Sunsets!

I love my evening walks around the hood!  Some days the sunsets are especially spectacular! 

Beginning photography!

When I was in highschool I attended a school with focus on languages.  Every student at the school was learning at least 4 languages (Swedish -our native tounge - not included).  So it made a lot of sense when one of the teachers said something that has stuck with me throughout the years.  He said "To truly know a language means being able to say what you WANT to say, not just the things you know how to say".  Sure after a couple of years of studying Italian I could probably go to Italy and ask for the way to the trainstation, and sure that is great up to a certain level, but what if I wanted to tell my new italian friends what happened last week, or what if I wanted to tell them that I would have LOVED to go to Sicily but I ran out of money bla bla.  "Dove si trova la stazione ferroviaria?" doesn't quite cut it now does it?
I am beginning to feel this same way about photography.  I'm getting frustrated when I sit down and download the pictures I take.  Point in case, my daughter just celebrated a birthday and looking at the pictures i took i cringe.  Little heads every where, some out of focus, some are missing bodyparts, and some of the pictures are just plain bo-ring!!  What if I instead could take the pictures I WANT and not just the pictures I CAN. 
I'm so excited to be starting a photography class soon, there is so much to learn and even if it seems daunting at times it still seems like a lot of fun.  I'm also looking forward to not to be limited by my own lack of knowledge.  I want to learn to speak "camera".  Say cheese :) 

The calm before the storm!

Water camera & trip to the beach!

The other day while at the beach the water camera got flooded (imagine that???), hopefully it will come back to life after a couple of days in a rice jar (miracle cure apparently for flooded electronics!)
Here are some recent pictures from the beach.  I love the camera but it has gotten terrible reviews on amazon.  Hm...maybe people don't get to "know" their camera properly and just start complaining when "IT" takes crap pictures?? 

Izzy and Vera playing in the waves!

Here it comes!!!

Bouu-yaaaaaa!!!

Alex loves the water and doesn't mind the waves.  The bigger the better!

Izzy and Vera love the waves too!

Moose Safari!

No trip to Sweden is complete without seeing at least one moose and this trip is no exception!  Only we had to seek them out and go to a "drive-thru" Safari.  We had a great time, even though my 2 year old still calls them "chocolate Mousse" (where did he get that from anyways?)

Playing with the camera!

Because I don't have access to my paint & other art supplies right now I'm exploring the world of photography.  The past couple of days I have had some fun playing around with my small digital camera.  It's great for now but I hope that Santa will bring me something better HINT HINT!

Hovs Hallar!