Self Portraits and mini bikes

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The mini bike was the boys Christmas gift that their Dad picked out.

Ha! I am not sure I would have ever though of it but they do really like it.

I really did not think I should take the time yesterday to get these shots so when I realized the focus was not finding us I knew I would just roll with it and take what I got.

I like these more than I thought I would and am glad I did not have the time to redo them.

I have been using my Gorillapod Tripod to take these shots.

It is a really cool one that you can wrap around trees or take low shots like this.

I would like to say I planned to use it but I actually was just too lazy to look for the missing attachment to my big tripod…

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I thought I would start the new year off with some self portraits but life happened.

2 days late is not too bad.

oops

Most of the pics I took were like this.

Kids running in and out of the frame.

I was actually happy no one knocked the camera over and I think pics like this document what my life is like right now.

HA!

Christmas Day.

4wheel reading gifts turkey rocks withgrands hike

Since most places were closed on Christmas Day and we needed something to do with 9 children, we went to Turkey Mountain for a hike.

I took some of them on a “short cut” which probably was not shorter by the time I was done.

I think I should stay away from the upper trails there and stick to what I know.

I then proceeded to go to the theater with my sister in-law on Christmas day.

Just us.

I enjoyed it, although I was left with more questions then answers…

I did question my choice of a crowded theater for my first alone time in a while…

This Christmas was so different then previous ones.

It still had the important things though, family and being outside.