Fourth of July in Big Bear

What a fun weekend we had. My mom, hubby, kids, Lucy and I had a long 4 day weekend in Big Bear. I don't know where to start??? Maybe at the begining. We left mid day on Thursday and stopped at In-N-Out for lunch. But first I had to snap a quick shot of my daisies in the front yard.

Once we finally got to Big Bear we spent a lot of time just kickin' back. We went hiking, took a boat ride on the lake, shopped in town...Ate Ice Cream!!! Yummy! It was fun. Here are some of the cool pictures I got.

At the House...

Pretty Flowers and weeds...

The Trees...

The Bees...

Sorry, you have to turn your head. I have no idea why this keeps turning my pictures around?

Other Cool Stuff...

On the Boat...

Out Hiking...

We had a blast!

When it came time to take pictures of the fireworks, I found myself unprepaired with my tripod in the closet at home. I decided to have fun with the camera anyway. I got some interesting swirls of light. Maybe next year I'll be better prepared...but probably not!

Here's what I took...

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Fun with Family

This was one of those nights I cherish. I was able to have fun with my three favorite people in the whole world! My family! We met some good friends of ours at the local Chuck-E-Cheese. Where we had a ton of fun together and I got to practice taking pictures of people. I still cannot get the pictures I'm hoping for. Good thing is, the subjects are precious, no matter how much I don't know about shooting people. We'll keep trying, and maybe I'll read the camera's manual.

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It might also help if I learned what apurature, F-stop and all that other photography mambo jambo was. In the meantime, I'll just continue to enjoy spending time with the Beautiful people around me. I'll figure the camera stuff out eventually.

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