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I saw this super-cute beach photo idea at RonWainscottPhotography.com and just had to give it a try with our family this week:

I have a very cooperative family.... 

After Ayla went to bed last night, Ben and I went down to the beach to walk. We watched the moon rise, and last night apparently was a special moon-night...there was a strawberry moon. It looked just like a sunset...going the opposite direction.

Unfortunately we didn't have our camera with us as we were walking, but
when we finished, we ran up and picked it up along with the tripod and played around with the camera. Most of the pics were a blurry mess, but we did get a few salvageable shots...and it was a fun thing to do one evening of our vacation:

In conjunction with the political t-shirt web site that Ben launched in April, WingZingers.com, Ben just released this very cool interactive photo mosaic he calls: Obamosaic. (cool name, huh?).

When you go to the web site, and mouse over each tile, you can see the different Obama t-shirts available. For those of you who are into the political scene (I'm not actually), this is such a cool way to browse the designs and pick a tee to support your candidate.

I suppose he'd make one for John McCain too, but apparently republicans don't buy quite as many t-shirts....

Check it out...and by all means...email it to your friends, post about it on your blog, myspace, or facebook, and help support the Steeds (ooh, you thought I was gonna say support Obama, didn't you???!) :)

While driving around the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri I noticed there are such cool signs everywhere. While we were waiting to take a boat ride yesterday, I went for a quick walk to capture some of the signage. I have no idea what I'll do with the pictures now, but they were just too cool to pass up! Here's a collage of a few that I collected:

 

 And, since the one holding the camera is rarely in ANY of the pictures from the day, I was lucky to have my mom with me who could take a photo of what *I* did today. :)

While on vacation this week, I noticed that our entire family all has Canon cameras and they're all working overtime. So here's the Canon family photo (taken with a self timer on the bed, facing up...that's right....Grandma and Grandpa's bedroom at the condo has a mirror over the bed!)

We had Ayla's "friends" birthday party today...a few weeks early, but that's because we wanted her friends to be able to make it before they start traveling.  These were her invitations.  We had a garden/daisy theme... 

 And late last week, I finished this painted wood sign project up for my good friend Betsy's birthday.  She and her husband are coffee enthusiasts, so it was a perfect match: