Our Summer in a Photographic Nutshell

Vacation Instagrams

Images from my iPhone and edited via Instagram or BeautifulMess Camera App

Black and White Photos from the Park

Everything about summer seems pretty exquisite after 7 months of winter and weeks of non-stop rain, but a good park is top notch if you ask me.  Kids Coulee had a lot to offer between swings, teeter totters, slides, sand park, and numerous tunnels and towers of varying heights.  Since we went slightly before dusk, I was able to get some really great shots because we did not have to share the park with anyone. That was not the case when we returned later in the week, on a sunny afternoon.  If you are ever in the area I highly recommend taking an hour or two out of your time to let your kids run around here.

Photos of Kids Coulee

Cuckoo for Choo Choos!

While visiting Grandpa Dan and Grandma Chris we had the privilege of boarding a retired locomotive.  It was definitely a hit as far as W was concerned, and it was pretty interesting to hear how about the process of keeping a train running back in the day.

As if strolling through the train cars was not exciting enough, we also spent some time watching the water on the dock not to far from the train exhibit. 

W was lucky enough to witness the reeling in of a little fish.  The older gentleman who caught the fish must have noticed Little Man's excitement because he offered W the opportunity to hold said fish. 

Unfortunately, no one was able to see the expression on W's face, but the fact that he jumped about twenty feet in the air leads me to believe it would have been a pretty priceless moment to capture on film.  He did inform us that the fish was cold and wet in his recounting of events later that evening.