the church, the stained glass window inside the church, some of the bride and groom, and then one of my youngest daughter dancing with her second cousin. I didn't get many from the wedding... I was paranoid about getting in the photographer's way.

A new year, a new blog...

Welcome to my blog! Today I have been going through editing pictures and looking back at some of the pictures I have taken this past year. Here is one I took at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens recently that I really like.