I've been playing with my camera

or to be more accurate, learning how to use my camera! I'm taking a dSLR photography workshop from a friend of a friend and I'm learning a lot. I have a pretty loose knowledge of photography to start, but more theory than practical. That little teeny, tiny bit of knowledge has helped me to understand what he is explaining. Showing us what he is explaining has been the best though!

So the instructor asked what ONE thing we wanted to come away with . Mine was easy- I want to stop the ball. I'm ok with getting the ball in the pictures I take at games(very important-gives relevance to the player) but it's always this round blur streaking across the photo. Frustrating is not even close to the word I think when this happens. BUT now I can do it! So exciting I tell ya!
So the picture is not great -dark and light and bleh. But I stopped the ball! I can zoom in on the ball and actually read the label!!

This one, not so great. Sophies' foot is blurry but I was focused on the ball. Which is stopped. HA! Still not really sure how but I'm close to knowing!

Menu Plan Monday

Week of Oct 10

Havent posted my menu in a while but I have been doing well. In fact, i honestly can't remember when we ordered out for dinner last. Hmm...Remember to check out Laura and Menu Plan Monday ..Lots of fall meals being planned!

Sunday - Beef Stew with biscuits

Monday- Faux-tissarie chicken, watermelon, & ?

Tuesday- Meatloaf , mashed potatoes & gravy & peas & carrots

Wednesday- Creamy chicken and bacon pockets watermelon & green salad

Thursday- leftovers(yay!)

Friday- Grilled tri-tip, baked potato, & green salad-using up the last of the garden tomatos

Saturday- Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread and a veggie?

It Is Oct 3rd

And I survived! Our Fall Festival is now done for the year and it was total success! Our Parents are the best and they are what helped pull this event off..THANK YOU!
A quick rundown of my day:
-Up at 5am
-Soccer at 9am
-At school by 12pm
-Commence to pull out tables, boxes, chairs, games, auction baskets, prizes, ice chests, etc for the next 3 hours.
-3pm Festival begins and we are RUNNING! Walkies in hand, us organizers kept tickets at the booths, volunteers hydrated, raffles winners pulled, Basket winners were notified
-730-9pm do the opposite of my 12-3pm job.
-930- showered and in bed!
This is the Wave Rider -works similar to a mechinical bull-Riders rides a surfboard though and the operator can make it go slow or fast. Maddie did a good job.

My sweet husband taking charge of the grill. He did anything we asked(or told) him to do! Thanks for the support Troy!

Pumpkin bowling! First time for this at the festival and it was a lot of fun! Our Neighbor friend trying to get a strike!

Country Kitchen! This was a huge job in and of itself! The woman on the right organized all the donations and ran the Kitchen all night. It was such a hit !

Human Hamster Ball! What a fun activity! This was by far the favorite of the night. It will be back next year for sure! That is Wyatt in there so it's great for lots of ages.