Sea World June 2011

Well, here she is. Katie kissing a dolphin!  This was an
awesome experience for Katie and Brittany and me.  I got to
take pictures of both my daughters interacting with the
dolphins.  It was the highlight of our trip...without a doubt!



I don't know how I missed it, but Brittany kissed that cute
dolphin so dang fast I missed it.  This is still cute though!





If you can save up the money, this is a must!  It's worth every
dollar, and it's a few dollars!




I was wishing at this moment that I could
be in there with my girls, but then who
would take the pictures?





This was a surprise for the parents!  The trainor had been teaching
the group different hand signals to let the dolphin know what
it is they wanted her to do.  I was too far away to hear what
the trainor was telling them, but they knew the dolphin was going
to jump.  It freaked me out because the camera was up to my eye, and
then all of a sudden this huge dolphin comes straight out of the water!
It was awesome!!  It did it about 3 more times!



ZIONS

Zions is one of my favorite places to go, but not July - August.  We
were on Orchestra tour in April and I couldn't believe how much more
I enjoyed it when it wasn't a billion degrees!  Plus there weren't a million
people.  We pretty much felt like we had the place. 

THE OCEAN

 I totally love going to the beach and take pictures.  I hate getting in the water.  I remember the first time I went to the beach and got in the ocean.  It totally freaked me out!  It wasn't the salt water, it was the sea weed and I thought at first it was an eel or some sea creature.  Even after finding out what it was, I didn't like getting in and riding the waves.  It's sad, really.  It always looked so fun until I actually got in.  So, of course, all my friends and family think I am crazy, and I thought I was a little to.  In October, we went to the beach and it was Katies (my youngest daughter) her first time getting in the ocean.  I, of course, didn't mention how I felt about getting in the water.  I just let her do it.  She was so excited.  The other girls were just having a blast and Katie came running to me and said that there were snakes or something in the water.  My genes have been passed down to my darling Katie.  Thank you Katie!  I am not alone.  She spent the rest of the day with me or building sand castles. 

I took pictures while on the beach in California when I went with my daughter, Brittany, as a chaperone with the Orchestra from American Fork High School. It was a really beautiful night.

SUNSETS

Sunsets are just so amazing, aren't they?  This one is just
right by where I live.  I did have to get in the car and drive about a
mile to get away from all the houses. 

CLOUDS



 I was out taking engagement pictures and I look up in the sky,
and there it was, a whale tail in the clouds!  I always loved
laying on the grass in the summer time when I was a kid and
figuring out what animal the clouds looked like.  Brought back memories.



FALL PICTURES

FALL is my favorite season.  I love the colors,
the weather, how beautiful the mountains are
and how wonderful the air smells.  Every season
has it's own smell.  For some reason, I notice this.
The problem with FALL....it never lasts long enough.
If I had my way, we would have 3 seasons.  Spring,
Fall and Winter.  (but winter could only last for 1 month.
The entire month of December!  I don't love the heat,
so summer is a real drag when it gets to be over 90 degrees.
Thank heavens for air conditioning!

TREES

This is just the coolest tree.  I love that at sunset
you can get amazing shots of it because of the
west sky in the background.