Any way, here are some pictures of this weeks game. I spent a lot of time talking to another mother so not a lot of pictures.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
More Soccer Pics
Right now I have some funky music playing and doing some editing of pictures. I have really been working on learning all the in's and out's of this new software. Not to mention some new cool features on my camera. Just in time, because I sense a new lens in my future.
Any way, here are some pictures of this weeks game. I spent a lot of time talking to another mother so not a lot of pictures.
Any way, here are some pictures of this weeks game. I spent a lot of time talking to another mother so not a lot of pictures.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
God Bless America
I have something I want to say.
I live in a small community. I know that you see patriotism in larger cities but in a small town you see it and feel it all over. In a bigger city you may see the star's in peoples windows or see the yellow ribbons. But in a small town you know the names and the families. Your kids are friends with the kids who's parents are over sees. We stood in the streets and waved goodbye to the buses as they left our town with our neighbors on their way to Iraq and Afghanistan. One of those on that bus was my sons baseball coach.
Right now, in this small town, we are celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden. He was not just an ordinary murder. He was personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women and children. I for one, am glad he is dead.
I normally won't post something like this. I just felt I needed to say something. A friend posted a list of the children who had died in one of those planes on September 11th on facebook, in response to someone else who was upset at the celebrating going on. The upset person deleted those kids names because she didn't feel that it had anything to do with the conversation. They have everything to do with the conversation. The difference is, that those children were innocent. Osama knew what he was doing.
While I won't be dancing in the streets, I will not be condemning those who are. I am also proud of George W. Bush for starting this and for Barrack Obama for finishing the job. Most of all, I am proud of those men and women in our armed forces. God Bless you.
I am also proud of one 17 year old kid who has a list of colleges he is looking into:
Eastern Oregon
Norther Idaho
University of Oregon
US Army
US Navy
I live in a small community. I know that you see patriotism in larger cities but in a small town you see it and feel it all over. In a bigger city you may see the star's in peoples windows or see the yellow ribbons. But in a small town you know the names and the families. Your kids are friends with the kids who's parents are over sees. We stood in the streets and waved goodbye to the buses as they left our town with our neighbors on their way to Iraq and Afghanistan. One of those on that bus was my sons baseball coach.
Right now, in this small town, we are celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden. He was not just an ordinary murder. He was personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women and children. I for one, am glad he is dead.
I normally won't post something like this. I just felt I needed to say something. A friend posted a list of the children who had died in one of those planes on September 11th on facebook, in response to someone else who was upset at the celebrating going on. The upset person deleted those kids names because she didn't feel that it had anything to do with the conversation. They have everything to do with the conversation. The difference is, that those children were innocent. Osama knew what he was doing.
While I won't be dancing in the streets, I will not be condemning those who are. I am also proud of George W. Bush for starting this and for Barrack Obama for finishing the job. Most of all, I am proud of those men and women in our armed forces. God Bless you.
I am also proud of one 17 year old kid who has a list of colleges he is looking into:
Eastern Oregon
Norther Idaho
University of Oregon
US Army
US Navy
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Pictures from Philly
Here are some pictures taken by this kid. I think this is taken the night she was coming home and she looks tired.
One of my favorite pictures she took.
She has a thing for the Washington Monument. Most of her pictures are either of it or from it. I really liked the one below. It was raining and you can see the press getting ready for President Obama.
Love this monument. I never realized how bit it is until you see Anna standing next to it. And if you look off to the left in the back ground. There is the Washington Monument again. When Megan saw this picture she started laughing.
You can tell by the gray color that it rained most of the time they were there.
I thrust the camera in her hand and gave her a 5 min lesson on how to use it. I am very impressed with her pictures.
She was taking pictures inside a church. She came to a sign that said "no pictures beyond this point." So she stoop by the sign and took some pics. The guard told her she wasn't allowed to take any pics. She said, but I am on THIS side of the sign. He just stared at her and she said she put her head down and looked at the ground and said "OK". She is to funny.
It turns out she has a thing for buildings. She has a ton of pictures of random buildings that she took because she like them. There are some really good ones. Maybe she will be the photographer in the family.
One of my favorite pictures she took.
She has a thing for the Washington Monument. Most of her pictures are either of it or from it. I really liked the one below. It was raining and you can see the press getting ready for President Obama.
Love this monument. I never realized how bit it is until you see Anna standing next to it. And if you look off to the left in the back ground. There is the Washington Monument again. When Megan saw this picture she started laughing.
You can tell by the gray color that it rained most of the time they were there.
I thrust the camera in her hand and gave her a 5 min lesson on how to use it. I am very impressed with her pictures.
She was taking pictures inside a church. She came to a sign that said "no pictures beyond this point." So she stoop by the sign and took some pics. The guard told her she wasn't allowed to take any pics. She said, but I am on THIS side of the sign. He just stared at her and she said she put her head down and looked at the ground and said "OK". She is to funny.
