dog days of summer

We are now officially enjoying trudging through the dog days of summer. It has certainly been a hot one this year. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for a ten degree drop in temperature. Summers like this remind me of why I have always wanted a pool in my backyard. Wouldn't it be nice to just dive in right now? Okay, this is an indoor pool, but that would be even better, right? 

All Swam Out

I went swimming with Tate today.

I was mostly there to watch,

and laugh,

and be a proud grammie.

But, of course,

there was also a little picture taking.

Okay, a lot of picture taking.

This is one of the last shots captured.

He was tuckered.

Britt said he took a three hour nap afterwards.

What a special little boy :)

Out Of The Archives

I've been taking a PHOTOGRAPHY class.  

It's a composition class and I am learning so much.  

This week we were asked to pull a photo out of our archives that contained certain elements of composition.  

I looked through a bunch of photos before stumbling upon this one.  It was taken this summer in my back yard.  

Funny how such a simple photo can draw you in. 

(Don't even get me started on the 

CUTER THAN AVERAGE 

subject in the photo).