Sunday Snapshot "Rubicon"

Trevor and I love camping, and we had this big camping trip planned for Memorial day weekend, the only problem was the weather forecast. I probably checked the weather 30 times the week before, and it was constantly changing, but not to anything good.

We ended up going camping in the snow, but that didn't stop us from having a great time!

The snow was actually really pretty. Big flakes came down all day Saturday.

Our first rock crawling trip of the year was on the Rubicon. The only way to get through the Rubicon is with trucks/jeeps that are modified to go over big rocks! Dents and scratches are a normal occurence on trips like these.

We had two vehicles in our group, four people, and one cold scared dog! (the last post was all about Ruby's first camping trip)

Here is a picture of the truck all loaded down. You can't tell but we had every inch of that truck packed with warm blankets and all of our camping supplies!

On Sunday the sun came out and most of the snow melted.

Ruby riding shotgun with mommy!

Dad cooking us some hotdogs for lunch

Some of these pictures were taken with my small digital camera and some of them were taken with my Nikon. I think its pretty easy to tell which ones were taken with which camera lol.

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Favorite Photo Friday

Ruby got to go on her first camping trip last weekend!

She was not happy with us that first day....

I made her a nice little bed in the back seat, I even layed down her blankie.

But she didn't want to sit in it, she had to explore everything and she really wanted to be up front with Trevor and I.

To make matters worse, it was also her first time in snow.

(She looks so sad!)

The second and third day of the trip went much better for Ruby. The snow melted, she started exploring, and showed her tough side.

Everytime someone would walk past our campsite she would stand up real tall and start barking. She thinks she is one tough dog :)

Our First Family Picture!

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Sunday Snapshot "The Growing Pup"

We got Ruby about three months ago and she has grown so much! 

I miss her cute little puppy habits. She was so timid and cuddly, now shes wild and curious!

The next two pictures were taken at Easter Time

This coming weekend Ruby gets to go on her first camping trip, I'm sure she will have a blast and I hope to get some more pictures to show just how big she really has gotten. 

These were all taken with my Nikon D80, lens 50mm 1.4

The settings for my first shot were F3.2, ISO 100, 1/40

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Wordless "Ruby & Rod" Wednesday

Ruby's new home...

Ruby is now the proud owner of her own house, her dog house :)

Trevor put his awesome skills to work and built this with some left over lumber.

I insisted we put some color to Ruby house.

She is a girl after all.

She also got a new bed. She kinda outgrew her old pink one.

Trevor decided he had to test it out too.

Trevor is just happy he won't have to clean up all the messes in the garage anymore!

See that look Ruby is giving me...?

She wants Trevor out!

Happy Friday!

Sunday Snapshot "Crocus"

I need some help.

I can't decide which picture I like better.

Or should I be more specific and say which edit I like better.

One is bright and vibrant and the other is soft and has a vintage feeling.

Please leave me a comment and let me know!

I'm planning on printing these out and hanging them in my new craft room!

Vibrant #1

Vintage #1

Vibrant #2

Vintage #2

Just thought I'd share a few more of my favorites!

These were the first flowers that bloomed in my moms yard. These beautiful Crocus' are so vibrant. I love all the different colors of purple!

 When I went home to visit, I got out my camera and started practicing with my new lens.

I took all of these in manual.

One lone flower found in the front yard

Looking down on the flowers :)

And again, please leave me a comment and help me make my decision!

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Garage Transformation

Trevor has been working hard on his garage!

Thanks to my dad, we got a lot of wood and we are putting it to good use!

Trevor covered most of the back garage wall and it looks great!

He also built his own work bench and put some cabinets below for storage.

Ruby wanted to help too!

Got some real manly diamond plate covers!

And you can't have a garage without a Pig head right? haha

It turned out really nice!

So glad Trevor can have his own "room" too!

Thanks Dad for helping us out with the lumber!