We went to the ice skating rink on Market Square just before lunch and met up with Stephen, Mica, Anna and Ocean. I was so excited because they have funnel cakes and other carnival-like food. I didn’t plan on skating, I knew the shoes/boots would hurt my leg. That left me as photographer, luckily though, I was accompanied by Stephen (photographer #2).

It probably looked kind of ridiculous, two dudes with major cameras to take pictures of people ice skating, but who cares?!

It was fun and everyone had a cold, good time. Shauna especially, she was so excited to go and even more so once we got there.

We finished it off with lunch at Tomato Head (always awesome!) and then got Mason a bath. All-in-all, a good wholesome Saturday! (cheeseball, I know)

Its actually kind of funny how well he and Capone do together. I think Mason wants to play, but Capone really just wants to be on his own. They’re gonna be friends, some day.

I think he may have an overactive bladder, seeing as he likes to go out every couple of hours. Although, he did great last night which was his second night. I think he was calmed down and finally hydrated normally. At least he knows to communicate that he wants to go out by going to the door and giving a little whimper.

I better save some Mason stuff for later, so here he is (plus some extra photos).

So we get on the bikes, after driving to Shoney’s for our start, and make our way downtown.

It didn’t quite follow the schedule, well, not at all. We went by Saturday around 2pm and there was nothing. No people, no food vendors, no Rossini Festival! Shauna was pretty bummed that she didn’t get to take part, and we were both bummed that we weren’t gonna be able to eat the grossly overpriced food (seriously, we were hungry). So we ended up at the Downtown Grill & Brewery. Honestly, we should probably be happy because ‘The Grill’ is one of my favorite places to eat! It was good, of course.

After we ate, I headed to the park to ride. After, we randomly drove through downtown and noticed that there were a ton of people walking around! WTF?! We park and walk to the Square. And there it is, the Rossini Festival! Kind of. It was actually a karaoke competition for 8-year-olds. It ended up being pretty fun. I had some chili-dogs and fries, while Shauna ate a funnel cake. It was a nice end to the day. I also took some photos while we were on the Square.

This was the sister foodstand to the one I ate at.

This is were Shauna’s amazing funnel cake came from.

And this is the guy who cooked my food.

It almost didn’t come out due to the fact that I had the camera setup for the flashes, and the flashes weren’t exactly pointing at him. The flash bounced just enough to make it come out.

Also, you’ll see on these photos that I am using a new “signature” at the bottom. I wanted to include the EXIF data on the image and be able to automate it. I decided if I used a light background with dark-ish type over it, that it should show up on any photo. Whoever reads this, let me know what you think. What would you change or really anything.

This is our dinner table, I’m pretty sure it is from Wendy’s. My parents recovered the seats and had them powdercoated.

Last year, I only went two times. TWO! (Even worse, Shauna only went once.) And it’s looking like this may be our only wintery fun excursion. Maybe not….

Snowboarding is a TON of fun. Anyone who hasn’t tried it, should! *cough*Stephen*cough*

I would say more about it, but I’m pooped.

<sub>HERE WE ARE HEADING TO THE TOP

SHAUNA GIVING HER LEGS A BREAK

BACK UP AND RUNNING…

THEY GROOM THE SLOPES FROM 4:30-6 SO I TREATED MYSELF TO A COLD BREW

JUST A LITTLE VIDEO</sub>

Well, I thought about it all day long and kept getting more and more excited. Then when I got home I started setting up my gear and playing around while Shauna readied herself.

I figured we would take them in front of our “tree” and presents. So we sit down, I set up the camera and take a few test shots. Instantly, I was irritated because nothing came out like I had been envisioning all day. So I mostly just took random photos of Shauna and Capone. To beat all, none of the ones I took with Shauna and myself were in focus! I was so disappointed.

So here are the ones that I could salvage…

This was one of the test shots I took while Shauna was getting pretty. I like this one a lot for some reason.

This was one of the test shots. Even though I was looking through the viewfinder, I still managed to take this one OOF (out of focus).

Capone loves this sock (as seen before) and he gets his crazy bug-eye everytime!

These weren’t horribly OOF, but enough for me to not really like it…

Another one of the test shots. My bike’s a beaut! And I do lots of toboggans and tabletops

Capone being nosy.

Out of the batch, this one was fun and in focus!

Glamour shots by Cor. I really thought this came out great. She’s a beaut too!

WWWWWaaahhhh?!?!?

Tomorrow is the annual (ha!) Blue House Halloween Party. Shauna is gonna be the girl from Harry Potter and I think (assuming I can find the appropriate attire) I am gonna be a nasty, dirty, cheesy porn star. I don’t have much time, but I know exactly what I need. So I think I can make it happen, all while spending as little cashola as possible.

I am thinking about taking my camera, but I hate lugging it around, especially where there are gonna be a few not-so-sober people. So, maybe we’ll use Shauna’s camera (hehe).

It’s gonna be fun!