This is the Place [Part 2]

 

This is the Place [Part 1]

A few weeks ago my brother, Mario, his wife, Liz, and their two daughters, Becka and Nora, came into town. Their first time visiting Utah might I add. It was so fun and made me realize that I'm sad we don't live closer. My family use to always do a ton of fun stuff when we lived near each other... then Mario & Liz moved away and no more fun stuff... apparently they brought the fun with them... :) Seriously!

Anyhow, so here are some pictures and there will be more to come but these are just a few that I grabbed. By the way, if you're expecting to see a lot of my brother and sister and their kids, you'll be sorely disappointed. I actually just got a bunch of random stuff while we hung out... didn't take a ton of pictures... not like our Beverly Beach trip, though I wish I was able to.

But here we go... 4 pictures that I took that I thought were cool.

This was actually an accidental picture. I was checking the lighting and the shutter stayed open longer than I expected... its my brother-in-law, Ryan and the fire... you just can't totally tell...

Last, this isn't an "interesting" picture per say, but its my little nephew Oliver, whom I ADORE!!! He's straight up a crazy, no shame little kid and I LOVE IT!!! He had just jacked that piece of cinnamon bread from me right before I snatched the photo. Freaking adore him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS. He plays the tough, straight up crazy kid, but he's actually really sweet and sensitive. The other day he wanted my grapes and I wouldn't share (I'm such a great example) so he would give me a kiss every time he wanted a grape... you just can't say no to that...

Beverly Beach - Part III

Last set. Okay, so this is a continuation of the Nieces section. First Becka, havin' fun.

Next Nora. She's running from the water and then looking at how wet her pants just got. As you can see she couldn't outrun it.

And Ava... In one she looks like she's gazing off into the distance... the second makes me think... Down... Set... Hike....

I so love this picture of Nora and Oliver. Its so sweet. Ahhh, love it! And... well, we took a lot of great shots of Oliver, so here's a little Oliver section.

Beverly Beach - Part II

So here are a few more pictures. We'll start out with Oldest to Youngest. How cute is that? Seriously...

The following pictures are parent(s) and kids. We took the best shots of my Sister-in-law and Brother-in-law... no offense to my Sister and Brother, but I'm sure they like these pictures too. Oh, and Jon got this totally rad shot of Ryan. At first I was like... its way too blown out but now its definitely my favorite photo from the trip.

Now, on to the kids... Nieces first... I didn't have too many of my brother's oldest daughter. I think I automatically focus on the youngest. I did the same thing with my sister's oldest son, didn't really capture much of him.

Okay, I didn't get through it tonight. I'll have to add more another day.

Beverly Beach - Part I

I can't remember when it was... August or September... anyhow, my family went to Beverly Beach, OR for a little reunion, if you will. Anyhow, I decided to use Picnik to add some fun little effects... this is what'cha get.

The place was gorgeous by the way. I really would love to go back. It was amazing!!! I love the ocean... of course I'm too scared to step foot in it, but I do love to look at it. Also... for this little group... I think I like the yellow tint to pictures, more than the black and white effect.

I didn't do anything to the following few because I liked them just the way they are. Like my family, I like them just the way they are.

I have so many more pictures to add, however, I really want to go hang out with Jon so I'm going to go for the night and finish this post tomorrow.

First Photo Shoot

We recently took our niece and two nephews out for a photo shoot. We took almost a thousand pictures in... what, half an hour. My mom was also there helping us keep some order with all the craziness so we were snapping some of her as well. Anyhow, these little ones were so photogenic it made the shoot a total success and such a fun experience. Our niece now wants to be in one of our films to which we say... SWEET! Anyhow, hope you like them.