Mimic and Learn Ashby

I'm sure that we all learn in part by copying the actions of others... :)

Tag I'm it!

Tag.. I'm It!!!
Emily tagged me. Like a month ago. Yeah, I know, how lame to take soo long to respond.
Anyway
How to play this game of tag.Post these rules on your blog:
List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself.
Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


3 Joys:- Family (and that seems to grow constantly :) ), Hobbies (photography, exercise, painting with Ashby) and, Learning I know you like how I snuck in extra joys there...but really you won't be made at me for having More joy will you?
3 Fears:- Losing Ryan, being seriously injured, spiders in the garden (i'm getting much better on this one!)
3 Goals:- shoot wedding photography, be a triathaloner, be able to play piano and sing simultaneously
3 Obsessions/Collections:- (all 3 of mine are obsessions I guess) Twilight...yeah, I know, phermones (think exercise), being out of doors
3 Random or surprising facts:- I'd like to live on a farm, like a real one with cows, chickens, horses, garden and lots of manure (hehe), I also love the city, Ashby already gives me fashion advice and she's only 2!

Now its your turn.. I tag: Zina, Vivian, Tracy , Trine, Rachael

Help Me figure this out!

Help!!
Can anyone give me tips on how to post or "embed" my picasa slide show. I just spent 20 minutes trying to get it to work with no success. Everytime I paste the slideshow HTML code in and hit "publish post", I am delivered an error message that tells me that "Tags cannot be enclosed by tags ". I'm not computer literate enough I guess. Help me if you can. Thanks

Frigid Bathing!

After being on the road for 2 full days Ryan had enough with feeling grimy. Our campsite was without shower facilities but was right along a river.

Ryan decided to attempt a "bath". Jared shortly joined him.

It was cold enough to keep them to just wading for quite a while.

Dad waded in a joined them to give his tiredlegs some relief. This picture shows the extent to which Ryan and Jared got wet. Ryan to just about belly button, but Jared fully dunked himself just for a moment. They said it was pretty cold, but there was stil a little bit of sun to help warm them post "bath"

The morning of the 19th, I woke up needing to feel clean. So I put on my "bathing" suit and after encouraging my sisters to join me, went and got in. Amy and Michelle joined me, but only I got in past my waist. In fact I stayed in chest deep for around 5 minutes! It was so cold that I found it hard to breath. And 3 hours later I was still feeling cold. Silly? Yes. An experience? Yes.

Yellowstone

I love my digital photography becuase a memory card is soo much more convinient to carry than bunches of rolls of film! Enjoy.

More Animals

Elk Cows (female)

Buffalo, we saw lots of these!

Play Break

After we watched Old Faithful blew we all had a refreshment break and when I found Ashby, this is what she looked like after playing in the black, incredibally difficult to dust off, sand.

Old Faithful

Ashby was thoroughly entranced by her first visit to Old Faithful. This was a first time visit for Ryan too. It was a beautiful day and all of the family enjoyed it.

Ashby had been asleep less than 15 minutes prior in the car. I had to run her over. Kind of a fun memory.