I Heart Faces---Orange

I haven't joined in the I Heart Faces posts in quite a while, but when I saw that this weeks subject was "orange" I knew just the photo I wanted to post.

I Heart Faces---Beach Fun

This week's photo challenge is "Beach Fun" and this is my favorite photo of the whole summer!

Heading into the waves with Daddy---one child confindent, and another not quite sure!
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I Heart Faces--Excited

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is "excited" and I just love this photo of Luke and Grace. Luke's face is total excitement, while Grace looks a little unsure of the excitement which has Luke totally thrilled.

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I Heart Faces-bubbles

This weeks IHeartFaces theme is bubbles and I just love this picture of Mark through a bubble.

It was taken last spring---when the temperatures were just becoming warmer and we could get outside.

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I Heart Faces-Crazy Silly Funny Face

Gracie on the trampoline.

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I Heart Faces-Feet Week

This week's theme is great: feet week. I especially love pictures of little feet.
Here are Luke's 4 year old summer feet.
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I Heart Faces-Sports in Action

Kimmy and Luke doing what they do best---jumping!!

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I Heart Faces-Let's Hear it for the Boys

I love this week's I Heart Faces theme: Let's hear it for the boys!
My Dad proves that even if he is 80 years old, he will always be a boy at heart!

There is nothing better to a little boy, that a cold popsicle on a hot summer day.

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I Heart Faces-Adult

Becky in sepia.

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I Heart Faces-Kids

This weeks IHeartFaces theme is: sepia tone. I love the look of sepia--and I have many photos using this technique of coloring.
This is Kimberly enjoying the sunshine at Grandma's house.
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Loveliness of the Seashore

Being a family of 12 we rarely get very far on vacations, but we make the most of this beautiful country God has given us right here at home. I hope you enjoy a trip into some of our "family fun."

A Loveliness of the Seashore fair is being held over at "A Wink and a Smile", on July 30th and even though we are land locked, we do enjoy heading to our local lakeshores and enjoying the beauty.

I do have to admit that the temperatures are not always high enough for swimming in upstate NY, but we always enjoy ourselves in spite of it.
We may be just skipping rocks

or wading with our sweatshirts on. We are certainly having fun if we are at a lakeshore.

Of course, if all else fails, and we are still too chilly, there is always volleyball.

But some days, the temperatures rise and the sun comes out. These are the days we cherish.

Inland lakes still have sand,

and water creatures waiting to be scooped up.

Beautiful sailboats are seen on Oneida Lake,

and the shoreline of Green Lakes is breathtaking.

Big kids play in the sand,

and little ones learn to walk on "sea legs."

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the picture above is of my Mom, two sisters, and brother(I am the baby) at Lake Ontario in 1966. This is a very beautiful picture in my opinion, and one of my favorites.

HAPPY SUMMER!

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I Heart Faces-Kids

This may not be a great photo in artistic terms, but it is a photo I will always cherish.

It is Luke and his 4th birthday cake-a train cake with a real working train. His joy in this cake will always be remembered.
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I Heart Faces-Silhouettes

Mark-Memorial Day-2009

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I Heart Faces-Kids

Kimberly and Luke--on the day they were both three years old.

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I Heart Faces-Kids

This weeks IHeartFaces theme is laughter. I just love this picture of Gracie. Laughter at its most beautiful.
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I Heart Faces-Kids

I couldn't resist entering this photo of Kimberly and the hat I made for her last year into this weeks "hat" theme at I Heart Faces. This photo was taken at a ball game last week--and as you can see the hat is still serving its purpose.

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I Heart Faces-Adult-Self Portrait Week

This weeks topic is "a self portrait".

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I Heart Faces-Amateurs

Mark blowing bubbles in the Easter sunshine.

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I Heart Faces-Kids

This weeks I Heart Faces theme is "pout" and it doesn't come get any better than this. My great-niece, Elsie Rae giving us "her face!"
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