Wrapping up 2011

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This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best! ~William Arthur Ward

Our family enjoyed great Christmas and New Year celebrations. Click on the image above to see a few [...]

Pumpkins, Pumpkins

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Nikon D7000 105.0 mm f/2.8 lens @ 105 mm 1/200 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 800

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~ Henry David Thoreau

It is pumpkin time again.  Click on [...]

Days of ’47 Children’s Parade

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Salt Lake City, Utah

Pioneer children sang as they walked ~Children’s Songbook

Saturday morning Nathan marched in the Days of ’47 Children’s parade. Click on the photo above to see a gallery of images, faces, floats, and fun.

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July 4, 2011

Old Glory

July 4, 2011

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln

Here is a gallery of photos from our family get-together on the 4th of [...]

Iris

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Memorial Day 2011

Nikon D7000 105.0 mm f/2.8 lens @ 105 mm 1/60 sec @ f/11, ISO 100

In valor there is hope. ~ Publius Cornelius Tacitus

We spent Memorial Day in Preston, ID this year. We took Iris flowers from our yard to the Preston cemetery to [...]