More 4-wheelin

Scotty and I were 'feelin some big city blues, so we decided to head up to the trails. I took my camera and tried to get some great pics. We took our time, and stopped many times along the trail. Usually we don't stop as much, but we were really enjoying the day.
Hope you enjoy viewing the photos, I had a great time taking them.
*click the images to see the photos larger*

Clouds drifting with the winds over the peaks. This was on our way back down on our way home. I put them in order of my favorite so they are out of time line but if you want to see all 130 some odd photos in order, I will be posting a link where you can find them all. :) I know I'm a dork.

Swirling winds, creating beautiful fluffy skies.

This is a shot of the town George Town from high up on the trail.
*hey! BUCKET! ha ha ha!*

Some of the fast moving waters. This was on the first stop where we rested, on the way up.
This was at the peak of the trail. We stopped for a while and enjoyed the sounds of the rushing waters.

More of the clouds swirling and whirling...

A great shot of the trail itself. This trip wasn't bad until the trip back when it started raining. Caused all the "little rocks" to stick out and create quite the bumpy ride haha.

I love this view of the Mountain, the snow looks like a zipper running right down the side.

This is my favorite of all the photos. This was back at the first stop along the waters edge. I thing I may play around with this one on photo shop a bit. I couldn't seem to get enough of the water. Of course, with all the run off this year, the sound of the rushing waters were amazing. :)

As I said earlier, here is the link to see the the whole set of images.

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So much energy!

Monday night, Seth and I decided to play around with the camera, and see if we could get some cool action shots. I asked him "what action do you want to try and capture buddy?" and to my surprise "I wanna jump Mommy!" Sweet! This should be fun! :D Check out what came out of our little experiment..."Here I....""...GO!!!"
"Are you getting good pictures Mommy?" He says as he is still jumping up and down. LOL it was a hilarious sight I assure you. The only thing I could do to get him to stop long enough to catch his breath was to show him the pictures we had taken so far.
"OH! That's my favorite one Mommy! I look like I'm flying like superman!" :D I really love him, he keeps me really grounded sometimes, and reminds me that it's the more simple things that can really matter sometimes.

This was one of my favorites of the group, I don't know why. Maybe it's his great big smile, or maybe it's because I was laughing so hard myself. Either way, It was an awesome night.

Do penguins make great projectiles?

I was bored, was sick of working on my other project, so I decided to add a quickie to the list.

Scotty is a BIG fan of the computer company Linux, we use it on all of our computers, spends alot of time in the tech rooms helping out all that cute nerdy stuff. Well the Linux mascot is Tux the penguin, I decided I was going to make Scotty a penguin, something he could take to work, and proudly show his Linux pride. :D

After searching for a couple hours, the only “tux” patterns we were able to find were all for sewing and (even tho I’m a beast at knit and crochet) I’m a HORRIBLE seamstress. Never made a straight row :P Scotty then stumbled across this little cutie and decided to give him a whirl….He's a free pattern on the Lion brand Yarn website, if you like him give him a try, I'd love to see your little penguins :D

Link to the Pattern

Now, I’m making at least one (hopefully 3) little penguins for my can cozy swap partners little boys. It’s going to get it’s real first test on strength and durability (or throw-a-bility as Scotty calls it) and if it holds up I’ll be workin’ away!

Treasure hunts gone awry...

Seth and I are big fans of treasure hunts. We like to pretend to be pirates and we make maps (usually with crayons and some colored construction paper) and we set off with a list of things to find... or errands to run ;) (makes my day 10 times easier if he thinks its all part of the game :D).

We decided to have another hunt this weekend but this time we wanted to do a photo scavenger hunt... our target... things that a pirate might like if he were living today. Basically, I thought it would be fun to walk around the mall taking pictures of pirate-ity things. Well... it went great!

We started seeing things before we even go in the front door. Used his new camera and he did most of the shots himself. Things like a large fish sculpture made of recycled bicycle parts, some hand built replica ships at an art shop, and he even got the idea of taking a picture of his lemonade... "they didn't want to be a...mmm... what was it again?" LOL "limey buddy"

We had a great time! We ate dinner, made a couple of laps around the mall, and had some me and him time :) Then.... we get home and try to take the pictures off his camera. Apparently, the cheapo camera I picked up for him for Christmas is indeed just that... cheapo. It appears that the batteries sit in there just a little loose, and when it gets jostled even just a little, it resets and wipes the memory on the camera. His poor little heart was broken, as was mine :( we had a great time! and he was really hoping to have pictures to share. Were going to try again next weekend, but I think were going to bring a different camera. I'll keep you posted, and I have some finished projects to post too!

On that note, I have finished all but one of my projects... so naturally I have started another LOL. I'm working on a hat for Scotty and it's gonna look awesome :D... if I can ever get the pattern strait... *rme*

Is it seriously 2009?!?!

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome to 2009 and may each and every one of you have a great new year. :D

I have finished the loooong scarf this morning :D First project of 2009 was also the last project of 2008 :P Love it when things work out all silly like that. Scotty and I are staying home and relaxing for the most part, Spending lots of time looking for my next pattern, and stumbling in between.

Hopefully you all have a wonderful day as well, I will be posting pictures of the completed Lawng scarf later. For now, I'm off for breakfast and some photography.