Canon 50D!!!!!

I got my camera! And it is completely awesome! I LOVE IT!

And now, here are some pictures I've taken with it.

Something awesome I did today in Digital Photography

Enjoying College!

Yeah, I said that right. I LOVE college! It's really great. Who knew someone like me who NEVER wanted to go to college my whole life until about a year ago..well here I am. I already have 3 good friends and they are fantastic. (two of them were homeschooled too)



In my digital photography class we are learning how to use photoshop. So todays post is on the two pictures I've photoshopped so far.



The first project was how to make an image into a watercolor. So here is the "practice" image. I say practice because I didn't take this picture. It was a sample to practice on.

Then today, we got to try it with one of our own pictures. So here is mine.

I don't know what thursday holds yet, but it's bound to be good!

Ohio Pyle

Beautiful Tennessee

Tennessee Trip

Steve & Ruby in the mirror at the hotel in WV

"I often sit and ponder things beside Sunoco Stations."

Leaving the good ole state of WV.

Here we come TN!

"What are those things?" "I don't know, look at the name plate. It says 'Group of people standing.'"

I love my brother. :)

And my mommy and baby sister. <3

And of course we had to stop here!

"Of purple mountains majesty!"

Our cabin

Upper level porch/deck

Admiring the view

View of the next door house.

A view of our house from the road

Don't be fooled! These are no ordinary black eyed susans! They can only be found in Pigeon Forge TN

This little place was beautiful!

Ivy Ivy Everywhere

And then of course, we got to see a nuclear explosion

The sunset was pretty awesome

Beautiful pink skies!

ReachOut Christian Club Fundraiser

Last week I had the opportunity to volunteer for a fundraiser the ReachOut club at WCCC was having. The plan was to have a "summer refreshement" sale outside, but the rain thought otherwise. We had to move inside, and therefore the drinks were not as refreshingly needed. :) But I took some pictures, so here they are.

Because of the rain, we had to change the sign. Hence the "Don't."

The plan was, as you saw on the sign, to have Iced Tea, Lemonade and Orange Julius. We had to make the Orange Julius so that's why all the blenders were there. It's really simple. We just put 1 cup water, 1 cup milk, 1 cup orange juice, 1/4 cup sugar and like a tablespoon of vanilla. Added some ice and blended together. We found out rather quickly though about the reaction between orange juice and milk. We couldn't let it sit or it would turn into orange cottage cheese. (Don't worry, none of the customers received this, only the volunteers.)

Jordan, the former president of the club, bought everything and wanted to do a hawaiian theme. We had colorful straws, cups and decorations and we even had music from the Beach Boys playing in the background. It was very fun.

On the top of the cup of the Orange Julius's (or Julii as we called them) we put an orange slice. These were affectionately cut by Brian (the current president of the club.)

This is Brian, as mentioned above, the current president.

Around 10am, Jordan and Hannah, two of the volunteers, had to go to class, so Brian and I took over for a while till they got back. We profited about $50, which may not seem like that much, but we were able to cover the costs of the materials which was about $140..so we did very well in my opinion. Especially since there aren't many students at the college in the summer.

And of course, since we are the "Christian" club, we gave out Bibles. We had a really good response to them too. There wasn't any negative feedback but rather "Oh I already have one, can I have another?" Which to me is surprising..but I haven't officially started college life yet, so I really don't know how it would differ from public school.

So that was it, we had fun. I had fun. And I hope I get to do it again!

Derrick and Kara's Wedding Pictures

Kristen Leigh's blog was just posted with pictures from the wedding!!!

See them here: http://www.imkristensblog.com/