No, I didn't get stuck in the tree (this time)... (Dad's alternate caption was "That's me next to Jack's belt buckle...") |
I'm already experiencing my second childhood... what about you? |
We had to escape the tiny mutant kitty-eared zombies... |
Don't we all look like we're having a great time at the park? |
Mom tried to help Sage with making bubbles... |
But Sam had a much more effective way of making them with Faith... |
Back at Gran and Maddog's... Jack wouldn't put on the kitty ears with Brooke and me. |
Meanwhile at Greg and Leiza's Gran was busy playing with the chickens! |
As if there weren't enough pictures of Sage this trip, Dad had to go and mess with the coloring on this one... |
I didn't know Mom had that knife while we were singing and dancing... |
Let's see... That's Luke's arm, Maria's head, Aunt Maggie, Faith, Sage, me, Mom, Leiza, Sterling, Dan's legs, Gwen, Gran's arms, Greg, Maddog, Jack, Jeff, Brooke, and Susan... no Sam, Andrew, Hunter, or Dad (oh yeah - Dad took the picture...) |
Which is cooler? The dramatic lighting or the kitty ears? |
Dad used old school trick photography (called a flash) to capture Sam "juggling"... |
And then he had to mess with this one to make it look like an old black and white... |
And this fine photo was actually captured by Mom on her iPhone... |
Dad captured a few pictures while we took the Trinity tour... |
He kept wandering away from the tour guide to take "interesting" pictures of the old alma mater... |
Then he tried to get "interesting" photos when we went downtown too. |
But before that happened, Mom got someone to take their photo in front of the fountain... |
Dad took this one on the river walk. |
He didn't find any really good spots along our walk, but here is one of the river walk bridges... |
And here's me with my hero... Teddy Roosevelt - he looks just like Robbin Williams from "Night at he Museum"... |
Everyone was "impressed" by the Alamo... |
Doesn't it look like we're getting ready for a back stroke race? We're really just trying not to freeze in Barton Springs... |
That's what is known as "photo bombing" - way to steal my spotlight, Cuz... |
Jeff and Brooke at Barton Springs... |
Mom wasn't impressed with Dad's Photoshop magic to remove all the people behind her on the rocks, in the water, and on the bank... |
This was really just a bad cell phone photo so Dad had to do something with it... |
Dad says he knows exactly how Sage feels listening to Maria... |
Can you believe that Dad didn't even have to do anything to get this (other than lie on the floor and snap the picture!) |
It's the Shapard Bunch! The Brady's have got nothing on them - other than one son and a maid... |
Is that a happy bunch of people or what? |
If this doesn't say "Happy 4th of July" then I don't know what does... |
That's not Texas... Actually it is the view from L.L. "Stub" Stewart State Park... |
I managed to be home at the right time to get in the B.E.A.T. trail ride this year! |
Dad calls this one "Mom's Art Shot" from the trail ride... |
And, of course, this is "Dad's Art Shot"... |
I also squeezed in a wedding while I was home... (That's Rowan and Micaela, and no none of us got married!) |
Then it was off to the races in Florida! |
The first night at Lake Sumter Landing wasn't a great party... |
But I did manage to get my groove on! |
Dad just liked this sign because he could punch up the color... |
And this wading bird because he got such a sharp reflection... |
While he was taking pictures I took the opportunity to express myself in a creative and artistic way... |
Then we got on with the real reason we were in Tavares... to go up in a seaplane! |
Turns out that central Florida has a lot of lakes... |
And if you look closely at the altimeter you can see that Ryan had us pretty darn close to this one... |
Fortunately Dad was either taking pictures or flying the plane, but not both at the same time... |
And we made it safely back to base (thank goodness Ryan didn't offer to let Dad land the plane...) |
Another "art shot" that Dad managed to get directly out of the camera... |
And this is why Walter White didn't wear goggles on his forehead... (forehead? that looks more like a five head to me!) |
You'll have to look up Lionel Ritchie's "You Are" album yourself to see how well I did... |
There's a reason that Dad is usually behind the camera... |
Of course we got out to Paddock Square several times while Dad was in Florida... |
And we finally went to Stumpknockers on the River... |
Where I had pie after dinner (and Dad continued to badger me with a camera...) |
Why yes, it did rain a bit that day... |
But boy was that a great band! (actually they were good - I don't know what was going on at this moment...) |
Hooray for Rural King! (they had real chicks too...) |
And one last evening at the square before Dad went home... |
After Dad left I had to start taking pictures... This is when Bebe and TC and I went to River Street in Savannah. |
After we left River Street we went to see Ginger and Steve... and then we took an awesome ussie! |
What can I say about July?
Obviously we went to Texas and Florida (and some of us went to Georgia as well.) And there are a lot of pictures to look at so you probably don't want to spend too much time reading over here when you could be looking over there...
But I will entertain you with a new fun "fact"...
Surely you remember (and are a huge fan of) Chuck Norris jokes? (Yes you do and I know your name is not Shirley...) For example: When Chuck Norris was born he drove his mom home from the hospital. Or, Chuck Norris doesn't need GPS... he decides where he is!
And where is he? He's in Florida! That's right - Chuck Norris is now "Florida Man" and you can google your birthday (month and day) and florida man and get your very own ridiculousness... For example, "january 15 forida man" produces "Florida Man Causes Highway Crash, Steals Good Samaritan's Truck Who Stopped to Help" (that was from this year, but in 2013 it was "Florida Man Arrested After Giving Several 'Wedgies' to Brandenton Movie Goers") Of course, if you want a real winner you have to try January 7th which yields "Florida Man Denies Syringes Found in His Rectum Are His" or a mid-summer July 29th yields "Florida Man Tries To Steal Police Car With Officer Still Inside"!
In any case, you can have hours of fun reading "Florida Man" headlines after you run out of Chuck Norris jokes because we'll never run out of crazy people in Florida...
But first look at the pictures...
p.s. If you don't know who Walter White is then you'll just have to look it up...