An evening with the 55mm lens...

I had the 55mm lens on the camera so I decided to try it out. It's not one of my favorite lenses but sometimes you need to go outside the box...

 Splish...

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 Splash...

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 There's a rat in the pool...

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 Sunflowers...

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Mandavilla bloom...

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This afternoon I broke out the...

50mm lens to get a photo of the birthday boy!!

 He's totally clueless and if it wasn't for the AKC sending me an email I would have been too, lol...

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I honestly don't believe Jake knows what to do on his Birthday! Ho Hum!

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Oh and we have a lot more of these...Anyone want some tomatoes? And or Zucchini, cucumbers?

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She's right outside our front door...

And Oh so Pretty...

She is a yellow and black Argriope Spider and she loves to eat all those nasty-pesky bugs. Right now she's about the size of a U.S. Silver dollar but she'll get much bigger....Fred hates her, lol...



Pauline Reese - Feels Good To Be Free

Just found this song and love it....

The Last day...

No photos, not a one...But today is Michael's last full day of school and he's so excited. They are having a water day, water slides, water toys, etc. for all the children that met their Accelerated Reader points. I saw lots of smiling faces when I took him to school this morning! Tomorrow is his awards ceremony in the morning and that's it, he's all done for this school year!! WOOHOO!! I'm excited too...No more 5am mornings for a couple of months. I might even stay in my pj's until afternoon as I don't have to get dressed to take him to school...YES!

What's on our agenda for Summer break? Hmmm...lots of things! I've decided it's NOT going to be a summer filled with electronics...I've been to Hobby Lobby and I've picked up a ton of craft supplies. It's going to be a crafty summer! Michael helped me take care of and sort all the supplies and he's excited too! We've agreed to just 3 hours of electronics (TV and Video games per day), and he's already decided when those times will be...Lets hope this all works!!

I think we might have a few adventures in there somewhere...The Port A/Mustang Island beach, fishing, and maybe (not sure yet) a trip to the smokey mountains...I do know one thing we are going to enjoy our summer!!

And this Friday Michael is headed off to Houston with his Grandma and Aunt for a week. Not sure what I'll do with myself...a week with no child, ekk! Can't even imagine that!



Yorktown Texas Vietnam Memorial Dedication...

Michael and I headed over to Yorktown for Memorial Day as they had the Dedication to their new Vietnam War Memorial...

 It's beautiful...

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 My friend and farrier, Ray, is a Vietnam Veteran!

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 The Vietnam War flag is yellow with red stripes. If you see someone with this patch displayed they are a veteran of the Vietnam war.

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 The back of Ray's vest. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam war. Thank you Ray for all that you've done for our country!

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 The program

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 21 gun salute...

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 Ray's grandson, James, played Taps...

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A Huey Helicopter, like the ones flown in Vietnam and she's pretty!

It was a really nice ceremony and I'm glad we went!

Thank you to all that served our country and to all the Men and Woman that died for our freedoms!



On Memorial day...

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