After the Fire

It has been a crazy couple of months around here - and one of the things I've let slide is my photography! I'm linking back up with "Scavenger Hunt Sunday," though this week I thought I'd highlight some of the photography from the other two awesome people that live in my crazy house :)

I love the fact that my husband and I see things totally differently! We would never take the same shot. It's pretty amazing to me that we can see such totally different things through the lens of a camera. He is very talented - so enjoy some of his photos today. There was an expansive fire in the Santa Monica Mountains last week, and he went out and shot some great photos from right after the fire...

Three 

 Ok, maybe there are four, but when looking through the photos it looked like they were all in clusters of three. No idea what the plant is, but there are still parts that are green!

Sign

Not even the sign escaped the fire!

Bench

Yes, I know the actual scavenger hunt word was "fence," but I just LOVE this shot, so I changed it to bench! How desolate it appears...

Cuddle

It's not that often that my two year old sits still for a cuddle these days - and why the shot is a bit blurry. It took lots of cars to keep him in one place!

Hands

This is the debut photo taken by my little guy! He was trying out taking pictures with the camera and this was the result! I love his little toes in the bottom of the shot....and that you can see his shadow taking the picture! Maybe he'll love taking pictures like his parents :)

Have a wonderful week! Hope you enjoyed the photos!

The next 3 weeks

...are going to be really really busy! Work busy - good busy - but very busy!

So forgive me if I am not around much...I am working on this!

National Park No. 1: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

As a park ranger, I find it my duty to expose my child to National Parks. I only hope this doesn't scar him later in life, you know how children hate things to spite their parents...

Of course, the first park we took him to was Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. I don't think he remembers much of his first trip - he was less than a month old. We took him to Paramount Ranch, an old movie ranch in the heart of the mountains. I bet you have even seen a movie that was filmed here :)

He's so tiny you can't even see him!

So itty bitty

Gorgeous sunset just for him

His first hike

He's been back since and his second trip was also with family. We seem to take friends and family from out of town here. It has an old movie set and also fairly easy hiking with great views. Sweeping views, gorgeous oaks and even a creek. Of course, everyone want's to get pictures in the jail!

Our latest visit shows a whole new A - 11 months old, walking and falling all over the place. As you can see, it was shortly after he'd had his worst spill yet (poor little nose). But it doesn't seem to bother him! It is a great place to take kids, lots of open space to roam and excellent photo ops.

A little bigger in the Ergo! (poor nose)

Running to the Sheriff's office

 Hopefully he'll continue to enjoy the park as he gets older!