Saturday, October 1, 2011

Our life in iPhone Pictures

I always said I would never be that person who only takes pictures of their family on their phone. I just love the higher quality pictures that a “real” camera can produce.

Well, I’ve become “that” person.

It’s not our old friend the Rebel, but iPhone 4 can take some good pictures. And it’s small, always with me, and I can take pictures easily and effortlessly. I still use the Rebel when I can, but I (finally) have to admit that the iPhone 4 can be a good little brother. This post is a picture dump…it’s our life in iPhone pictures from the last few months or so.

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Pushing the buggy at Target. We can’t even go in this store without Brayden wanting to do this the. entire. time. So needless to say, Brayden isn’t invited on many Target outings.

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Riding in the buggy with Macky. These two are a hoot.

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Watching his new TV, thanks to Aunt Kelly & Uncle David.

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Passed out on the couch. This doesn’t happen too often anymore, unfortunately.

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No matter where I put my vacuum, he parks his right next to it.

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Sunday, September 4, 2011

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It’s finally here. It still may be blazing hot outside, but the feeling of fall has arrived. Labor Day Weekend means three things to me:

1. We’re [hopefully] on the downward spiral of the heat.

2. My Fall decorations come out of their hiding spot in the attic.

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and…

3. COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

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We’re Tech grads and root on our Bulldogs in our hearts. Here in south Louisiana, they don’t play on TV as much, but we follow scores and cheer on our alma mater. And, even though it’s blasphemous and controversial to some of our other Tech grads, we’re (mainly I) are Tiger fans!

We kicked off the official start to the season last night with…what else? A party!

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It’s not a party until someone brings a Chick-Fil-A tray.

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Touchdown!

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We were, of course, very pleased with the outcome of the game! We’re looking forward to a great season of SEC and WAC football!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Our First Family Vacation

On Tuesday, we loaded up the Acadia and headed west to Galveston, TX for our first ever just-the-three-of-us vacation. I quickly learned why my parents always had less fun than we did on trips, but I love seeing that little man smile, so it was definitely worth it.

We left around 8:30am, stopped for some yummy goodness at our new Chick-Fil-A, then hit the road! When we got to the ferry, we thought we were just in time, but we missed it and had to wait for the next one. Bummer. Luckily daddy rigged our car with movies.

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Two cuties in the backseat watching Curious George!

After about 45 minutes, we finally got on the ferry. Brayden loved it. He loves all things transportation so riding on the “boat” was right up his alley.

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Sweet boy still has his unfortunate cowlick.

After getting off the ferry, we headed to Moody Gardens! I don’t have many pictures because I couldn’t figure out the right settings for my camera. Brayden loved it though. We even met up with some friends from my online group and we really enjoyed meeting everyone! Brayden loved exploring the pyramids…especially the seals and the penguins.

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Moody Gardens also has a Discovery Pyramid, Rainforest Pyramid, and a paddleboat. And Brayden’s personal favorite…Diego movie in 4D. He was in love.

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And this is where my semi-decent photo documentation stops.

That evening, after checking into our hotel, we headed to Rainforest Cafe for supper. Brayden was THAT child while waiting to be seated, but he stopped screaming when we got a table and we all had a great time. Brayden loved all the animals and eating in the “rainforest.”

The next day, we went on a “train” ride around Galveston. The advertisement was for a train, and the train wound up being a pink trailer with seats being pulled by a jeep. Good thing almost three year olds can’t really tell the difference. The ride was a tour of the historical homes on the island, which I actually found to be very interesting. Brayden just liked riding.

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All in all, we had a great trip! Can’t wait for more family fun in the future!