Another field

In our travels yesterday, I noticed a field of white flowers very close to my house. I have known that this field was there and I have been noticing that the grass was getting high but when I saw the white flowers I had to check it out. I called Melissa, of course, and she came over and off we went. We had the little boys in the double stroller and Jared walked beside us. Melissa's husband, Billy, carried the ugly chair and a bench. It was quite a sight I am sure! The boys were definitely not cooperating. I was trying to bribe them with goldfish but neither of them wanted to sit on the bench or the chair. it is a shame because the lighting was so good and the field was so pretty. The grass was way over their heads so we had to have them at the very edge (actually in someone's yard). There were so many bugs and whining that we did not stay long. This is what I came home with.

Our excitement for today

Josh had an appointment to get his hair cut at 10:30 this morning. This made me get out of bed at a decent hour and get showered before I got Josh out of bed. This is what I should do everyday but my lazy behind doesn't get out of bed until the last minute which means I do not shower to go out of the house until Josh's 12:00 nap. After the hair cut we had to go to the post office to mail a package. The weather was so nice I didn't want to go home just yet. I decided to take Jared to the Raynham fire department to check out the trucks. Raynham is the next town over and they have A LOT of fire trucks to see. Our town of East Taunton only has one, greenish-yellow, truck and we have already visited them. So, off to the Raynham fire department we went. Jared was in heaven. They had the LARGEST ladder truck I have ever seen. The ladder itself can go as high as 102 ft.!!! Fire fighter Matt showed us all around. He was so good and patient with Jared. He listened (Jared talked A LOT), answered our questions, and allowed Jared to go into 3 fire trucks and an ambulance. Matt was amazed at Jared's fire fighting knowledge. Jared learns constantly from informational DVD's and books. We just went to the library the other day and all of the books were about fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars. I purposely did not bring my camera (if you can believe that) b/c I just wanted Jared to enjoy the fire station without a camera in his face. I have pics of him in fire trucks already so it wasn't necessary. Matt spent a good 1/2 hr. with us and we left with more fire fighting knowledge and 2 plastic fire helmets. Josh was very intruiged by the American flags on the front of the ladder truck. Jared is now watching his new movie, Fire House Dog, and Josh is napping. We hope your day is going as well as ours. I plan on taking Josh to a field with white flowers so I may have pictures from today after all. We'll see.

Sleeping Beauties

Fourth of July Celebration

The city of Taunton's firework display was definitely on a tight budget this year. Although the fireworks were much less than stellar, Jared and I still had a nice time. We stopped and got ice cream to eat while we waited for the fireworks to begin. Josh was sleeping so Drew stayed behind. It is nice to be able to spend quality time with one child since it doesn't happen too often. The fireworks were set off in the mall parking lot so we found a parking spot among thousands of others and enjoyed the show.

This was my first attempt at shooting fireworks and I should have read up on what settings to use before we left. I had my shutter speed slow but I had my ISO up way too high. This is the best I got. I also used a tripod.

It's Just Jared being, well, Jared

What's that on his head you ask? Well, it is a headlamp of course. Don't you know you need a headlamp at 10am in the bright sunshine while sitting on the deck?

Love/Hate Relationship

As with most siblings, Jared and Josh can be found sharing the cutest, intimate moment and the next thing you know they are pushing and biting. These pictures describe my life everyday with a 4 and 1 year old.

Ugly Chair

Melissa called me today to tell me she found an "ugly" chair, by the street, out for the trash. An ugly chair is simply a chair (could be wooden or cushioned) that most people think is, well, ugly. Us photography obsessed people see beauty in them. Melissa may just make it a bit more ugly by taking some sandpaper to it. I want an ugly chair soooo bad. Therefore if any of you blogger readers happen to come across one, I would take it in a heartbeat!! Since Melissa couldn't wait to try it out, and the sun was decent, she asked if we wanted to tag along to snap some shots. I wasn't happy with my outcome but here are a few that are worth keeping.

This is Melissa's son, Liam. His face is so out of focus but it was the only decent one I got of him. I am blaming that on Josh since I was holding him at the same time I was shooting.

Here is the "cheese" face. He even says, "eeeeese".