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State Fair!

September 1, 2008 – 11:05 am

We squeezed our State Fair visit in at the last minute this year.  Everyone’s schedule got really busy just as the fair started; soccer, ultimate frisbee, work, school shopping but I knew Jase couldn’t pass up his annual chance for Macaroni on a stick.  Okay, he probably would have passed it up, but I couldn’t.   Warning:  Photo overload!  It was nice to take my portrait lens off my camera and leave it at home for the first time in quite a while!

There are no more normal, smiley photos of the girls anymore.  Whenever I want a photo of them it’s “Take a good one so I can use it on facebook”.  This is their ‘good one’ for facebook.

 

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Belated 4th

July 9, 2008 – 9:59 pm

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!  We spent the 4th in northern Wisconsin, after battling a 4 hour drive up there (I knew we should have left earlier)!  My husband, Jase, and I spent a couple days kayaking.  Hmmm..that seems to be what we were doing last year…

This year over the 4th…

Last year over the 4th…

Last year we missed the fireworks for the first time in forever.  We headed across Prince William Sound to Seward, AK to watch the fireworks.  Turns out, they had the fireworks early morning on the 4th at something like 1am because that’s the only time it was dark enough.  This year we could hear the fireworks from maybe 3 surrounding towns but couldn’t catch a glimpse of any.  So to make up for it, we had our own fireworks display on the 5th….okay, not so much a display as just ‘fun with sparklers’.    

 

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Garage Light and…

June 18, 2008 – 10:41 pm

I had intentions of heading to the garage (garage light is amazing) and taking a few test shots with my new gray background (i love it)!  Not exactly what I had in mind but we had fun!  Wide angles, up close make for BIG heads!

 

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Alaska 2008

June 1, 2008 – 11:53 pm

We just got back from Alaska and had a great time and the most amazing weather.  It was sunny every day but one and the temperature was perfect.  Alaskans had suffered through a long, cold spring like we had here in Minnesota, so a lot of the trails were not cleaned up after the winter and snow was still on the ground so we did change up our itinerary a bit.  It is still a little slow up there with the salmon not running and the cooler temperatures but that left plenty of lodging and campgrounds open for non-planners like us!  Here are a few of my favorites from the trip.

Early morning driving along the Homer Spit.

I am so intrigued by fishermen who spend months on the ocean.  I don’t know how they do it!  I can’t even imagine the seasickness, cold and stormy seas that they are used to.  We had a chat with a couple fishermen who were in preparing to go out for their next catch and it’s just like a whole other world to me. 

 

In just a couple of weeks the Kenai River will be filled with salmon and fishermen.  I’m glad I got to enjoy it quietly! 

The last ‘touristy’ stop on the trip, Crow Creek Mine, where you can still grab a pan and head down and search for gold. 

 

 

 

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