Halloween part 1

10-28-11

Time for the "school" Halloween party!  Dani got there the same time as her buddy Chloie so they got their pictures together.  I just love the little footprint ghost shirts they made!

10-29-11

Our friends had a Halloween party!  Their whole family dressed up as pirates... ghostly pirates!

But eventually the party must end... I love this shot.

Ranger

10-23-11

We came home from a party and I really thought this was the end for my Ranger Boy.  I had John get some shots of me with him right then and we got some family shots the next day...

 

 

 

Dr. Burba was able to remove the mass and we got several more months of happy time with him, so this turned out to NOT be his last days. :-)

A Girl and Her Horse

 10-16-11

Some of my all time favorite pictures of Dani happened completely by accident!  I was working on and assignment for that photography class and had to focus on part of the picture I wouldn't normally focus on.  Instead of your husband petting the dog, focus on his hand in the fur and let the rest blur.  It got me outside with Dani and the horses at just the right time of day, just snapping away.  And I managed to capture a couple magical moments between her and Toby.

 

I love the conversation and connection in the next one.

NSB Pumpkins!

 10-15-11

It's that time of year!  Time to go visit Ellie's pumpkin patch!  Of course they had to ride the train...

 And slide down the big slide...

 And get pictures taken with Grandpa...and now Anna too!

 And I'm sure you can tell just how easy it is to get them all looking the same direction AND smiling.

There were all kinds of games...

 And face painting...

 And family time...

 

And that's all for now!

Random - Non Dani post...

10-11-11

This is actually the moon, but it was so bright it was castng shadows!

 

10-14-11

While Mommy was working at the county they brought in a motivational speaker.  Her name is Dot Richardson and she was on the USA 1996 and 2000 Olympic softball team, and they brought home the gold both times!  The event was at the Ag Center and I got to take some pictures of her medals and talk to her.  PJ and I told her she should come by the shelter and she did!!!  When we started posing for pictures she put her medals on us...YES...I got to wear a real Olympic gold medal!!!!!!!!!  So did everybody else...but it was still super cool!

 

Earlier that day I was practicing with my new 50mm lens on some of our shelter dogs.  I wish I could say I remember what happened to these guys but I don't.

At Grandma's House

10-9-11

So, because I had just started my photography class and Karen (the instructor, yes, I call her Karen because we're close like that...at least in my head) rarely uses flash, I decided I shouldn't use it either.  However, at this point I had no idea how to actually use my camera.  That made for some very blurry images, but I still feel the need to share some of them.

 I just love this shot of Lacey...

 

 We don't usually have to deal with a fussy Puddin at Grandma's... this time was an exception, but I can't remember why now.

 

 And after the fussing was done it, she started hamming it up again.

 

 Then it was time to say goodnight and goodbye.

 

  

Pumpkins!

10-3-11

It's time to stop at the pumpkin patch in Umatilla!

 Chillin' in the pumpkins

 I'm still not sure what's up with the pucker face in the next one.

 This sequence makes me smile.