Beach Polaroids

Here are a few mini-Polaroids taken while we were at the beach. The further away ones were taken by Parker. I didn't put the brightness setting high enough to the bottom left photo. Live and learn!

Romantic!

Gulf Shores

A lot of times when I get back from a vacation, its only then that I realize how few photos I actually took. And these aren't my favorite (composition wise), but they lead to good memories! Showing off a couple of the places we had dinner at while we were at the beach:

I tried crab claws for the first time. They were okay. There is an art to eating them and by the fourth and fifth one, I was getting pieces of crunchy cartilage. The end of that.

Michael didn't mind the waits before dinner if it meant being able to day dream about his future boat. =)

Parker's Photography

 I have to update real quick to show off these pictures that my brother-in-law, Parker Gore, took in Birmingham. These bird photos are amazing and I let him know that I was upset that I didn't take them myself! Haha. Maybe next time we meet up, he can even teach me something? Enjoy. (The orange-chested bird on the ground is my favorite.) 
*I should mention that the lens Parker used was a 75-300mm.

Outside Adventure

I feel as if my creative skills have lacked these past few weeks because we haven't gone anywhere recently. At one point we talked about going to Mobile to stay with NaNa and Michael's family would meet us there for a few days. I was very excited about that. But since we got a bunch of jobs and we were working all the time (most of the credit goes to Mr. GoreFX), we didn't have time. He wanted to go to Birmingham for a few days - I think we would have left tomorrow - but he got a new job at Ripley's (their distribution center) and starts on Monday. I was hoping to go up there, especially if it snowed and because Parker has a T2i as well and has different lenses than us.
There is far too much green in Florida right now for a January. The red and dark orange leaves are pretty, but I kind of miss freezing in the early mornings last year while we filmed Gruff's Bridge. However, I was still able to wear a few layers with a scarf and my fuzzy hat. These are the best photos I was able to get today while walking around. I like the one of the branches and sky because it reminds me of the scene in The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy gets taken by the winged monkeys. For whatever reason, that's one of my favorite scenes. Maybe because they can fly?