Spring Photo Shoot

I attended an intense, all-day, photography workshop a couple of weeks ago. It was something I had been longing to do for quite a while. It was inspiring, rekindling the artist/designer in me. It was taught by Nicole Hill Gerulat, an amazingly talented photographer. Check this out for lots of beautiful eye candy and see what I mean. I was very grateful for my degree in Design (which included a couple of photography classes, a few :) years ago) because the pace was a little mind boggling and at least I knew well the principles of design. If I had to learn composition, the rule of thirds, juxtaposition... AND the ins and outs of metering, F-stop, shutter speed, ISO, white balance... I think I might have been completely overwhelmed.

So... this is my first little shoot -- all manual! I have lots and lots of practicing to do and tons more to learn, but here are some sweet pics of my very favorite subjects.

It's Always Fun when Grandma and Grandpa Come

My children (especially the little ones) are going through withdrawal. It is hard readjusting to normal life again after a week like this. They were sad to say goodbye to the party that was going on here for a wonderful and blissful week... The party was having Grandma and Grandpa Buhrley here to play! I was asked if they came for anything special or if we had any fun plans while they we here. I answered... um....no and no. But as I looked through all of the fun pictures Grandpa B. took while he was here, I have to say that EVERY day was a special day, and besides isn't coming to just play with us reason enough ;) We were so thrilled to have them.

It was a week of enjoying the GORGEOUS Arizona Spring weather...


Going for walks (or rides)...




Playing at the park...


Playing at the park...
And by popular request... even more playing at the park... (sometimes 3 times a day)

Collecting treasures (specifically bugs, but anything else interesting was fair game too)...



Making sand castles...


Reading books...
Playing legos...

And doing puzzles.

It was a perfectly wonderful week!

Easter weekend around here...

The Easter Pageant at the Temple
Diamondbacks Spring Training Game (sweet seats behind home plate) - Zac wanted me to include that :)
Coloring Eggs
Baskets full of Goodies
General Conference
Baking with my children
Easter egg hunt
Yummy dinner

A wonderful weekend!