Monday, October 10, 2011

Matthiessen State Park again/ Znowu w parku Matthiessen

Razem ze znajomą i jej dziećmi wubraliśmy się na wycieczkę do parku Narodowego aby podziwiać jesienne drzewa. Poniżej zdjęcia z wycieczki.
With my friend and her kids we went to State Park to see some nice fall trees.
here are some pics:





Chłopcy się wspinali gdzie tylko mogli, dziewczynki fotografowały.
Boys climbed wherever they could, and girls were making pictures.









Gąsienica.
Caterpillar.
Przepiękny wodospad.
Beautiful waterfall.
Samochód był zapakowany do ostatniego miejsca.:)
Car was full.:)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

My walls

I love having pictures of my kids on my walls. I have to say, that there is not a wall in my house that doesn't have a picture on it! So, if I would post here every picture I have I would bore you to death, so I picked my favorites. I just want to clarify that I am not a home decorator (by far), but I now love every wall in my house. Also, most of the pictures were taken with a crappy camera and back then I had no idea about photography (I like to think I got a little better, but still I sometimes use "Auto" for my pictures, like the ones below ;D ).

This is our latest canvas that I ordered from Walgreens (the cheapest place and they have an option to put a lot of pictures on it) after our trip to California this summer. We had so many nice pictures after this trip that I just couldn't decide which one to have on my wall, so I have them all! :)

Our family room, I love black and white photos, can't you tell? (Click to make it bigger)

This is a picture my friend at JCPenney portraits took for me! I think this is my favorite picture of my kids. You can't see it here, but it is a huge picture.

Another picture of my kids on a canvas.

Below is a painting from a picture that I took on a beach.

Last, this is our "ocean" bathroom that we love. Yes, dolphins are our favorite animals :) I have here some of the nicest pictures from the beach. I am kind of running out of room. We also put there a souvenir from each of our vacations that is related to the ocean (mostly dolphins).
Here is the close up. On the top there is some kind of art my son made, not sure exactly what it is on it, but it was titled "The Ocean."
Here is another wall with more pictures from the beach. Some of these are duplicated from the canvas, but after the next beach trip I will switch them. :)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Jesienne zdjęcia/ Fall pics








Urodziny w deszczu/ Birthday in the rain

Kevin był zaproszony do kolegi na urodziny, podczas których chłopcy budowali rakiety i potem je odpalali. Super pomysł, ale naszedł deszcz. I to nie mały deszcz, ale ulewa. Oczywiście dzieciom to nie przeszkadzało i rakiety odpaliły. Michał też nie przejmował się deszczem i wziął
młodsze dzieci aby zobaczyć jak rakiety startują!
Kevin was invited to birthday party during which boys were building rockets and later they were launching them. Great idea, but it was raining... not only raining, but pouring! of course kids didn't mind and rockets launched. Mike wanted to see it too, so he took younger kids and went too.







Nowy sport/ New sport



Kevin zamienił baseball na piłkę nożną tej jesieni. Na razie podoba mu się!
Kevin switche from baseball to soccer this fall. So far he likes it!

Harcerze/ Boy scouts

Michał zaoferował być drużynowym dla Kubusia drużyny, także w tym roku mamy 3 harcerzy!
Mike volunteer to be boy scout leader for Jake's den, so this year we have 3 boy scouts!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

"Starved Rock State Park" i "Matthiessen State Park"

W weekend wybraliśmy się na wycieczkę do dwóch parków narodowych, choć ostatnio byliśmy zachwyceni "Starved rock S.P." tak teraz nie zrobił na nas diżego wrażenia, po tym jak odkryliśmy "Matthiessen S.P." Było tam przepięknie!
Last weekend we went to two State parks, and although last time we loved "Starved Rock", this time we weren't so impressed after we discovered "Matthiessen State Park". It was gorgeous there!









W parku nspotkaliśmy najlepszego przyjaciela Jaka - Gabriela z rodziną!
In the park we met Jake's best friend Gabriel with his family!