August is a busy month with the finishing of summer project, school shopping, and the beginning of school.
Throw in the County Fair and end of summer family activities and you get a lot of fun!
This year each of the boys put in a photo at the fair!
I let them take our old camera out and shot around. It was a lot of fun.
This one is Matthew's.
Everyone got a plain white ribbon... which Matthew was excited about!
Andrew got third place in his division! I was so proud of him. He also earned a dollar!
Peter also got a participation ribbon and was a little upset that he didn't place higher. We talked about how sometimes that's life and that maybe next year he'll do better. I think he'll try for an art project. Something that he enjoys more!
I put five photos in this year.
I decided since I have started charging for my photo sessions to classify in the Professional Division. I was so nervous but then so excited when I saw that I had received 1st and 2nd place! The prize money was so bad either! As I looked at the other professional class photos I noticed that there was only one other photographer in that class... haha! Oh well!
Anthony has been wanting to make taffy with the kids FOREVER! We finally did and it was a lot of fun!
The last Monday of summer vacation we headed to the nearby campground to enjoy one last campout! We didn't stay over...but maybe next time!
I did some canning! Something that I absolutely love! I did cherries, peaches, pickles, zuccinni, and carrots! And maybe more... I can't remember anymore!
Just some fun summer pics! Cookie making and dough eating was a must this summer! We assigned an activity to every day and Wednesday was our baking day! (Monday-Library; Tuesday- Park; Thursday-water; Friday-farmer market)
Julia helped me practice my natural lighting technique in the bathroom!
And we had a baby blessing! My brother Shaun blessed his baby at the beginning of the month and its always fun to get together with family to celebrate a new baby!
