Here's Brittany's High School Orchestra while they were in California on tour. This is the day they competed. They did really well. 2nd place! We got to go to Disneyland and on a Dolphin and Whale cruise, play at Dixie college and a high school in Vegas. We also went to a Medival Times resturant. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I got to go with Brittany. Good Times!!!

this is Britt holding her violin while sporting a t-shirt and her peace sign bracelet. Read the next post and you'll understand.

while we were on Orchestra tour, we stopped in Vegas and played for another High School and then they played for us. The kids got to play in their levis and t-shirts. I got to take pics while they were playing, which was fun because usually you can't take any pics when they are playing in a competition. I saw this girl, Emily who plays the cello and she had converse tennis shoes on. I had to take the shot. I love the oppositness
(made that word up) of the pic. So I named it "converse and cello".

Britt with a friend Allysa, who was not afraid of getting cold and wet. By the end of the night Allysa was really wet and sandy and cold. Britt really braved it out and got in to her knees.

this is Britt throwing seaweed on Josh (one of her friends on Tour). He was a funny kid. He didn't like getting dirty or seaweedy. She had fun torturing him. Poor kid

Two of Britt's friends on the beach. I just thought it was funny how her sunglasses glowed in the dark. Plus the reflection on the sand of the sunset was cool. this was a really fun Orchestra tour.

Here are the crazy kids in the ocean. They just had to experience the ocean and they were willing to freeze their bodies for it. I stayed on the sand and got my feet wet. that was cold enough for me.

This is the sunset on the beach the night we got into California for the Orchestra Competition. We had Pizza and a birthday party for one the guys in Orchestra. His mom had pre ordered a cake from Costco. A couple of the parents on tour had driven and followed the buses, so they picked up the food. It was a fun evening. some of the kids had to get in the ocean even if it was really cold. Crazy.

Looks like someone else wanted pictures of the sunset on the beach. It was a perfect night, it just didn't last long enough.

Pelicans on the rocks. there were just about a million pelicans. They are amazing at catching fish. It was fun watching them.

Brittany on the beach at sunset. It was cold!

Heres a sailboat we saw on our dolphin and whale watching cruise. It is an amazing boat and I'm glad we got close enough to it so that I could get a good picture.

I got a sweet shot of the sea lions when Britt and I went on Orchestra Tour. I should have realized as I posted these pics that it goes from the bottom up. oops. You'll read as you go that I couldnt get any good dolphin or whale pics, but these sea lions were easy to take pics of. they don't move and are above the water. They swim and feed and night and sit on these buoys in the day. What a life.

This is the only good picture of a dolphin that I got on the dolphin and whale watching cruise we went on when we went on Orchestra Tour. It was alot of fun, but I didn't get any good pics of the 3 whales and million dolphins that we saw. I was getting very frustrated at trying to get the dolphins coming out of the water. They are really fast and I kept missing the shots. I finally decided to just enjoy the moment and watch rather than have my one eye in the camera and miss everything.

So, I didn't get many good pics of dolphins or whales because I just had pure bad luck. I did get this great picture of a bird! Yes, I guess I won't ever be a photographer for an Ocean magazine. Oh well.

This is Brittany and her two friends Madison and Kristen. This was the day of the dolphin and whale watching cruise. Very fun.

O.K. This is possibly the cutest pic of Brittany. She has a great smile. When her braces come off, this summer, her smile will even be better. 4 years of braces will be worth it!

I made a scrapbook page from the pics we took when we went out in the snow. I love these of Makenzie.

Brittany and Kenzie went out this day with me and the snow was up to our knees in some places. It was a beautiful day!

Winter is pretty, but I am ready for Spring to be here!

I decided to finally post some pics. These are from the winter, but it seems winter still is here. Katie and I went down to Utah Lake after it had snowed and took pictures.

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I've attached a few more photo's for the Macey's Photo Contest samples.

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Hello Family

I've been submitting my photo's into the monthly Macey's Photo Contest. The theme for April is 'Youth'. Which photo would you vote for if you were judging. Thanks