He's Still Got It!!

Although this is my blog, I know a number of posts will be influenced by my boyfriend. With that being said, my boyfriend wanted me to post this photo I took at his basketball game on Monday. Out of a sense of pride and accomplishment I suppose, and I'm very happy to oblige him. He used to play a lot of basketball back in high school and in college, but now that he has a time-consuming desk job and a girlfriend, it's harder to get out on the court. He's still got it though! I know that if I could 'dunk' a ball in a net, and somebody took a half-decent photo of me doing it, I'd want them to post it too. This is my first true attempt at sports photography with my telephoto lens that I got for Christmas... and I'm not so great at it. Half the time my photos come out all blurry, and I'm not entirely sure how to fix that problem. Hopefully I'll get better with practice. I have lots to learn, so any tips would be so helpful! 

Let's go #44!!

Christmas Photos

I've been a little slow in posting these, but with my birthday and New Years, and trying to finish our redecorating before I go back to school... it just never happened. I have so many cute photos from Christmas though, so I thought I'd post a few from all of our wonderful family Christmases this past year. 

Me opening my new telephoto lens!

Jeff opening one of his presents

Jeff and our nephew Mason

We had some time waiting for everyone to arrive, so  we goofed off a little :P 

Mason in Jeff's boats.... I mean.. shoes... 

Our nephews Kelton and Mason

So cute - Christmas Day 

Playing around with my lens. Sam was not amused.

Lily didn't mind a quick pose for the camera

A cute photo of Layla

More kisses!

Kelton still.. a rare occurrence. 

Playing around with my telephoto lens

Snow!

Living Room Results!

We finally finished pulling the living room together! I was waiting for the right light to take photos since, of course, we finished when it was definitely dark outside and none of my photos showed any of the furniture or the wall colour in the right light. But here it is! When we're finished the bedroom (and when it's clean enough for me!) I'll post our results there too. I could not be more thrilled with how everything came together in the living room. I've taken to sitting on our new sectional and smiling up at my new decorated wall. :) I love it here. It's feeling more and more like home.

Our make-shift couch

Our Ikea chairs

Sectional! We painted the wall, hung photos, added pillows, and included another light

Our funky pillows