Monday, January 7, 2008

POTD - Focus into 2008

Our family focus this year is to get more exercise during the long winter months. We're pretty active from Spring-Fall but the winter months we go stagnant.

Our temperatures have warmed up and we have lost most of our snow. My nieces got snowshoes for Christmas and Schyler got new poles so they wanted to go snowshoeing. Great way to get some exercise during the winter months. So I put on my boots and took them for a hike up on the back hills.

Schyler is the leader (of course, she's the oldest so she thinks she always runs the show), then my middle niece, my older niece and the baby niece.
Baby niece didn't have snowshoes but she wanted to go with us. I was carrying my camera anyway so I didn't mind. She had to keep taking breaks because she was tired. She kept eating the snow and I had to let her in on the "just don't eat the yellow snow!" Of course I got, Why? LOL!

31 comments:

For Over 29 Years... said...

What beautiful colors in the snow! Great job.

Anonymous said...

I love #3 and #4. The blue looks fantastic against that snow.

Jen said...

I love the colors!

Anonymous said...

the colors in all of your photos are amazing. I especially like the last one...I used to eat snow all of the time!
cari

pat said...

Wow--all those wonderful colors against the snow. Nice work on that!

pakosta said...

beautifuL!!!!!!love the color!
tara

C said...

beautiful pictures and color!!

skiing just SCARES me. it invovles me CRYING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SLOPE... IN COMPLETE FEAR, LOL.

Liz said...

The colors of their jackets just pop against the snow, lovely photos!

Bobbi said...

Love the colors and focus in these, really great shots!

Michelle said...

beautiful color! how great that you are all involved in the exercise. great focus on that.

Margaret said...

How cute! Great colors and love the rosy red faces!

Jess said...

I am LOVING all these bright colors against the white snow! Your wb is perfect!

Debbi said...

Great colors and focus. These are so crisp and clear - what is your secret?

April Michelle said...

the snow and the blue looks so cute together!

Kristi said...

These shots are SO SO fun! LOVE that third one! And I LOVE your banner! Great idea!

jordan.krogman said...

All those girls! :) What a fun way to spend an afternoon (and a great goal for the winter. . . wish I was motivated to do the same)

Mom2Drew said...

Another snowshoe fan!!! I love the colors against the snow and you kept the snow looking brilliant too, without a gray/blue cast.

Anonymous said...

Looks cold. I love the one of your niece eating the snow.

Angela2932 said...

Great colors! Any processing of the photo before posting?

Mandy said...

Love that you got a pic of them all together like that. At first I thought they were skiing, and I couldn't' believe that kids that young were doing so well (I can' barely stand on them and I am 27 despite the fact that I live in Maine) Snow shoes...now that is cool. I love all of their color. Snow is so hard to shoot and they all turned out so well!

Lori said...

Four little kiddies, lined up in a row . . . isn't this a nursery rhyme? Love the color!!

Jen said...

Nice color! Looks very cold!

Tomboymama said...

What a great looking crew. The colors are fantastic. You can tell it was cold!

Ashley Hiskes said...

What wonderful pictures you have here! I love that snow.

Val said...

Really great shots! What a fun family outing

Unknown said...

FUN!!!!

Yvonne said...

Great colors and I love that last shot!!

Becky said...

The colors are fantastic in all of these. Cute kids! They look like they're having a blast.

Sara said...

These are fun shots!

Farrah Jobling said...

great colors on these! Great job on exposure in the snow!

April said...

cross country skiing is definately the way to go to get more active..i used to do that when i was younger and i'd get such a workout..these are great pictures. i love all the rosy cheeks.