Beavers Bend

My husband and I took a trip to Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma.  It was absolutely beautiful and soooo relaxing!  Between both sets of parents we had awesome babysitters for the kids, so no worries there.  We've been up there a few times before and we just love going.  We rented a small cabin and I can't say anything negative about it.  It was awesome.  I spent most of the time taking pictures of course while my husband fished.  Don't get me wrong, I love to fish but I was more interested in the scenery this time.  We took a little hiking trip....or what we thought was going to be little.  About a third of the way through we noticed that we took a wrong turn.  Still on a marked trail, but not the short one we had planned on.  These trails went up, up, up and then down, down, then up, up, and well, you get the picture.  We were pooped out!  Not only that, but it started to rain on us!  Nonetheless, we made it and we had fun.  Hoping to plan another trip for the fall and take the kiddos with us.  I'm sure they'll love it just as much as we do.  Maybe next time we'll get to enjoy some horseback riding, ride the little train, and check out some new hiking trails.  If you like the outdoors, you should check em' out sometime.  www.beaversbend.com  

Love seeing the animals while we're out and about!

While I was taking this picture I quickly prayed that I wouldn't see little eyes glowing in the shadows.  The next shot could have been some mountain lion jumping out at me or something.  Eeek!

This was the last marker when we finally reached the end of that long trail.  See the road in the background.  Whew!  Now back to our starting point, The Heritage Center.  Yay!

And then there was this sign right by it.  Ugggh!  Another 1/2 mile to go.  Seriously?  By this point, we had walked about 5 miles of uneven terrain.....in the rain.  I'm talking "practically doing lunges going up the mountain" uneven terrain.  And O.K., it didn't rain the entire time, but still.  ;)  

Fog after the rain

Mini Session

Here is a Mini Session that I did for a friend from church.  Her little one will be turning one and she needed some quick pics to put on the invites for the party.  She was a great baby and had no problem devouring her birthday cupcake.  Fun!

It was time to take the cupcake away and, well..........she wasn't too happy about it.  :)

Fun with Friends

We had a day of fun with friends.  A good friend of mine has a little girl about the same age as my son.  I wanted to catch some images with the two of them together, but most of them were of her alone.  And that's cool b/c she is absolutely precious and I got some good shots for mom.  So have those play dates and get the camera ready.  Let the photojournalist in you take over and start clicking!