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Canoeing, My Family

Canoeing ~Lake Sahoma

05/05/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Right off of Lake Sahoma in Sapulpa is a nice place for us to canoe.

It is listed on some maps as a Water Fowl Sanctuary.

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Duck!

maddie

We brought Maddie with us this time!

She did great!

I did not do as great with the tilt she kept adding to the canoe…

I have a fear of tipping.

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These trees were so pretty!

The boys are getting pretty good at paddling!

Pretty soon I can just go along for the ride.

Okay, so I do that already when I want to take pictures.

But at least now Nick will have help!

It looked like the Carp were spawning.

I am not an expert but from what I could find, that seemed to be what was going on.

The water would suddenly go crazy when you went over it in the shallows!

We saw a lot of big carp(also a guess, I am not an expert on fish).

I really enjoy all of the wildlife we get to see while canoeing!

My Family

Forting Up

04/28/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

I added a bucket on a pulley to the boys tree fort a week or two ago.

I wondered about adding anything when they have not really been using it much but I always wanted a tree house with a bucket on a pulley…

They actually figured out that they could just hang out up there(something they usually do on the ground) and stayed up in the fort for a while.

My oldest wanted to haul things in the bucket over and over but my youngest thought going up the climbing wall over and over was too tiring.

They are so different.

I bought the pulley set at Harbor Freight.

It is has three pulley’s and is made for a lot of weight.

Since I do not really want my boys lifting 100+ pounds with it and the lines kept twisting, I redid it so the rope is only using one pulley.

I am glad my husband was around to suggest that!

I thought I would need to buy a different pulley…

HA!

It was not long before my oldest told his little brother to get in the bucket and he would haul him up…

I am glad I stayed outside so I could veto that action and make sure they understood that people were not to be hauled up!

Boys…

My Family, Photo Projects

What taking pictures with my boys actually looks like…

04/17/2015 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Most of the time I just show you the end result of my self portraits with my boys.

Here are some of the in between shots.

They are not good at waiting patiently…

Also, I probably have taken hundreds of shots of me walking into the shot.

There must be sticks…

“Take a picture of me attacking this tree.”

“No, you need to go on this side…”

“Okay, no more stick.”

They started making crazy noises.

Me trying to figure out where I need to be to be in the shot.

Oops.

It still works, kind of.

Me trying to figure out if the boys are in the shot…

I thought they both should stand.

Nope.

Try again.

Focus was too low.

They get nutty…okay they are nutty from the start.

One more time!

“Let’s make crying baby noises!”

Sometimes these goons just need to be tickled.

My youngest, “The mighty warriors have been defeated by tickling.”

Did that make you tired?

I shot these with my Nikon D600, 50mm lens, tripod, and the Interval Timer on the camera.

I could not find my remote…

Ha!