Monday, September 15, 2008

Weekend Visiting

This past weekend, my friend Monique & I headed west to visit some of our friends and just get out of town for a bit. This was a COOL mountain view along the way. I loved how the clouds were moving in over the mountain!
First stop...Chris & Kate's. Here is Fischer. I put this one up because ALL EVENING, I tried to get a picture of Hazen smiling and the ONLY thing I got was this one. Yes, I started out this paragraph talking about Fischer and Fischer IS in the foreground, but if you look in the background (to the right), you can see Hazen smiling! Or maybe he was laughing. Or hollering. But it passes for a smile, doesn't it? :)
Another up close picture of Fischer. He was trying to see the pictures that I had all ready taken, so this is what I got as he was on his way to me. *laugh* And you know what...he looks VERY similar to his dad! For those of you that know Chris, wouldn't you agree? :)
Hazen...this is attempt number 1, 300,000 in trying to get a smile on camera. This is as good as it got, I'm afraid. I loved his shirt, though! It says, "If I don't match, it's because Daddy dressed me!" *heeheehee*
The Lovely Ms. Kate. :) She was checking out some pictures on her camera that she had just taken. What was she taking pictures of?
Well, she was taking pictures of THIS! Fischer was in to "tenting" that evening. After I got tired of tenting (we'd been tenting for a LONG time!!), it was Monique's turn! :) This is Monique & Fischer and as you can see, Hazen is headed that way to check out the action.
Now they are ALL in the tent! What FUN, huh?! :)
Annnnndddd...now Hazen is done! :) It was short lived, but he did laugh and giggle during it all, so I imagine that he had a little bit of fun! :) After all, whoever was in the tent with Fischer got in on a LOT of hunting action! We were hunting bears and moose! Crazy!! ;o)
After Hazen left and headed for the hills, Fischer decided that he and Monique needed to sleep in the tent! So, this was was Monique came up with! Quite clever, I must say! :)
After a fun night at their house, we headed over to another friend's house for some fellowship in the morning and a potluck in the afternoon. One of the star attractions during our time there...Corbin!!! :) Isn't he just a darling!? He was "speaking" to us in this picture (he's four months old).
While he was "speaking" to us, we went ahead and sang grace just before lunch and this is what he was like by the time we finished! Very docile and quiet! :) Do you think our singing scared him?
Later on in the day, Kristi felt like she wanted to have some family pictures taken, so we headed to the local creek where her sister-in-law took a few pictures. I tagged along with my camera, of course, and took a few pictures, too. What cracks me up about this one is that it was completely unintentional! I did NOT mean to catch Kristi with this expression on her face! Her sister-in-law had just said something funny and Kristi was laughing at it. I laugh every time I look at this picture! :)
Finally, though, some great pictures were captured and this one was one of my favorites. Corbin was way zoned in on a ripple in the stream, so he would NOT look at the camera for anyone! :)
And that was that! Shortly after the picture taking session, Monique & I headed back for home as we had a long drive ahead of us. But, we had a great weekend and it was FUN to see everyone! Thanks for the fellowship and hospitality!! :o)

4 comments:

Kate said...

Jen,
We loved having you and cannot wait for the next time!!!! :)

Kristi said...

Love the pictures and narrations! Thanks for taking pictures also, it was hard to get everyone looking at the same time! Even me...ooops! I printed some off of snapfish, thanks!

Anonymous said...

I love seeing the pictures you take Jen. They are always sooo good! Thanks for sharing. Love, mom

Anonymous said...

Every time I look at Fischer, I see his grandpa!