Cedar Point

I LOVE this place.... always have.... always will.... SO MUCH FUN...

BUT....

The day we went (a few weeks ago) it was 100 degrees and HUMID. Did I say HOT and HUMID?
OH MY WORD...
The heat almost (keyword being almost) reminded me of Guangzhou, China.....

We still had a great time and the littles loved riding the rides.

I'd love to say this was me parasailing BUT it was just me taking the picture...

I kinda like that they are in the #2 cart.... since they are quite the twosome....

THEY BOTH won a monkey....

More of swimming at sunset

It seems our time spent at Kelleys Island is always magical in some way....
Some of our best memories are made there.... time spent with family.... with friends..... with each other....

One of our favorite things to do is to walk on the beach after dinner.... AND.... dip our toes in the water.....
Well, this particular evening we did just that....

The littles started walking in further and further... holding their little shorts up as high as they could... when finally I just said don't worry about it.... have fun....
To which they looked at me like I was crazy... and then their fun began....
They laughed, jumped, splashed, giggled, and enjoyed every minute of it. Watching them was truly magical!

Of course I had my camera right there ready to snap away... the sun was setting and it created the golden color in some of the pictures....
The quality of these isn't the best... they were moving so fast in and out of the sun to shade... I was trying to keep up with them.... and I was standing pretty far away....
Nonetheless I love these pictures. I love the fun they had. I just love these littles!!!!!

The littles thought this picture was funny with the adults playing (their words) in the background

Ty would dip his arms in the water and then bring them up like this over and over.... I love his expression here......

When I showed Ty this picture he said, "Looks like I'm praying Mama".

Kelleys Island swimming at sunset

A little stroll on the beach turned into swimming in their clothes.... they had SOOOO much fun and the lighting was beautiful (but tricky).......

This photo turned out REALLY dark and REALLY grainy but I loved it nonetheless.....
with a little work in Lightroom it came to life....

More to come.......

Happy 4th Anniversary

4 years ago we met Miss Lily Feifei.....

I took this picture around Easter.......when I looked at her through the lens it reminded me of when we first met her. She would (and still does) study everything. She looks at all the details very seriously.
Then the next minute she is silly (the reason we call her Silly Lily) and dancing around.
Lily has grown and changed in so many ways but moments like this take me back to my little Feifei sitting on the bed.... studying her toys... at the White Swan Hotel.... in Guangdong, China.... 4 years ago.