LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!!!

LIGHTS
I just got some lights from a friend. I borrowed them because I am doing my FIRST WEDDING tomorrow. Ancelet Photography has expanded and now we (meaning me - haha!) are doing weddings. I am so excited and nervous all at the same time.
I borrowed the lights so I can use them on the bride while she is inside getting ready.
Addie let me practice on her today. She was such a good sport. She loves having her picture taken. She had lots of funny face pictures but I just put a few of them up :-)

CAMERA

So the "ACTION" part of our lives go something like this...

wake up, put on bathing suits, head to swim team practice, swim, swim, swim some more and then stay and play with friends. Come home, Abel naps, play, play and play some more... bed time... start all over.

SWIM TEAM - GO WAHOOS!

We had our first swim meet this week. It was on Tuesday night. This is Avery's first year to do swim team. It has been so much fun. I know it's a lot of practicing but I love that she is learning to be disciplined. She loves going and is enjoying being apart of this team.
Meet the Wahoos. I thought they made the word up... but it's really a fast fish... who knew! Just thought this was a cool picture. There are 130 kids on the swim team. This picture shows warm up time.

Great coaches!

My sweet Avery... Getting ready to practice before the meet.

Before every meet, the Seniors do a skit to get the team pumped up. Then they do cheers. It was so much fun. Avery was grinning from ear to ear. We actually WON THIS MEET!!!

Coach Brad leading the team in GROUP CHEER

OH MY... These ladies make life fun! I met Amanda (on the left) about 3 years ago. She has adopted from Liberia and that was an instant connection for us (adoption). Then, this summer...to my sweet surprise, I met Andrea. She is FUNNY! Look at that face she is making. It cracks me up. She is constantly saying something that makes me laugh.

Here's my girl swimming back stroke. I was so proud of her.

FUN TIMES!!!

FAMILY DAY!

We went to the mountains on Sunday for a family day. It was so good to just be together and hang out for the day. We got donuts on the way out, went and threw rocks at the Mountains (the kids' favorite), went and drove Cades Cove (BEAUTIFUL!) and then went through Pigeon Forge. It was FAMILY FUN!

Abel loved the rocks. He has such a good time picking them up and throwing them.
Aidan found big rocks! They all had a rock collection. We told them they could bring home 2 rocks each (I think Ted changed it to three) but they had to be SMALL.

Abel would get a rock in his hand and then back up to Ted so he could help him throw it. PRECIOUS!

Of course, I had my camera out there... I had fun taking pictures of nature. It was a GORGEOUS day!

This is how we spent of first part of our time... all 4 of the kids in the water. We forgot to bring towels but we did bring a change of clothes for each of them.

This is our drive through Cades Cove. If you are ever in the Smoky Mountains, you have to drive Cades Cove. It is 11 miles long. It is absolutely gorgeous. This was a picture I took from the passenger seat... you can see the side mirror view as well.

We saw 4 bears. This one was the closest we saw. What kills me is that people get out of their cars (WITH THEIR KIDS) to look at the bears. Not us! I will just look from the window.

We also saw deer. Several of them. Here is one.

Here is one of those guys who got out of the car to get closer to the bears.

See the three black dots... those are black bears. I think they were cubs... You know what they say... if there is a baby bear, there is a momma bear close by. That guy above... CRAZY! I chose to stay in my van, with my zoom lens...

FAMILY DAY = GREAT DAY!