Snow day and the first time playing in the snow

Today we woke up to snow covering the yard.  My youngest so excited couldn't wait to get out and play in it!  This would make her first time in the snow and Lulu's first time as well.   So of course I captured this moment so she can remember for years to come!  Hope you all are staying warm and having fun on this snow day!

I am ready to go!!

It is not easy to make a snow ball!

Got to eat the snow on the go!

Its snow!

Snow angel fun

Sunset After the Storm

A few weeks ago during Callie's track meet they announced to stay inside the building there could be a possible tornado, a funnel cloud was seen close by.   This was definitely a new experience for me, thank goodness one never came!  However, when the track meet was over,  we ventured outside where there was a beautiful sunset! The images below are not photoshopped.

2014 Winter Track

Winter track season started and Callie had her first race at her new school and did awesome!  She ran the 500 with a time of 1:21.4 the record at the school is 1:18!  Since it was the very first race of winter track, I know that she will soon be setting a new record!  I love being able to capture her doing what she loves, and knowing that with her determination she will make all her dreams come true! 

The Same Amazing Day.....

The same day that I captured the amazing images of the eagles, I was also able to get some awesome images of a Blue Heron.   As you will see in the images he is stalking his pray, he captures it, he shakes it into the right position to eat, and down it goes you can actually see the bulge in his neck and of course the shake after to move the fish down the long neck to the stomach and finally his neck is back to normal.  I just love having water in my back yard, until the mosquitos come lol!

   

An Amazing Day!

A few weekend's ago, I had an awesome experience right in my backyard!  Early in the morning we noticed a lot of ducks in the lake behind our house.  I went out to watch them for a while. I was amazed how they use their group power to gather the fish, and then how they would fight one another over the fish.  I decided to go in and make breakfast and said to my husband, "boy we have lots of different birds out back today, it would be so cool if an eagle would fly by." lol  Well, after breakfast I decided to go back out because I notice a blue heron hunting and figured I would get a few images of this huge bird. As I was snapping away I noticed something in the sky,  a large bird chasing another bird.  I looked through my camera and I couldn't believe my eyes.  It was an eagle, chasing after an osprey, who had food clutched in its claws.  I was so excited I wanted to scream!  I tried to hold the camera steady to get a few shots of this amazing chase happening right in front of me.  When all of a sudden a second eagle came in to the picture and boy they where chasing the osprey and almost got the food right out of its claws.  The osprey finally had enough and dropped the food and the eagle swooped down to get it!  After the eagles got the food they flew off, however the osprey decided to fly right over me.  I was flying high all day, God answered me and I got an amazing show to go with it.  Hope you enjoy the pictures, as much as I did that day!