It turns out she has a thing for buildings. She has a ton of pictures of random buildings that she took because she like them. There are some really good ones. Maybe she will be the photographer in the family.
A Couple of Easter Pics
Here are a couple pics from Easter. It was cold, cold and cold that day. I think we even had some snow. Someone forgot to let Eastern Oregon know that it is spring and it is ok to have some sunshine. I woke up to snow on the ground this morning.
Here is Jason getting ready for the big church egg hunt. One little guy didn't get out of the church fast enough to get any eggs. So Jason decided to give up some of his candy. What a good kid.
I may need to take this picture back to editing. His face is a funny color, or maybe it is all the candy he has eaten.
Megan and Anthony are too old for the hunt, so here they are plotting out how they are going to get the little kids to give them some candy. It didn't work. It seems little kids are very protective of their candy.
I normally get a lot of Easter Pictures but this year it was to cold. The wind and rain picked up right as the hunt started. It rained hard most of the day so we never got to do an egg hunt in our own back yard.
Here is Jason getting ready for the big church egg hunt. One little guy didn't get out of the church fast enough to get any eggs. So Jason decided to give up some of his candy. What a good kid.
I may need to take this picture back to editing. His face is a funny color, or maybe it is all the candy he has eaten.
Megan and Anthony are too old for the hunt, so here they are plotting out how they are going to get the little kids to give them some candy. It didn't work. It seems little kids are very protective of their candy.
I normally get a lot of Easter Pictures but this year it was to cold. The wind and rain picked up right as the hunt started. It rained hard most of the day so we never got to do an egg hunt in our own back yard.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Holy Week
This week is always very busy for us. Since we moved here I have always worked for the youth group and the church this week. Wednesday we start with Seder Meal prep. The Seder Meal is really a Jewish tradition but our church does a really nice version of of it. The youth group puts this on for the church.
Thursday night (tonight) is the actual meal then we follow it with our Holy Thursday mass. We start at 4:30pm and usually don't finish up until after 11pm. This year was different. We had lots of adult help this year and it really made a difference. We were finished and cleaned up by 9:15pm. It was wonderful.
Our church kicks off Holy Week with the living stations of the cross. I, of course, was on hand to take pictures. Anthony was my co-photographer for the event.
Here are the pictures. Jason decided to sit this year out. He wanted to just sit back and watch.
I just love this old church.
Look at the guards. Gotta love her.
Thursday night (tonight) is the actual meal then we follow it with our Holy Thursday mass. We start at 4:30pm and usually don't finish up until after 11pm. This year was different. We had lots of adult help this year and it really made a difference. We were finished and cleaned up by 9:15pm. It was wonderful.
Our church kicks off Holy Week with the living stations of the cross. I, of course, was on hand to take pictures. Anthony was my co-photographer for the event.
Here are the pictures. Jason decided to sit this year out. He wanted to just sit back and watch.
I just love this old church.
Look at the guards. Gotta love her.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Spring Soccer is Here
Fall soccer is finally here. We were not sure how this season was going to play out. Megan made the switch to a different team and she is back to having a great time. This team has welcomed her like she was their long lost sister. It is very difficult making changes, especially when you are 13.
Every Saturday we make the drive to another town (the closest one is 45min away) and they play two games. This is very different the Fall and Summer soccer. Fall we play in another cities rec. league and summer is our towns rec league. Spring is generally made up of girls who really want to play, and are headed for the high school teams. These teams are tough. We will end our season in Yakima Washington at Yak Attack. I am looking forward to it and I plan to beat my picture taking record. I still haven't gone through the 340 pictures from last year.
The first game:
Megan is playing forward and she scored 3 of the 4 goals. The final score was 4-0.
Second game didn't go as well. This team is a really tough team and a big rival of Megans. They beat them last year but lost this year 0-3. Here she is as goalie.
She came home with a bruise the shape of the soccer ball on her leg, but this kid is tough.
Every Saturday we make the drive to another town (the closest one is 45min away) and they play two games. This is very different the Fall and Summer soccer. Fall we play in another cities rec. league and summer is our towns rec league. Spring is generally made up of girls who really want to play, and are headed for the high school teams. These teams are tough. We will end our season in Yakima Washington at Yak Attack. I am looking forward to it and I plan to beat my picture taking record. I still haven't gone through the 340 pictures from last year.
The first game:
Megan is playing forward and she scored 3 of the 4 goals. The final score was 4-0.
Second game didn't go as well. This team is a really tough team and a big rival of Megans. They beat them last year but lost this year 0-3. Here she is as goalie.
She came home with a bruise the shape of the soccer ball on her leg, but this kid is tough.
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