Zoo with Papa Jay

We went to the zoo yesterday afternoon with Papa Jay. Mom is in South Carolina with Rach and her in-laws, so we took Dad to the zoo with us in the nice cool weather. It felt like late September/October! We had a great time. Sam got to see some monkeys we hadn't seen before, so he liked that. He does a pretty good impersonation of a monkey, it turns out.

Dad and Sam feeding wafers to the giraffes. Giraffe tongues are a little different from poodle tongues he's used to

Getting sleepy....

Pretty Flower

I can't stop! This is a flower from the Biltmore gardens. Last one, I promise. At least for today. Only because Ben wants to go somewhere. Haha!

Biltmore picture

Ooh! I just love this class I'm taking. I just finished editing this picture I took when Ben and I went to the Biltmore Estate for our anniversary 2 summers ago. We went on a hayride for a tour of the land around the winery and I took this picture. It was a nice picture before but I really like these editing techniques! The writing is just kind of fun.

Cedarburg trip

I'm finally getting some pictures from our Cedarburg, WI trip up. We went over the 4th and had a great time visiting with Ben's sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Tim, and their four kids. We piled Ben's mom, Paul, and Carrie in the van with us and drove up. Sam did pretty well with the ride, even better than I did when it took forever for us to get around Chicago! Cedarburg is a great town and there was so much going on for the 4th - a band at the park one night, a 5K Sam and I walked with Susan, a parade through town, fireworks, and a great pool to go to. I took a million pictures I think...

Sam, Paul, and Carrie on the pier at Port Washington, near Cedarburg

Jack, Carrie, Paul, and Susan

Sam and Sue at the park for the concert

Sam and Margie, their dog. Sam loved Margie. I don't know that Margie felt the same way.

Sam checking out one of the many dogs in the parade. He kept shouting "Ga!" which is Sam speak for "dog."

Sam and Ben at the pool. I love this picture. Sam was having such a good time.

Another Practice Pic!

Okay...I'm having way too much fun with this. Here's a picture of one of the clowns from the parade. I have no idea what to do with this picture, but it was fun playing with it!

Parade Picture

Sam is taking a nap right now and while he slept I learned another photo editing technique! I love these ways of making new pictures look old. This was one I took at the 4th of July parade in Cedarburg. The parade lasted about 2 hours - this picture was taken toward the end. Sam looks pretty comfortable on his daddy's shoulders.

Photo Project

I'm taking a new photoshop elements photo editing class online through Jessica Sprague's website. It's so much fun! Here are some pictures of Sam I worked on. I'm pretty proud of myself. Now, if I only had the time to add these cool effects to all of my pictures of Sam! The first photo was one I took at Ault in May. The second is one from our trip to Wisconsin last week. More pictures from our trip to Wisconsin will be coming soon!