More Picture highlights of 2012

 

 

In the meantime, my blogging has taken on a life of its own. What to do stuck inside for so many days in a row?

A Few Memorable Pics of 2012, Jan - Feb.

Twas the Night Before Christmas

LeGrand's Christmas challenge, Brent's nativity story, Michael's music, and our sweet babies. We love Christmas Eve better than Christmas morning!

Cute little pills and photography

 Why fight it?  Sometimes cute little kids decide they don't want their picture taken.  You can't really blame them.  Even adults fight it.  Family portraits would often be missing the "male presence" if wives and mothers let guys out of it.  So photographers shouldn't be too surprised when pictures don't turn out like they dreamed when children-of-will are involved.

Case in point:
I said, "Hey, let's get a shot of just the kids!  Brinlee and Chandler, you guys stand there together and we'll let Chandler hold the baby when you get set."

I actually thought this was a better group of pictures than the posed kind I dreamed of originally. It shows the personalities of the kids and how much fun it is to work with them. I love these little children!

Vernal Weekend and Dinosaur State Park

I loved working at the Dinosaur Museum in Blanding.  The displays were so amazing--I couldn't figure out why a little town had such a great museum.  As I prepared for tours, I loved learning about the pre-historic creatures that wandered the earth before man.  Many people who came into the museum while I was working told me about Dinosaur State Park in Vernal, but I was content with our own little slice of history in San Juan County.  We even knew where real dinosaur bones and tracks were "out in the wild."  I felt that we certainly must have the best place in the world for enjoying old fossils.

Then David and Ronni moved to Vernal.  Of course any tour of the area included the Dinosaur State Park and Museum.  Let's just say I was very very impressed. If you want to see dinosaur bones, go to Vernal!

Swearing in of the Jr. Rangers

The building's north wall is the rock that holds hundreds of fossils.  Unbelievable!

The boys filling out their Jr. Ranger books. 

Jess would have been a tender morsel for those big guys.

Amy making it look so good.

Find Waldo Christian in this picture.

Gwen's first big trip.

Bones, bones, bones. .  .

and more cool bones!

Mike and Tyler looking for treasure.

I could never get the names of grandkids right because the parents never held held their own kids.  This is David and Gwen.

Brig loved the play table at the visitor's center the best of anything in the Park.

Amy dreaming of new stuffed animals.

Jess looking so darned adorable I wanted to take a bite out of her myself.

The film before the tour.

Brent sneaking up on Katelyn.

 So, if you or your kids love dinosaurs, go the the Dinosaur Museum in Blanding and learn all you can.  Then take a trip to Vernal and see some amazing evidence of prehistoric life.

 

Ninja's welcome!