Mr. Israelson, Junior

I followed Aiden around the sofa for awhile today... it was either that or begin my next book in the Narnia series, "The Silver Chair". Aiden won:) It seems that a popular conversational topic amongst parents is the colour of their childs' eyes. In this case, I'm not sure what to say when a person asks me what colour Aiden's eyes are...? Aiden's began blue (as do every other newborn baby's) and progressed to a sort of dark grey, then nearly convinced us they would be brown. They turned out to be multicoloured (like his Mom's) - blue on the outside, slightly green towards the inside and hazel in the centre. Not that you care as much as I do (if at all), but if you click on his pic to make it bigger you'll see for yourself =)

Seven Hundred Three

I just noticed today (thanks to another one of my beloved cameras functions) that I have taken 703 pictures to date. I got it last Sunday. That's an average of 100 per day! I'm wondering if that average will grow or shrivel...?

A round of waterfalls anyone?

We did a day trip to Kimberly today... sort of. It was mostly to tour around the woods in search of every lake and waterfall we could possibly walk (not hike) to. What we call a walk in the woods, Atalie would likely call a hike - I can only imagine the size some of the roots and rocks for a 2 year old! :) Marysville Falls, a 5 minute jont from the town centre! There were kids swimming in these small pools along the creek, just above the falls. Beautiful! boardwalk, heading back to town. Meachen Falls, 40 minute drive from town. These were so big it was definately intimidating standing above them (without guard rails Dad, as you've pointed out in the past of our BC parks and their view points... who makes, or fails to make, these rules anyway?! Hooligans.) Our goofy, wet, dirty, half-clothed (kev:)) family portrait of the year. I may just send this one out in the Christmas cards... it's about as honest as they get! :) :) :) Aiden immediately takes advantage of his freedom on the sandy shore... Atalie does what she does best, "Look! I throw rocks in the water!!" Kevin does what he instinctively does best in any fridgidly cold river. Gets in. Atalie and Mom hang out (ok, pose) so Mom isn't completely left out of the blog(!) Aiden notices the rest of us in the water... and the rest is soggy history! Aiden knows he's the cutest boy on the planet, yes he does!! This picture is actually very typical: Aiden is happy-go-lucky (his Daddy's son) and Atalie just can't smile b/c her hands are "deetr" (dirty) and is waiting for somebody to clean them before she can move on with the current activities (her Mommy's daughter). HA!!!! Kev takes the kids away from the edge of the falls while Mom takes pics. Snack time. I think this is a first for us - pies for a hiking snack. Where's Aiden??? Doesn't look like he worked up an appetite does he? The wet clothes are no more. White Boar Lake, another 15 minutes up an insanely bumpy road from our last stop. Kev is super stoked to be here:) SUCH a beautiful mountain! It's even a million times bigger than it looks. That's it. I must throw in a little unintentional advertising however: If you've never been to Kimberly and are even remotely close to the area, GO! It's a beautiful little Bavarian town!! You can walk to the most beautiful waterfalls, swim in the most beautiful streams and eat the most beautiful (so I hear) schnitzels! hehe... the last one just kinda happened but seriously, GO.

Pool's full.

I was strolling through the Bargain Store today (which I haven't done in ages and was quite enjoying, being the bargain nut that I am) and came upon the tiniest little pool you've ever seen. I figure that for $3.50 Atalie and Aiden could have a pretty good time cooling off in the summer heat... sure enough, they were quite pleased. It was a small adventure with the three of us (ok, four including Koda) crammed into the 34" pool this afternoon. Aiden taste tests the water, repeatedly... Atalie taste tests the water and declares (with quite a bit of flare, i might add), "I DO NOT LIKE IT!". Chillin by the pool. Atalie uses her bubbles frequently each day and had run out a week or more ago. I finally got her some more today. However, this time my bargain buy ended up being more of a wasted buy... bubbles just aren't bubbles when they pop BEFORE you blow them. They seemed a little watery. * note the "pop-eye" expression which enhances the bubble blowing technique * Koda had fun too:)

A new blog

I've decided to expand. Reading that first sentence over is hilarious to me. But I have. I've decided that if I want to go further with my photography I've got to push myself a little. I feel so far behind in some aspects and so far ahead that I can barely catch up in other aspects... to sum this up in a nutshell I'm taking a step forward and seeing where it takes me. Doing something is better than doing nothing. The new blog address, if you're interested, is this: www.kendrasphotography.blogspot.com

Pretty in Pink

Atalie wore her pretty pink summer dress (thank you Nana!) for the first time today. It was so dang cute I had to take some pictures... we were almost late for church and Mom didn't realize until she was in the truck that she'd forgotten to eat breakfast! Above, playing with her jewellery box:)