Prayer Request

Just sending out a prayer request for my brother-in-law Matt. He's having gastric surgery today and is a little worried. I know he'd appreciate all the prayers he can get.

We're thinking about you Matt.

UPDATE: Matt came out of surgery fine. He's just sore on the inside. :) Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

One Last Photo - What Do You See

So Phil was trying out the close up of plants and nature and took a photo of a rock. Of course all of you who know Phil know he loves rocks. Of course he didn't see what I saw when he took the photo but afterward he did. Can you see it? What do you see?

Proof of Return of the Lawnmower

We've had an issue trying to get our lawnmower repaired by Sears. After being gone for almost two weeks we finally got it back. It's like a new toy for Phil. Of course he had to try it out - even though he borrowed the neighbor's lawn mower over the weekend (bending his blade).

Jumping Montana

I think the pictures that Phil was the most excited about catching was Montana jumping for a stick and running. I have to admit that was cool to catch those photos. I love being able to see the detail of his muscles in the photos. I'm so looking forward to Saturday's game when I'll get to take action photos of the team!

Now for the Animals

Of course we had to take some shots of the dogs. (I'll have to catch the cats on the next 260 photos. :) ) So let's show you some of Mandy.

Some Swing Photos

How cool is it to be able to catch the boys midswing as they swing on the rope swing attached to the big tree in the back yard? Can I say loving it?

Second Subjects With The New Toy

So of course we wanted to try out action shots. The biggest reason to have a nice camera. Plus it let me try out some of the features. I still have lots to learn. First I took some pictures of the boys boxing on the trampoline with their hulk smash gloves.

My (I mean Our) New Toy

We decided to use a little of our tax money on our "early" 15 year anniversary gift and purchased a Nikon D40. Well in the short hours we've had it I've taken over 263 photos. Okay so I'm a little obsessed with it and I'm sure I won't save all the photos but thought I'd share a few.

The first ones we took were of Kayla - just face shots. She asked if we'd take her photo first.

And so the woman fell in love with the dishwasher...

and so goes the modern day romance of a woman and her new dishwasher. She was tired of months and months of not knowing whether or not her dishwasher was going to be responsible for cleaning (a.k.a flooding) her kitchen floor. Despite the fact that it took two days for the dishwasher to get installed. The company we bought it from forgot to include the drain hose so the installer had to purchase it. Of course he wasn't able to come back until late Sunday afternoon.

After running the dishwasher for the first time I'm in love with it. Maybe I'll have to leave Phil. So if you see Phil chasing the truck carrying the old dishwasher singing, "Baby come back, you can blame it all on me." Well you'll know I've left him for the dishwasher.

Game 8 Orioles at the Cardinals

Yesterday was game 8 for the Orioles. They played against the Cardinals. This was the first designated pitch hit only game. The game that makes Phil nervous because he doesn't want to strike out anyone. He wants everyone to be able to hit the ball off the pitch. I'm happy to report that he only had two strike outs!

The excitement for Phil (or maybe it was me) that Alex hit another ball off the pitch and didn't get out! It was awesome! Logan did well at all his at bats and playing circle. The best part of this game is that because of the lead we had Phil was able to move some of the outfielders into the infield to play. Definitely a bonus if you're an outfielder. We won 20 to 13.

Way to go Orioles!