If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. ~ Saint Augustine of Hippo
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Monday night, our little family went over to the park to play a fun game of Plants vs. Zombies! It’s quite a fun little game, especially for the little girls. It’s based off of a computer game that Aaron likes to play, and now Autumn likes to play it too. She came up with the idea of playing it out in real life over at the park! The object of the game is kill the zombies before they get you and eat your brains. Your weapons are vegetables and plants. My favorite is the pea shooters! We used balls and threw them at the “zombies.”
So on our way home, we spot this pretty little tree with these cute little seeds hanging from them. Autumn and Summer say they are their peas for their pea shooters! I had to take some pictures of them and was snapping away until Aaron told me to come over to where he was and look straight up. So I did and this is what I saw. Beautiful bokeh sparkles smiling at me! My tip is to look up. You might be surprised at what you find!
And here is a photo of the game in action! The girls LOVED it!
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by Michelle on August 30, 2010
in family
Oh boy, today is sure a tough day for this mommy! This morning I sent my first-born to her first day of first grade. I’m not really sure how I ended up at this day so quick. Aren’t your babies supposed to stay your babies forever? I keep telling Autumn to stop growing, but she won’t listen to me. It’s not fair!
Well, since I had to face this day no matter what, I made Autumn let me take pictures of her. She was not too happy about the whole “early morning” thing, but she humored me and gave me some poses. This first one she was kind of giving me the “fake princess model” pose. She doesn’t really ever do this unless I’m taking pictures of her. Crazy kid!
Then she decided to take off and run around the yard a few times. I’m thinking the sugar from the fruit smoothie she had for breakfast just started to kick in.
Then, of course, comes the “seriously mom, aren’t you done yet” look. I get this a lot. It’s also the “mom, you don’t know anything” look. I get that a lot too. Shouldn’t I have a few more years before the teenager attitude starts? Honestly, I think Autumn was born a teenager. She’s had the attitude since day one!
This week at I Heart Faces the theme is “Beach Fun!” We don’t live near the ocean, so we have to make do with our “desert” beaches at the local reservoirs. 
I love this picture of Summer. She’s having such a blast splashing in the water! I had just gotten my Lensbaby lens and I thought this would be a fun place to try it out. I love the effect it gives the water.
Head on over to I Heart Faces for more fun beach photos!
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