Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Escape From the Big City

We went on one of our "escape" drives this past Saturday, and I had to share a few of the photos I got. Every once in awhile we have to get out of the big city and BREATHE! My baby boy's feet.... balancing on a fence post.
My baby boy's sweet baby face. I'm pretending that I wanted the sun flare there, so go with it, okay?
This idea was really good... I got a lot of potentially good pictures of my boys walking down a road... unfortunately Tyler is crying in all of them. Nothing like a whiny boy to spoil a good shot.
I made Brandon stop a couple of times so I could roll down the window and take a picture. I loved it... it was so much fun to hear the kids screaming to "ROLL UP THE WINDOW, I'M FREEZING!!!" I'm a nice mom.
My only disappointment here is the lack of wind. I've got to catch that flag blowing sometime. I'm thinking it would be fun to take a series of flag pictures. I've got a few to get me started. :)

If you look closely, you can see the monkey in the tree.
I took this one today, so it doesn't really fit, but I'm sticking it here anyway (since I'm lazy about that more than one post thing...)
And, here it is... my favorite picture from last Saturday. Brandon will be mad I posted it, but I love it, and this blog is all about me, right?

14 comments:

nikib4kids said...

Awsome pics! You can't really tell Tyler is crying in that one, so it works! The "Brandon" pic is so cool...very old western cowboyish...kuddos for a great pic! I love seeing all your inspirations.

leslie mae said...

AWESOME!!!!! Oh I LOVE the cowboy boots {I WANT ONE}!! Brandon and Cooper look GREAT!! Fantastic job!! {I can't wait to see the picture of the flag flying}!!

Mike, Sha, Kenna, Kate, & Garrett said...

Love the pics-you just get better and better. I really love the pic of Brandon-you better frame that one for your house. It kinda reminds me of PW.

Amy said...

Way cool pics! I love them. The one of Brandon IS really cool!

V and Co. said...

love all your pictures!

Janice {Run Far} said...

the first pic of your baby boy's boots is so cute. and the one of your hubby is great too. YOu do such a great job. What kind of camera do you have?

Mindy said...

Thanks, Janice! It's a Nikon D90. I LOVE it!!

Brenda said...

Good job on the pictures. You should probably change the name of your blog to the Mindy ice cream scoop. Your blog name is misleading. ;)

Mindy said...

Bren, you must've missed the post awhile ago where I discussed that very thing. ;) Something about renaming it the Mindy Smith Ice Cream Scoop subtitled because the rest of the family is boring...

Memories of the Friendliest Ghost said...

Nice pictures. I really love all of them. You'll have to call me to tell me how you did them.

Tanya said...

These are all great! I have been trying to figure out where you are in these....and I can't figure it out. Where did you go?

Christy said...

Your blog is so fun, and your pics are great. In my opinion, the whiny boy can MAKE the whole shot, rather than ruin it. Just depends what kind of shot you're after. Great stuff, dear cousin!

Leslie said...

LOVE these photos. seriously... they are AWESOME.

Rachel Holloway said...

I know I am SOOO behind in this comment. I just got caught up on everything on your blog! Whew!! Your pics are super! What a fun escape! I am anxious to hear how your latest venture went as well!!